This Day in History

May 13, 1986

Network General Corporation Founded

Len Shustek and Harry and Carol Saal founded Network General Corp., which was a major provider of management solutions for computer networks until its merger with McAfee in 1997. Headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., the company designed software to protect businesses' networks. After the 1997 merger, the two companies were renamed Network Associates Inc.