Altiris Ships Automated PC Deployment and Migration for Windows Vista

Business Wire, March 15, 2007

Altiris software extends technology leadership for Windows Vista management, deployment and migration

SALT LAKE CITY -- Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced the availability of Altiris([R]) Deployment Solution([TM] )software 6.8 SP1 with support for Windows Vista1. New capabilities help IT professionals automate change and reduce the cost and complexity of Windows Vista deployment and migration.

IT organizations require solutions to help enable business continuity through the transition to Windows Vista. Altiris service-oriented management solutions help manage change efficiently and seamlessly with automated hardware inventory assessment, operating system deployment, application compatibility mitigation and data and settings migration. These Altiris software management technologies help deliver efficient software operations, increase system availability and maintain employee productivity throughout the change.

"Altiris Deployment Solution remains one of the most useful and powerful tools for managing an IT infrastructure," said Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management and marketing. "This new release helps our customers confidently reduce the cost and complexity of deploying Windows Vista while maintaining employee productivity. Altiris customers have automated the deployment of more than 20 million Microsoft Windows copies and with this release we believe we have strengthened our position as the premier Windows deployment and migration solution."

Deployment Solution, which includes Altiris([R]) PC Transplant([R]) Solution software, offers an easy-to-use, integrated solution that includes operating system deployment, configuration, computer personality migration and software deployment. Numerous new capabilities include:

* A new agent with Windows Vista User Account Control support, minimized client / server communications traffic and a much smaller disk footprint

* New sample jobs for Windows Vista Sysprep and Windows Vista scripted OS installs

* Windows Vista image multicasting

* Integrated support for Microsoft Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) tools including the ImageX utility and the Windows Imaging Format

* New application data and settings migration support for Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Licensing and availability

The Windows Vista-ready version of Deployment Solution software is now available and is offered at an MSRP of US $47 per node. PC Transplant Solution software for Windows Vista is included with Deployment Solution but is also available as a standalone solution and is offered at an MSRP of US $25 per node. Deployment Solution is also available as a component of Altiris([R]) Client Management Suite([TM]) software and Altiris([R]) Migration Suite([TM]) software. For more information, please contact your local Altiris sales representative by visiting www.altiris.com/sales.> About Altiris

Altiris, Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of management. For more information, visit www.altiris.com.

Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including statements regarding the market and business opportunities available to Altiris as a result of the anticipated market adoption of Windows Vista. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, our inaccurate assessment of market demand or IT trends, increased competition in our markets, and such other risks as identified in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Altiris assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this press release.

Altiris and PC Transplant are registered trademarks of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Deployment Solution, Client Management Suite and Migration Suite are trademarks of Altiris, Inc.

1 The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners.