This IDC Flash summarizes IDC's views on Symantec 2014 Worldwide Industry Analyst Conference (WIAC), held in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 5, 2014. The conference was attended by 42 industry analysts from 13 firms. Stephen Gillett, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Amit Mital, CTO; Jeff Hausman, SVP Information Availability; Pablo Stern, SVP Backup and Recovery; Fran Rosch, SVP User Productivity and Protection; Brian Dye, SVP, Information Security, and John Emard, Senior Director, Channel Programs and Operations represented Symantec's executive team at the WIAC. The executive team was also joined by Symantec's key customers -- The Bank of New York Mellon, Princess Cruises, Lionsgate, Mary Washington Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo, Caesars Entertainment, and TCF National Bank -- and key partners -- CMT, Insight, and Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) -- for roundtables and discussions....