Last year, security companies, including Symantec and McAfee, complained that Microsoft had locked them out of the Windows kernel. I see this relationship as complementary rather than competitive," Chantzos said. That will ultimately benefit our customers. "We have a multifaced relationship with Microsoft, and we are keen to work with them. Other members include EMC, SAP and Juniper Networks.Ĭommenting on questions about the recent argument between his company and Microsoft over Vista application programming interfaces (APIs), Ilias Chantzos, Symantec's government relations manager for EMEA, said that the two organizations would cooperate in SafeCode to benefit customers. Symantec and Microsoft announced Tuesday at the RSA Conference Europe 2007 that they will join the Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SafeCode), a not-for-profit organization aimed at increasing trust around IT. Antivirus specialist Symantec has joined a security organization alongside Microsoft, despite having previously come to very public blows with the software giant over its willingness to share security information on Vista.
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