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BindView

BindView Development Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW) was an American software company founded in 1990 by Eric Pulaski in Houston, Texas. The company specialised in network vulnerability management, directory administration and security policy assessment software for Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows environments. BindView was acquired by Symantec Corporation in January 2006 for approximately $209 million.

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Article summary

BindView Development Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW) was an American software company founded in 1990 by Eric Pulaski in Houston, Texas. The company specialised in network vulnerability management, directory administration and security policy assessment software for Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows environments. BindView was acquired by Symantec Corporation in January 2006 for approximately $209 million.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352697434

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.