Sun and VERITAS Expand Partnership

Sun Microsystems Inc and VERITAS Software Corporation, a leading enterpriseclass application storage management software provider, announced that Sun will package VERITAS NetBackup software with Sun StorEdge tape libraries to deliver a comprehensive and fully automated backup management solution for data center environments. This integrated solution delivers on the expanded strategic relationship announced on January 25, 2000 between Sun and VERITAS Software to further enhance the high quality and reliability of combined solutions for enterprise customers.

"By combining our powerful Sun StorEdge tape libraries with the reliability and performance of VERITAS NetBackup, we are delivering an integrated solution optimized to meet the exploding backup needs of our enterprise customers," said Denise Shiffman, vice president of marketing for Sun Network Storage. "A benefit of our longstanding relationship with VERITAS Software is the ability to work together to deliver complete solutions targeted to meet the rigorous demands of our data center customers." "This offering provides customers with fully integrated enterprise-class database backup and recovery solutions," said Steve Colman, vice president of strategic alliances and worldwide OEM operations, VERITAS Software. "VERITAS Software remains the definitive provider of high-end application storage management solutions and the answer for business without interruption." The Sun StorEdge tape libraries, combined with VERITAS NetBackup software, address the needs of high-end Sun Enterprise 6500 and Sun Enterprise 10000 server environments where enterprise-class tape backup solutions are essential. The VERITAS Software NetBackup Data Protection Suite increases application availability and simplifies administration of database backup and recovery. In addition, the Sun StorEdge tape libraries and VERITAS NetBackup deliver high-end data center backup in pre-integrated solutions for easy procurement.

Included with the software are a VERITAS NetBackup Master Server license, a client license, a robotic support license with unlimited drive support, and the customer's choice of a Database Extension for Oracle, Sybase or Informix.

Sun StorEdge Tape Libraries Deliver High Availability and Performance The Sun StorEdge family of automated tape libraries is architected for high performance, flexibility, availability and data protection.

Each of the tape libraries provides the scalable capacity and high performance that enterprises of all sizes need to grow and obtain a competitive edge. Sun offers 8mm, DDS-3, DLT and 9840 tape drive technology to meet a full range of needs from the workgroup to the data center. In addition, Sun StorEdge tape libraries deliver comprehensive backup, archive, and disaster recovery programs.

VERITAS NetBackup Provides Data Center-Strength Backup and Recovery Solutions

VERITAS NetBackup, the industry's leading enterprise data protection solution, provides centralized tape library control from a single management interface. The software's multi-tier architecture provides a fast, reliable, data center strength backup and recovery solution that can protect environments that span terabytes to petabytes in size. VERITAS NetBackup provides dynamic tape drive sharing, snapshot backup, server free backup, disaster recovery support and intuitive Java technology and Windows NT administrative interfaces. In addition to protecting data in a mixed UNIX, Windows NT and Novell NetWare environment, VERITAS NetBackup provides advanced, "database aware" solutions for all leading databases, such as Oracle, DB2, Informix, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server.

About VERITAS Software

For enterprise customers that demand the continuous availability of businesscritical information, VERITAS Software Corporation, 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 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: www.veritas.com.

About Sun Network Storage

Sun Network Storage was formed by Sun Microsystems in July 1998, and is a recognized multi-billion dollar industry leader in the UNIX systems and open systems storage market. Sun is changing the rules in network storage by delivering software and hardware written to an open network architecture. Sun's commitment to standards enables timely availability of new technology, investment protection for existing technology, and a thriving partner community. The comprehensive Sun StorEdge family of products enables customers to match storage to the application while providing scalable capacity and performance in a "pay-as-you-grow" architecture.

Sun offers customers a complete family of network storage systems and storage management software. The Sun StorEdge line of disk storage, tape backup, management software and data services address workgroup to enterprise requirements with solutions for server-attached storage, consolidated storage networks and storage area networks. The products offer exceptional reliability, availability, scalability, manageability and performance. During the coming months, Sun storage systems and management software will introduce support for Jiro technology. Based on the Java 2 platform, Jiro technology eliminates interoperability issues between storage systems, management software and network devices, and is an important enabler of next generation storage networks.

About Sun Microsystems Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to ".com" their businesses. With $14 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.

Contact Suzanne Eaton, Sun Microsystems Inc 510-574-9747 suzanne.eaton@ebay.sun.com or Erin Jones, VERITAS Software 805-783-4528 erin.jones@veritas.com.