Matt Ellard
Matt Ellard reveals that protecting a billion online data systems globally and reviewing over eight billion emails is all in a days work for Symantec.
Symantec is a security, storage, and systems-management company working hard to manage and leverage the masses of data in an information-driven world. Symantec offers a varied range of services to individuals, small- to medium-sized businesses, large corporate organisations, and governments globally.
Matt Ellard is Symantecs Senior Vice President for EMEA. He has been with the company for over a decade gaining extensive experience in the IT industry. His role is to drive sales, operations, and business development across the region. Matt attributes Symantecs success to the major role it plays in protecting and securing peoples information, through acquisition and a US$1.4 billion investment each year into research and development.
We see our role as serving peoples information agenda. We protect and manage peoples informationall the complexities, the anxieties, and the cost that goes into allowing people and businesses to achieve their daily objectives with confidence. In terms of security, we manage huge amounts of data including the latest threats to both the private and the public sector, and we set about making sure that we manage that intelligence so people, companies, and governments dont have to worry.