VERITAS Announces Support for the New Dell PowerVault SAN Solution for Windows NT Environments

Business Wire, Feb 23, 1999

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1999--

Extending Their Strategic Technology Development and Distribution

Agreement, VERITAS and Dell Join to Enhance the Manageability and

Efficiency of Storage Area Networks (SANs)

VERITAS(R) Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS), the leading provider of end-to-end storage management solutions, today announced its support for the Dell PowerVault SAN solution, a new class of SAN products for Windows NT environments from Dell Computer Corporation, the world's leading direct computer systems company.

As an extension of the strategic Technology Development and Distribution Agreement announced between VERITAS and Dell on October 26, 1998, VERITAS plans to certify VERITAS NetBackup(TM) for Windows NT Server, the industry's most scalable Windows NT backup solution, for use with Dell's new centralized storage consolidation and backup solution within the second quarter of 1999.

"As a leader in server and distributed storage markets, Dell, with the introduction of its Dell PowerVault SAN solution, will buoy the adoption of SAN as the next generation of storage management," said Steve Colman, vice president, OEM sales, VERITAS. "Dell's standards-based storage consolidation solution, combined with our industry-leading VERITAS NetBackup for Windows NT Server storage management software, will reduce the costs of managing NT storage while increasing storage management availability and efficiency."

"VERITAS' leadership position in SAN software and commitment to industry standards will enable us to provide our mutual customers with a superior solution for enterprise storage," said Kevin Reinis, director of PowerVault marketing for Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "Dell's SAN offers customers a scaleable, enterprise-class solution for their Windows NT environment at a lower cost than most alternatives in the industry. Data backup is key to this solution and VERITAS NetBackup provides the strong features and capabilities required to complement Dell's new SAN products."

Certification efforts for the Dell PowerVault SAN solution and VERITAS NetBackup for Windows NT Server are expected to begin next month.

About VERITAS NetBackup(TM)

VERITAS NetBackup is the industry's leading enterprise data protection solution for heterogeneous environments. VERITAS NetBackup automates backup and recovery operations from a single, easy-to-use management interface, allowing installations to implement consistent backup policies throughout the enterprise. The combination of VERITAS NetBackup's mainframe-class tape media management and data interleaving for performance are redefining the standard for Windows NT backup and recovery. VERITAS NetBackup provides non-disruptive backup for popular applications that run on Windows NT, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server and Oracle. The product also supports virtually all popular computing platforms, including UNIX derivatives, Windows NT, Novell, Macintosh and others.

About VERITAS

VERITAS Software Corporation designs, develops and markets enterprise storage management and high-availability software products that manage both online and offline data for business-critical computing systems. The Company's products are designed to improve system performance, availability and manageability while reducing the cost of administration. VERITAS products are delivered through a worldwide direct sales force and a network of resellers and OEM partners in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan. The Company's corporate headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone 650/335-8000. Fax 650/335-8050. email vx-sales@veritas.com. WWW site: http://www.veritas.com/.> This press release may include estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and market acceptance of products and VERITAS' ability to appropriately distribute its products, that could cause actual results the Company achieves to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For more information regarding potential risks see the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q on file with the SEC.

Note to Editors: VERITAS is a registered trademark of VERITAS Software Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. The VERITAS logo and VERITAS NetBackup are trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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