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Symantec Technology Showcase

Symantec Technology Showcase. Nov 9 th , 2005. Driving Innovation for Customer Value. Dr. Mark F. Bregman CTO. Office of the CTO. New and Emerging Technologies Architecture & Competitive Assessment Standards Technology Sensing and Scouting Technology Strategy IP & Open Source Strategy

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Symantec Technology Showcase

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  1. Symantec Technology Showcase Nov 9th, 2005

  2. Driving Innovation for Customer Value Dr. Mark F. Bregman CTO

  3. Office of the CTO • New and Emerging Technologies • Architecture & Competitive Assessment • Standards • Technology Sensing and Scouting • Technology Strategy • IP & Open Source Strategy • Symantec Research Labs

  4. Innovate Role Ensure that Symantec remains a leader • Avoid the “innovators’ dilemma” • Provide oversight to the product development teams • Provide an “external perspective” • Recruit and retain technical talent

  5. Symantec Research Labs • Diverse Team • Geographically Distributed • Co-located with development teams • Strong Customer ‘Context’ • Broad research ‘spectrum’

  6. Internet Era We are here and a shift is looming Client/Server Era Mainframe Era Change as Punctuated Equilibrium We tend to think of technological progress as continuous and quantifiable (e.g. Moore’s Law) A closer look shows that progress is actually choppy – It takes time for advancements in chips to lead to advancements in systems Major advancements in software are even chunkier and slower Technological Advancements Time

  7. Discussion: Implications by Horizon Must pursue all activities at all times, otherwise you will be: • Loosing financial capacity to drive growth, or • Generating ideas, but no new business, or • Failing to seed for the future Profit Horizon 3:Create viable options Horizon 2:Build emerging businesses Horizon 1:Extend and defend core businesses Time The Alchemy of Growth, Mehrdad Baghai, Stephen Coley, David White

  8. Q & A

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