Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 10. Segment Information

As of September 28, 2012, our five reportable segments are the same as our operating segments and are as follows: 

•Consumer: Our Consumer segment focuses on delivering internet security for PCs, tablets and mobile devices along with services such as online backup, online family protection and remote help to individual users and home offices. 

•Security and Compliance: Our Security and Compliance segment focuses on providing large, medium, and small-sized businesses with solutions for endpoint security and management, compliance, mail security, data loss prevention, encryption, managed security services, and authentication services. These solutions allow our customers to secure, provision, and remotely manage their laptops, PCs, mobile devices, and servers. We also provide our customers with solutions delivered through our cloud and appliance security offerings. 

•Storage and Server Management: Our Storage and Server Management segment focuses on providing large, medium, and small-sized businesses with storage and server management, backup, archiving, eDiscovery, and data protection solutions across heterogeneous storage and server platforms, as well as solutions delivered through our cloud and appliance offerings. 

•Services: Our Services segment provides customers with implementation services and solutions designed to assist them in maximizing the value of their Symantec software. Our offerings include consulting, business critical services, and education. 

•Other: Our Other segment is comprised of sunset products and products nearing the end of their life cycle. It may include certain general and administrative expenses; amortization of intangible assets; impairment of goodwill, intangible assets, and other long-lived assets; stock-based compensation; restructuring and transition expenses; and certain indirect costs that are not charged to the operating segments described above, such as interest income and expense. 

There were no intersegment sales for the three and six months ended September 28, 2012 or September 30, 2011. The following table summarizes the results of our operating segments:  

	Consumer	Security and Compliance	Storage and Server Management	Services	Other	Total Company
	($ in millions)
Three months ended September 28, 2012:
Net revenue	$            528	$               512	$               595	$              64	$                -	$         1,699
Percentage of total net revenue	31%	30%	35%	4%	0%	100%
Operating income (loss)	264	152	236	12	(359)	305
Operating margin	50%	30%	40%	19%	*
Three months ended September 30, 2011:
Net revenue	$            531	$               482	$               605	$              63	$                -	$         1,681
Percentage of total net revenue	31%	29%	36%	4%	0%	100%
Operating income (loss)	257	102	256	10	(340)	285
Operating margin	48%	21%	42%	16%	*
Six months ended September 28, 2012:
Net revenue	$         1,049	$            1,013	$            1,179	$            126	$                -	$         3,367
Percentage of total net revenue	31%	30%	35%	4%	0%	100%
Operating income (loss)	521	289	471	21	(728)	574
Operating margin	50%	29%	40%	17%	*
Six months ended September 30, 2011:
Net revenue	$         1,056	$               949	$            1,203	$            126	$                -	$         3,334
Percentage of total net revenue	32%	28%	36%	4%	0%	100%
Operating income (loss)	512	192	534	18	(669)	587
Operating margin	48%	20%	44%	14%	*

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*Percentage not meaningful