As of June 3, 2010, GuardianEdge Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Symantec Corporation. GuardianEdge Technologies, Inc. provides enterprise endpoint data protection solutions. It offers a data protection platform for hard disk encryption, removable storage encryption, authentication, device control, and smartphone protection. The company's products include hard disk encryption, which protects data on laptops and personal computers from physical loss or theft with pre-boot authentication and full disk or multi-partition encryption; device control, an access and usage control for personal computer peripheral ports and removable media outlets; and device control auditor, which gives organizations immediate and actionable facts on devices. Its products also include removable storage encryption, which protects data on removable storage and removable media; advanced authentication, which extends data protection with multi-factor authentication; and smartphone protection, a solution to protect data on smartphones with encryption of data on the phone and removable devices, as well as preventing unauthorized transfer of data from the phone. In addition, the company's products include Altiris connector, a notification server deployment and reporting integration solution. It serves aerospace and defense contractors; central and commercial banks; chemical and specialty chemical manufacturers; electric, gas, and water utilities; federal, state, and local government agencies; high-technology manufacturers; traditional manufacturing firms; telecommunications companies and ISPs; insurance companies and other financial services firms; state and federal government agencies; and government integrators. The company was formerly known as PC Guardian Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to GuardianEdge Technologies, Inc. in October, 2005. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in San Francisco, California.