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VERITAS Invites Professionals To Get Serious About Storage

VERITAS Software Corporation, a leading provider of storage software, has launched a free seminar series entitled, "Get Serious about Storage." Developed for business and IT professionals, the half-day seminar focuses on managing the growing complexities of storage environments, based on the VERITAS Adaptive Software Architecture. Offered in 17 cities throughout North America, topics include: building interoperable solutions for heterogeneous environments, ensuring efficiency, and design strategies for effective storage management. The target audience for the seminar series ranges from CIOs to system administrators who are tasked with ensuring that their IT environment is efficient, cost effective, and responsive in today's competitive environment.

Keynote speakers include VERITAS Software executives along with senior managers from IBM Global services to discuss business solutions based on the VERITAS Adaptive Software Architecture. VERITAS technical experts will expand on this architecture and deliver presentations on effective storage management and high availability. Additionally, each seminar includes a Partner Pavilion with key technology partners such as: BEA Systems, Forsythe, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, IBM, MaXXan, Sun Microsystems, The Ergonomic Group, and XIOtech.

Seminar Dates and Locations

• Sept. 17 New York, NY
• Sept. 19 Detroit, MI
• Oct. 1 Boston, MA
• Oct. 9 Atlanta, GA
• Oct. 10 Northern CA
• Oct. 10 Charlotte, NC
• Oct. 15 Vienna, VA
• Oct. 16 Baltimore, MD
• Oct. 17 Chicago, IL
• Oct. 22 Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Oct. 22 Denver, CO
• Oct. 23 Victoria, BC, Canada
• Oct. 24 Los Angeles, CA
• Oct. 24 Calgary, AB, Canada
• Oct. 29 Toronto, ON, Canada Oct. 31
• Oct. 30 Ottawa, ON
• Oct. 31 Montreal, PQ, Canada
• Oct. 31 Dallas, TX

For additional details about the "Get Serious About Storage" seminar series: www.veritas.com/events/details/SeriesDetails.jhtml?seriesId=1000.

About VERITAS Software

With 5,700 employees in 36 countries and revenue of $1.5 billion in 2001, VERITAS Software ranks among the top 10 software companies in the world. VERITAS Software is the world's leading storage software company, providing data protection, storage management, high availability and disaster recovery software to 86 percent of the Fortune 500. VERITAS Software's corporate headquarters is located at 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA, 94043, tel: 650-527-8000, fax: 650-527-8050, e-mail: vx-sales@veritas.com, Website: www.veritas.com.

Contact: Connie Chronis, Corporate Communications of VERITAS Software, 650-527-1572, or connie.chronis@veritas.com.