MUMBAI

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Symantec Corp. announced its global Symantec Sales Expert training program in India marking the latest enhancement to the unified Symantec Partner Program.

Symantec channel partners will now have access to five new, complimentary sales training modules and assessments via Symantec's online partner portal, PartnerNet, followed by 13 additional sets that will be released through a phased approach to ensure quality and consistency as Symantec introduces the unified training program.

The first round of new training modules and assessments is part of an ongoing schedule of new training modules and assessments that will be available to partners on a quarterly basis via PartnerNet. The new training program offers a more streamlined process for partners to achieve sales accreditation on Symantec's security and availability products. Upon successful completion of each assessment, partners will earn status as a Symantec Sales Expert (SSE), validating their extensive knowledge on that specific product offering.

"The new sales training modules are designed to impart product knowledge and best practices to help our partners succeed," said Ajay Verma, Director Channels and Alliances, Symantec India. "This new training and accreditation program leverages feedback from our partners to create a globally consistent framework for validating and rewarding their investment in our business. As a channel centric company we are continually striving to build upon our Symantec Partner Program to ensure that we bring increased revenue opportunities to our partners."

The cost-effective sales training program provides partners with accelerated training development and validation on point products. The training modules take into account learning style preferences in a flexible manner to support our partners' regional requirements and market segmentation efforts. The training modules and assessments, which take approximately one hour to complete, will allow partners to build toward future equity and benefits in the Symantec Partner Program.

The first five training modules and assessments include Symantec Control Compliance Suite, Symantec Bindview Policy Manager, Symantec IM Manager, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, and Symantec Configuration Manager. The additional training modules available to partners include market-leading products such as Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Client Security, Veritas NetBackup, Veritas Storage Foundation, Symantec Sygate Enterprise Protection, and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery.

Partners confident in their knowledge and sales experience on a particular Symantec product can complete the online assessment without completing the training course to accelerate their time to accreditation as a SSE. Partners that have received accreditation from past product training and assessments can complete the new product assessment, once it becomes available, to receive accreditation as a SSE in the new program.

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