VERITAS Software Stages Industry's First 32-Node Windows NT Cluster and Wide Area Failover Demonstration at Largest-Ever European Storage Management Users Conference

Business Wire, April 4, 2000

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

Inforum 2000

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000

More than 800 European Storage Management Professionals Brought

Together to Discuss Enterprise Storage Management Issues at

Inforum 2000 - the VERITAS European Users Conference

VERITAS(R) Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS), the leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, today announced that it will stage the industry's first 32-node Windows NT clustering and wide-area failover demonstration (please see related announcements dated today), live at the opening night of Inforum 2000, the largest European storage management software users conference. The event will take place at the Hilton Metropole International Hotel in London, UK, April 4 - 6, 2000.

More than 800 storage management professionals from 21 countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa, are expected to attend the three-day event, which includes the launch of VERITAS Global Cluster Manager(TM) and VERITAS Cluster Server(TM) for Windows NT. The event will include keynote addresses from senior VERITAS Software executives, along with customer presentations and storage tutorial sessions designed for those responsible for the management of on- and off-line business critical data.

"Inforum 2000 is an invaluable opportunity for our EMEA customers and partners to gather together to explore how VERITAS Software solutions ensure the continuous availability of business-critical information and share the benefits that VERITAS Software solutions have provided customers across EMEA," said Phil Bousfield, senior vice president, international operations, VERITAS Software.

"Storage management is rapidly becoming the cornerstone of the enterprise IT infrastructure; backup, disaster recovery, clustering and storage area networking (SAN) technology all provide the backbone to support key applications such as e-commerce, ERP, customer relationship management and data warehousing solutions. Today's organisations can't afford anything less from their strategic storage management partners, and VERITAS Software, with its world-class storage solutions and partnerships, is the industry leader providing solutions from the workgroup through to the large scale enterprise," concluded Bousfield.

Highlights of the conference include: keynote addresses from Paul Sallaberry, executive vice president of VERITAS Software, and working case studies presented by key customers. Industry partners, including ATL, Brocade, Compaq, Computacenter, HDS, HP, IBM and StorageTek, will also participate in a SAN panel where delegates can glean hints and tips from industry achievers. Tailored management and technical seminar tracks have been specifically designed to explore business-critical issues that enterprises face today and illuminate how VERITAS Software and its key partners will address the storage management challenges of the future.

More than 200 companies will be attending Inforum 2000, with over 800 attendees in attendance from numerous countries, including Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

The conference is sponsored by industry partners, including ATL, BROCADE, Compaq, Computacenter, HDS, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, StorageTek and Silicon.com. There is also a partner exhibition where delegates may view demonstrations from leading hardware storage vendors, including ADIC, ATL, BROCADE, Bull, CNT Compaq, Computacenter, Emulex, Fujitsu Siemens, HDS, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Morse, Network Appliance, Overland, StorageTek, Storm and Transformation.

About VERITAS Software

For enterprise customers that demand the continuous availability of business-critical information, VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS), an industry leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, helps to ensure information availability from business-critical applications by delivering integrated cross-platform storage management software solutions. The Company's products enable Business Without Interruption and are designed to protect, access and manage business-critical application information. VERITAS Software 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 ability of VERITAS Software and Oracle to successfully implement their plan to execute on this initiative, that could cause actual results that VERITAS 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.