41 Percent of IT Organizations Plan to Deploy Virtualization to Client PCs.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Survey Cites Hardware Optimization and Reducing Application Management Costs as the Top Two Benefits of Virtualization Technologies 

Altiris Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced that, according to a recent survey(1) commissioned by Altiris, 41 percent of IT organizations plan to deploy virtualization in client PC environments. The survey also revealed that the top two benefits of virtualization technologies are hardware optimization and reducing the cost of deploying and maintaining applications.

While 41 percent of respondents plan to deploy client PC virtualization, the survey of more than 550 IT professionals found that only 8 percent of all individuals surveyed have currently deployed application virtualization technologies in their client environment. In comparison, 71 percent of those surveyed have deployed or plan to deploy virtualization in their server environment.

Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management and marketing, said, "Software virtualization reduces the cost and complexity of software management and the demonstration of these benefits will continue to extend virtualization from the data center to the client PC. Altiris(R) Software Virtualization Solution(TM) makes virtualization on the client PC a reality today and is easy to implement for both enterprises and small businesses."

Looking forward, the survey revealed that the most important future software virtualization capabilities include manageability of virtual environments, terminal server support and OS patch virtualization.

Morton went on to say, "We also see that IT organizations are clamoring for better management of their virtualized environments. It seems that in the rush to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization, manageability of virtual environments was underestimated and administrators are now feeling the pinch of manual processes."

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.

(1) IT Community Research surveyed 553 individuals from all levels of the IT organization, and from around the world, during June and July 2006.

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 the statements regarding the referenced survey's findings concerning IT organizations' plans to deploy virtualization in client PC environments and the most important future software virtualization capabilities, and the extension of virtualization from the data center to the client PC. 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, inaccuracies in the findings of the survey, our inaccurate assessment of market demand or IT technology trends, and such other risks as identified in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2006, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris Inc. in the United States and in other countries. Software Virtualization Solution is a trademark of Altiris Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners.