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==== 2014 information management business spin-off ====
{{main|Veritas Technologies}}

On October 9, 2014, Symantec declared that the company [[Spin-off (business)|would separate]] into two independent publicly traded companies by the end of 2015.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 10, 2014 |title=Symantec latest company to split in two |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29563475 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Symantec will continue to focus on security, while a new company will be established focusing on information management. Symantec confirmed on January 28, 2015, that the [[information management]] business would be called Veritas Technologies Corporation, marking a return of the [[Veritas Software|Veritas]] name.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Michael |title=New Veritas Name Blends our History and Vision for Tomorrow's Data Challenges |url=http://www.symantec.com/connect/announcing-veritas |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129104015/http://www.symantec.com/connect/announcing-veritas |archive-date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=January 28, 2015 |publisher=Symantec}}</ref> In August 2015, Symantec agreed to sell Veritas to a private equity group led by [[The Carlyle Group]] for $8 billion. The sale was completed by February 2016, turning Veritas into a privately owned company.<ref>{{Citation |author=Corporate press release |title=Symantec and Veritas separation |url=http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/veritas/other_resources/aug-symantec-separation-update-for-customers-en.pdf |access-date=February 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130170758/http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/veritas/other_resources/aug-symantec-separation-update-for-customers-en.pdf |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>