build a harmonious information world type joint venture industry information technology founded february 2008 headquarters chengdu china key people chairman ren zhengfei ceo tad lebeck cto parent huawei 100 % website www.huaweisymantec.com huawei symantec technologies co. ltd. chinese ; pinyin hu w i s im nti k k j y uxi n g ngs was a developer producer and supplier of network security storage and computing solutions . the joint venture was disbanded in march 2012 1 2 when symantec sold its share in the company to huawei which is headquartered in chengdu china . 3 4 huawei originally owned 51 % of the company while symantec owned 49 % . huawei is a chinese based company while symantec corporation nasdaq symc is a us based corporation headquartered in mountain view california . 5 contents 1 history 2 technological convergence and r & d 3 acquisition by huawei 4 references 5 external links history edit 2000 huawei started r & d in the security technology field ; symantec is a provider of antivirus and security software 2004 huawei started r & d in storage technology field 2005 symantec acquires veritas software manufacturer of information lifecycle management software 2007 may huawei and symantec sign an agreement for the establishment of a joint venture in order to provide end to end solutions in the domain of converging network security and storage and computing technologies . 6 2008 february huawei symantec was established . 2012 march huawei acquires the 49 % of shares held by the symantec corporation at a price of about 530 million u.s. dollars or 3.4 billion yuan . technological convergence and r & d edit huawei symantec is a holder of more than 300 patents in storage and network security field and about 30 of them were accepted as formal technological standards . 7 huawei symantec s technologists participate in various standardization organizations including holding chair and vice chair posts . 8 more than 50 % of employees are engaged in research and development activities with labs located in beijing shenzhen hangzhou in china and in india . 9 acquisition by huawei edit on november 14 2011 beijing time huawei and symantec reached an agreement on a transaction where huawei acquired symantec s 49 % stake in huawei symantec technologies co. ltd. huawei symantec for usd 530 million . 10 upon closing the agreement gave huawei full ownership of huawei symantec . huawei symantec and symantec corporation are two separate entities . references edit huawei symantec broken join venture and the fear on chinese firms . retrieved 2013 04 22 . perlroth nicole ; 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