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SPRINGFIELD Springfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 105,227), state capital and seat of Sangamon co., central Ill., on the Sangamon River; settled 1818, inc. as a city 1840. - Security software maker Symantec Corp. is considering doubling the size of its Springfield campus by adding a 205,000-square-foot research and development facility. If the California-based company moves ahead with the expansion, it would mark one of the Eugene-Springfield area's biggest economic development boosts since Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced last year it would build a call center in Springfield's Gateway district. That facility is scheduled to open this fall with 250 workers and ratchet up to 1,000 by 2009. In preliminary plans submitted to the city, Symantec said it is tentatively ten·ta·tive adj. 1. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans. 2. Uncertain; hesitant. planning to construct the two-story office building on 14.8 acres immediately west of the existing 198,600-square-foot customer service center on International Way. The 850-employee customer service facility, which provides technical support to large business and government customers, has room for 1,000 workers. An adjacent, slightly larger building, probably would have the same or greater work force capacity, although in its paperwork to the city, Symantec doesn't mention how many jobs might be created. The company also doesn't mention a timeline
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When Symantec moved to Springfield from downtown Eugene in 2002, the company obtained an option to buy the 14.8-acre parcel from Sony Disc Manufacturing for a future second phase. Symantec has never given a timetable for that potential expansion. Phil Weiler, a Symantec spokesman based in Springfield, could not be reached for comment Wednesday. In the past, Weiler has said the company is more likely to boost rather than cut employment in Springfield as Symantec grows. Later this year, Symantec is expected to complete a $13.5 billion merger with Veritas Software Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California. Corp., a California-based developer of computer storage software. The new entity will keep the Symantec name. Genevieve Haldeman, a Symantec spokeswoman in Cupertino, Calif., said Wednesday that the company is exploring its options in Springfield. "But we have no firm plans in place at this point," she said. Haldeman could not provide further details. The vacant 14.8-acre parcel gives Symantec a ready-made footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. for a research and development facility. The Springfield land is in a state-designated enterprise zone, which would give the new facility a property tax exemption tax exemption, immunity from the requirement of paying taxes. Federal, state, and usually local law provide exemption from taxation for a wide variety of organizations, usually not-for-profit, such as churches, colleges, universities, health care providers, various for three years and the ability to extend the tax waiver The voluntary surrender of a known right; conduct supporting an inference that a particular right has been relinquished. The term waiver is used in many legal contexts. for two more. In the past few years, Symantec has tried to use the Springfield center to the fullest and take advantage of Lane County's relatively low labor and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales by moving several departments there from its Cupertino headquarters. The transfers included information technology, accounts payable and finance units. John Tamulonis, the city's economic development manager, said Wednesday that the current Symantec building was designed so the company could create a mirror image building next door. Tamulonis noted that even with a large new building, Symantec isn't likely to double its employee count overnight. ``If there is an expansion, it might be 50 or 100 (workers) to start with,'' he said. ``They are at 850 now, and that took them five years to get to.'' Symantec officials are scheduled to meet with Springfield planners and public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. staff this afternoon to go over structural, fire code and traffic issues related to the expansion. The Springfield facility is one of four Symantec customer call centers. The others are in Dublin, Ireland; Sydney, Australia; and Tokyo. Veritas maintains 40 customer support sites throughout the world, with U.S. support operations based in Florida. |
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