▁to ▁the ▁NY SE ▁under ▁the ▁symbol ▁" SE G " ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Se ag ate ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁the ▁C ay man ▁Islands ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reduce ▁income ▁tax es . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁taken ▁private ▁by ▁an ▁invest ment ▁group ▁composed ▁of ▁Se ag ate ▁management , ▁Silver ▁Lake ▁Part ners , ▁Texas ▁Pacific ▁Group ▁and ▁others ▁in ▁a ▁three - way ▁mer ger - sp ino ff ▁with ▁Ver itas ▁Software ; ▁Ver itas ▁merged ▁with ▁Se ag ate , ▁which ▁was ▁bought ▁by ▁the ▁invest ment ▁group . ▁Ver itas ▁was ▁then ▁immediately ▁sp un ▁off ▁to ▁share hold ers , ▁gain ing ▁rights ▁to ▁Se ag ate ▁Software ▁Network ▁and ▁Storage ▁Management ▁Group ▁( with ▁products ▁such ▁as ▁Back up ▁Exec ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Se ag ate ' s ▁shares ▁in ▁San D isk ▁and ▁Dragon ▁Systems . ▁Se ag ate ▁Software ▁Information ▁Management ▁Group ▁was ▁renamed ▁Cry stal ▁Dec isions ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Se ag ate ▁re - enter ed ▁the ▁public ▁market ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁on ▁the ▁NAS DA Q ▁as ▁" ST X ." ▁ ▁Part ners hips ▁and ▁ac quis itions ▁ ▁Fin is ▁Con ner ▁left ▁Se ag ate ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁and ▁founded ▁Con ner ▁Per i pher als , ▁which ▁originally ▁special ized ▁in ▁small -