Symantec Said to Face Challenges Seeking Buyer for Storage Unit

Now that Symantec Corp. is seeking a buyer for its data-storage business, it’s discovering the division is almost as much trouble on the way out as it was on the way in.

After a decade of pressure to sell the business, created through the 2005 acquisition of Veritas, Symantec has approached possible strategic suitors including EMC Corp. and NetApp Inc. to gauge their interest in the unit, people familiar with the matter said.