About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Microsoft, McAfee, Symantec, INCA Internet, Bill Conner, TrustPort, Comodo Group, SpectorSoft, Secure Computing, Barracuda Networks, Kaspersky Lab, Avira, BigFix, Panda Security, Entrust, Trend Micro, Veracode, Rapid7, Safenet, Agnitum, ESET, Mushroom Networks, AVG Technologies, Sophos, AhnLab Inc, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Core Security, M86 Security, ArcSight, Untangle, Webroot Software, IP-guard, Messaging Architects, Ntrepid, Vormetric, F-Secure, Norman, Raz-Lee, EEye Digital Security, Damballa, TEC Solutions Limited, Matousec, @stake, Certes Networks, Microsoft Egypt, Perimeter E-Security, Intego, Bloombase Technologies, Shavlik Technologies, GFI Software, Lavasoft, Milestone Systems, Syhunt, Paramount Defenses, ExploreAnywhere, Safelayer Secure Communications, IronPort, VirusBlokAda, FBM Software, Sunbelt Software, WANSecure Firewall, BullGuard, Rising AntiVirus, IViz Security, Softwin, Sygate Technologies, SecureWare Inc., Frye Computer Systems, WholeSecurity. Excerpt: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office. The company has diversified in recent years into the video game industry with the Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360 as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market with Zune, MSN and the Windows Phone OS. ...