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VERITAS EXTENDS WINDOWS LEADERSHIP

VERITAS Software Corp, a leading storage software provider, announced the availability of VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 for Windows, storage management and virtualization software that integrates with Microsoft platforms to flexibly manage storage in Windows environments. VERITAS volume management and virtualization technology enables users to pool heterogeneous storage resources to increase availability. VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 for Windows is a key component of the company's building block approach to utility computing, providing the critical foundation of "always-on" storage availability across heterogeneous storage arrays combined with simplified storage management for Windows environments.

VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows extends VERITAS' leadership in Windows server backup and recovery to include volume management and virtualization. VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 for Windows provides advanced volume management and virtualization capabilities for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Storage Server 2003. The new software includes licensable options for Dynamic Multipathing, FlashSnap and an option for Microsoft Cluster Service support. VERITAS is recognized as the worldwide market leader for volume management and virtualization with 69.9 percent market share.

An option to VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows, VERITAS FlashSnap is a software-based snapshot solution that leverages Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service, a Windows Server 2003-based technology that enables Microsoft-supported snapshots of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for quick-recovery and high-performance backups and restores. VERITAS FlashSnap also provides off-host processing for testing, data analysis and reporting. Through the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows Dynamic Multipathing Option, VERITAS supports the largest breadth of heterogeneous storage arrays of any Microsoft partner -- from low-end disk to high-end arrays.

"With the release of VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 for Windows, industry leaders Microsoft and VERITAS continue to work together, providing robust enterprise storage support for Windows environments," said Zane Adam, director of product management and marketing for the Enterprise Storage Division at Microsoft. "Together, Microsoft and VERITAS provide customers with constant data availability, which is the foundation for any enterprise storage strategy on the Windows platform."

VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 for Windows also includes:

• Integration with Microsoft's latest storage technologies: Volume Shadow Copy Service, Virtual Disk Service and Automated System Recovery
• Dynamic Multipathing support for eleven new storage array families, including storage area network-based failover and load balancing capabilities for existing and new storage arrays
• High availability through Dynamic Relayout, which delivers automated online reconfiguration capabilities to increase performance and eliminate downtime
• Simplified management with Storage Foundation Assistant, which provides ready access to the most commonly used commands to simplify IT administration and increase efficiency

"VERITAS is building on its technology partnership with Microsoft to enable our joint customers to fully leverage the new storage technologies in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Storage Server 2003," said Bob Maness, senior director of product marketing, VERITAS Software. "With VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows, VERITAS provides the core foundation for building storage solutions to meet the critical availability requirements necessary for customers to deploy a utility computing environment using Windows technology."

VERITAS customers can license and deploy as much of the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows software as they need, with one CD that includes advanced volume management technology as well as VERITAS FlashSnap, Dynamic Multipathing and an option for MSCS support. VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 for Windows has completed Microsoft's certification for Windows Server 2003 and has received Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Certification. Additionally, VERITAS' volume management technology received the "Products We Love" Award by the readers of Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine as a solution to effectively manage storage environments.