New Financing Incentive and Survive and Thrive Education Series Empower Symantec Partners

CUPERTINO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/18/09 -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the Symantec Extended Terms Financing Program, offering qualified Symantec Registered and Silver Partners free 60-day extended payment terms for select Symantec products provided by GE Capital, Commercial Distribution Finance. The program provides eligible Symantec partners with increased cash flow and payment flexibility by allowing them to defer payment on selected Symantec products. As a complement to the business training built into the Symantec Survive and Thrive Business Management Series, the financing program is designed to promote confidence that Symantec partners can grow in today's challenging economic climate and position them for success in the future.

Symantec Extended Terms Program

Symantec and GE Capital have teamed to provide a value-driven financing program to Symantec registered and silver partners who source Symantec products through North American distributors Tech Data, Ingram Micro, Synnex and Douglas Stewart. The program is available now through Jan. 30, 2010.

To be eligible for the program, registered and silver-level Symantec partners must have successfully achieved Symantec SMB Specialization status. Symantec's SMB Specialization Program recognizes proven partner expertise in providing solutions to small and mid-sized businesses (SMB) and provides assistance to grow business and drive revenues.

Survive and Thrive

The Survive and Thrive Business Management Series is an education program which provides Symantec partners with practical guidance on critical business challenges. The program was designed to help partners manage anticipated growth as the economy changes and identify new business opportunities in the near future. Included in the Survive and Thrive Series are five webcasts and 12 learning modules intended to help partners:

--  Maximize cash flow
--  Source and invest capital more efficiently
--  Identify new business opportunities
--  Assess economics of client acquisitions and retention
    

The 24 week seminar series includes live webcast sessions and on-demand content and is available to all Symantec partners at no cost.

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"Symantec is committed to offering our partners superior value, market differentiation and sustainable revenue opportunities through innovative services. We are focused on rewarding the investments our partners make in Symantec.