New VERITAS Web Edition 2.0 Boosts Performance and Manageability of Sun SPARC/Solaris Web Servers.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000

VERITAS Web Edition Offers Cost-effective, High-availability Data

Protection to Simplify the Implementation of Advanced Storage

Management Services

VERITAS(R) Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS), the industry's leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, today announced the availability of new VERITAS Web Edition(TM) 2.0, a storage management solution for all web servers, including e-Business web servers. Designed to boost the performance of Sun SPARC/Solaris web servers, VERITAS Web Edition streamlines the management of exponential data growth and meets customers' high-availability requirements. VERITAS Web Edition simplifies routine maintenance tasks, such as backup and resizing, without disrupting user access to data.

"Unplanned downtime is the bane of all organizations," said Dan Kusnetzky, IDC's Program Director of Operating Environments and Serverware services. "Web-based applications, being the electronic place of business, just cannot be allowed to fail. Products such as VERITAS Web Edition can be important tools to help organizations increase both the performance and reliability of their Web infrastructure."

"E-commerce web servers contain business-critical information, requiring 24x7 uptime," said Michael Colemere, vice president of product management, VERITAS Software. "Today's e-commerce providers demand ease-of-use and reliability, combined in a solution that protects their web server's data and therefore, their business. The new VERITAS Web Edition meets those requirements."

VERITAS Web Edition is a scalable, high-availability storage management solution that protects standard Sun web servers, transforming them into a mission-critical platform for ISPs and corporate web-server administrators. VERITAS Web Edition employs a Java-based graphical user interface with online file system and volume management, providing tools for easy administration, configuration and storage management.

VERITAS Web Edition (HA) extends protection and availability of critical data for Sun SPARC/Solaris web servers running Netscape SuiteSpot and Apache web server clusters by offering fast reboot and hot relocation of failed redundant storage. New VERITAS Web Edition maximizes performance by enabling superior through-put and fast response accessing of web documents containing text, graphics and high-bandwidth audio and video files on a web server.

For more information about VERITAS Web Edition 2.0, VERITAS Software or its other application storage management software solutions, please contact the Company's North American sales office at: 400 International Parkway, Heathrow, FL 32746; [phone]; [phone] or FAX: [phone].

About VERITAS Software

For enterprise customers who demand the continuous availability of business-critical information, VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS), 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(TM) and are designed to protect, access and manage business-critical application information. VERITAS Software products are delivered through a global end user sales force and a worldwide network of enterprise VARs, resellers and OEM partners. The Company's corporate headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]. WWW site: http://www.veritas.com/.

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