San Francisco (CA) - VeriSign Inc. plans to shed a slew of business units to focus on securing online transactions and managing the ".com" and ".net" domain name registry.

The Mountain View-based company is scheduled to announce its plans, though not any done deals, on Wednesday in a meeting with analysts.

Chief Executive Bill Roper said in an interview beforehand that he will outline the results of the company's recent review of its business units. It plans to sell businesses where it's not the clear front-runner and focus on areas where it is, Roper said.

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