Add Symantec to the growing list of Silicon Valley companies bifurcating themselves into separate units. First came Hewlett-Packard, which is spinning off its computer/printer business from other core activities.
No, the new companies won’t be Hewlett and then Packard.
Next came eBay, which is ejecting PayPal.
Today the announcement comes that Symantec is ejecting the Norton branch of their operations from their archiving, backup and other activities.
Who’s next?