VERITAS Software Extends Product Leadership with Highly Scalable Data Protection Solution for Desktops and Mobile Laptops

Business Wire, May 8, 2000

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000

VERITAS Software Unveils VERITAS NetBackup Professional for

High-Performance Data Protection

VERITAS(R) Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS), the industry's leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, today announced version 3.0 of VERITAS NetBackup Professional(TM), a new solution for protecting the increasing amount of critical business data stored on desktop and mobile laptops. This easy-to-manage software tool features leading-edge technology that protects irreplaceable data on desktops and mobile laptops. As the next generation of the Company's VERITAS TeleBackup technology, VERITAS NetBackup Professional is a highly scalable, performance-oriented product that offers increased administrative capabilities, including its Web-based console for managing multiple VERITAS NetBackup Professional Servers. VERITAS NetBackup Professional also offers increased end-user capabilities, such as integration with Microsoft Windows Explorer and support for the new Windows 2000 Professional platform.

"Today's business-critical information resides on desktops and mobile laptops, as well as on centralized application and database servers. Most organizations do not have a strategy to protect the remote and mobile parts of a corporate network," said Neal Ater, senior vice president, Data Protection Product Group, VERITAS Software. "VERITAS NetBackup Professional eliminates the huge risk of unprotected desktop and mobile data. By implementing this software, workers enjoy transparent protection of local hard drives and the benefit of fast recovery from lost, stolen or damaged desktops and mobile laptops."

"As a leading provider of software for ebusiness, Primus believes it is particularly important that our development teams protect their valuable and irreplaceable data," said John Surprenant, systems administrator, Primus. "In time-challenged environments, backup duties are sometimes neglected. However, VERITAS Software's highly flexible, remote and mobile protection solution provides our work force with easy and fast backup and recovery. "

VERITAS NetBackup Professional is transparent to the desktop and mobile user, and crucial for companies that rely on the Windows platform for word processing, e-mail, presentation services, Internet access and connectivity to mission-critical applications. New features include proactive alert and monitoring capabilities, centralized management console for multiple VERITAS NetBackup Professional servers, Web-based administration console and extended-report capabilities. With VERITAS NetBackup Professional, administrators schedule, manage and monitor backup and recovery from a central location. They can easily prioritize and balance backup workload within an individual server and across multiple servers. This ensures that organizations have consistent company-wide data protection.

For the mobile laptop user, VERITAS NetBackup Professional provides options for postponing the backup until the user is LAN connected, or automatically backing up critical files or directories after connecting using dial-up or ISP connections. VERITAS NetBackup Professional performs backups without disrupting user productivity, backing up critical data, including open files.

Pricing and Availability

VERITAS NetBackup Professional runs on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 and supports Windows 2000, Windows NT Workstation, and Windows 98/95 clients. Configurations for a single VERITAS NetBackup Professional Server supporting five clients start at $495. Other configurations for additional client support are available in increments of 25, 100, 500 and 1,000 clients. VERITAS NetBackup Professional is scheduled to be available mid-June.

About VERITAS Software

For enterprise customers who demand the continuous availability of business-critical information, VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS), the industry's leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, ensures information availability from business-critical applications by delivering integrated, cross-platform storage management software solutions. The Company's products enable Business Without Interruption(TM) and are designed to protect, access and manage business-critical application information. VERITAS Software products are delivered through a global end user sales force and a worldwide network of enterprise VARs, resellers and OEM partners. 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 VERITAS Software's products and VERITAS Software's ability to appropriately distribute its products, that could cause actual results it achieves to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For more information regarding potential risks, see the sections titled "Factors That May Affect Our Future Results" of VERITAS Software's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q on file with the SEC.