As of January 9, 2006, BindView Development Corp. was acquired by Symantec Corp. BindView Development designs and develops software suites for security and compliance management services. The company focuses on compliance monitoring, vulnerability management, identity administration, and configuration management services. Its solutions enable organizations to centralize and automate the creation and distribution of security policies. The company’s products support users, systems, applications, and databases based on Microsoft, UNIX, LINUX, and Novell operating systems. It sells its products through direct sales forces, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturers. The company, formerly known as The LAN Support Group, Inc. BindView Development was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Germany, France, India, Mexico, and the U.K.