Channel and End-Users To Realize Business Benefits of Implementing a Comprehensive Strategy for Data Protection and Management

AMMAN, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - May 12, 2005 - Continuing to set the gold standard in providing solutions which enable organizations to protect and manage their information, the Middle East operations of VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS) is embarking on a tour of Jordan and Lebanon to inform both its reseller channel and end-users about the latest advances in software to automate information storage.

Following on from the vendor's intensive twelve-month analysis of the region's SME (small and medium-size enterprise) sector, executives from VERITAS Middle East will explain to seminar attendees how its Backup Exec Suite of products - the gold standard in Windows data protection - provides the ideal platform for protecting, recovering and managing the most vital asset to any company in today's business climate - data.

"With their continued economic growth in the mid-market, a number of the Levant countries represent significant potential for VERITAS," explained Katie Spurgeon, channel manager, VERITAS Middle East. "What we aim to do is pass on the latest data protection strategies to Lebanese and Jordanian business, in order for them to skill up and safeguard their business resources."

Stopping in Beirut on May 16, and with the Jordanian event scheduled to take place on May 18, businesses and solution providers will be able to meet VERITAS' Middle East management team and glean insights into how solutions such as Backup Exec Suite - comprising the latest version of one of the industry's foremost and widely used data protection solution, VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0, as well as VERITAS Replication Exec? 3.1, and VERITAS Storage Exec? 5.3 - will make it possible for them to manage more information, more effectively and with less human intervention required.

"Backup Exec 10.0 represents a significant milestone in the development of data backup and management software. What businesses have is a number of tools that enable them to secure, recover and manage their electronic records from a single console. From one-button backup of all your data to a simple, logical method for managing backup jobs and strategies, Backup Exec 10.0 can help businesses in the Levant ensure that when an emergency situation occurs - be it an electricity blackout or a PC crash -  all of your data is safe and secure," added Spurgeon.    

During morning sessions, speakers will underline the business advantages of using Backup Exec 10.0 as part of their overall data strategy; the afternoon session consists of technical demos and presentations highlighting Backup Exec 10.0's ease of use.

"VERITAS fully understands the needs of SMEs across this region, including the need to reduce the complexity and related costs of technology deployments. Backup Exec Suite has been created with those specific needs in mind, and we expect a surge in demand from both Lebanon and Jordan following these events," concluded Spurgeon. 

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VERITAS Software, one of the 10 largest software companies in the world, is a leading provider of software and services to enable utility computing. In a utility computing model, IT resources are aligned with business needs, and business applications are delivered with optimal performance and availability on top of shared computing infrastructure, minimizing hardware and labor costs. With 2004 revenue of $2.04 billion, VERITAS delivers products and services for data protection, storage & server management, high availability and application performance management that are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500. More information about VERITAS Software can be found at www.veritas.com

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