Symantec announced plans today to buy GuardianEdge Technologies and PGP so it can target the burgeoning encryption market.
– Symantec announced plans to acquire encryption specialists PGP and GuardianEdge Technologies.
Under the terms of the agreements, Symantec will buy PGP for $300 million and GuardianEdge for $70 million. The plans represent something of a reversal for the company, which had previously declined to buy…