VERITAS Software Corporation Chief Executive Officer to Present at The Summit on Leading Execution, New York City

Business Wire, Dec 6, 2004

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) today announced that Gary Bloom, chief executive officer for VERITAS Software, is scheduled to present at The Summit on Leading Execution in New York City today at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. The Summit on Leading Execution brings more than 400 managers and leaders together to discuss best practice solutions and innovative, practical ideas to drive strategy, people and operations towards better business execution.

Bloom will join author and advisor to CEOs Ram Charan and Heidrick and Struggles managing partner for human resources Hal Johnson, in a discussion about leading "Strategy, Succession and Change," led by Pattie Sellers, editor at large of FORTUNE magazine. The discussion will focus on best practice strategy planning, key cultural issues that leaders need to understand before trying to implement strategy changes and how senior managers can help CEOs in effecting change.

The session is scheduled to take place in the Broadway Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The hotel is located at 1605 Broadway & 49th Street. For more details on the conference, please visit: http://www.linkageinc.com/learning_events/conferences/le/default.aspx

About VERITAS Software

VERITAS Software, one of the 10 largest software companies in the world, is a leading provider of software to enable utility computing. In a utility computing model IT resources are aligned with business needs, and business applications are delivered with optimal performance and availability on top of shared computing infrastructure, minimizing hardware and labor costs. With 2003 revenues of $1.75 billion, VERITAS delivers products and services for data protection, storage & server management, high availability and application performance management that are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500. More information about VERITAS Software can be found at www.veritas.com.

This press release may include estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that we will not gain market acceptance of our products and services, the risk that we will not be able to maintain the quality of our end-user customer and partnering relationships and the risk that we will not manage our business effectively, that could cause the actual results we achieve to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For more information regarding potential risks, see the "Factors That May Affect Future Results" section of our most recent annual and quarterly report on file with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

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