1. VERITAS Software Corp. BUSINESS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION Fredy Nick SE Manager

2. 2 Integrated Solution for Business without Interruption Protect t NetBackup t Backup Exec t TeleBackup t Client Protection Suite t Cluster Server t Storage Replicator for File Systems t Storage Replicator for Volume Manager t File System t Cluster File System t Storage Migrator Access t Volume Manager t Media Librarian t Global Data Manager t Storage Resource Management t Nerve Center Manage t Foundation Suite t Internet Edition t Database Edition t File Server Edition Product Suites

3. 3 One of Top 10 Largest Software Companies #1 Software Company in $5.5 Billion Market ~$2.3 Billion R&D Spending R&D Spending (over next 5 years) Over 3500 Employees >$1Billion Revenue* > 50% Growth* ~25% Op. Margin ~$50 Billion BillionMarketCapitalization World Class Company

4. VERITAS Software Linux Strategy

5. 5 t Linux Market Success & Needs t Application Storage Management Solutions t VERITAS Software Product Roadmap for Linux t VERITAS Software Linux Partners t VERITAS Software Open Source Strategy t VERITAS Software Support Strategy t Summary

6. 6 January 24 Announcement Summary t VERITAS Software demonstrates commitment to heterogeneous storage management solutions, including Linux t VERITAS Software focused on developing strong Enterprise Linux market opportunities in file serving and database serving markets t VERITAS Software partnering with Red Hat and Oracle to enable Linux solutions for high availability

7. Linux Market Success and Needs

8. 8 S T O R A G E What’s Next? Enterprise Servers Departmental Servers Workgroup Servers File/Print/Email Servers OS Evolution Workstations Year 0+5+10+15+20

9. 9 Linux Market Success and Needs t Obstacles to Linux in the high-end Enterprise Storage and System ManagementStorage and System Management Requirements for highly scalable database environmentsRequirements for highly scalable database environments Adoption by broad systems integration communityAdoption by broad systems integration community Need for education on availability of enterprise support, service, and knowledgeNeed for education on availability of enterprise support, service, and knowledge

10. Application Storage Management Solutions

11. 11 Customer Solution Application Storage Management Solutions Customer Profile File/Print/Email servers t t Distributed data storage requirements are growing exponentially t t Client/server applications require more and faster data as desktop processing and network bandwidth increase t t Most solutions are expensive, inflexible, and specialized t VERITAS Software t Delivers High Availability solution with seamless failover of file services t Eliminates maintenance downtime t Minimizes unplanned downtime and failover process t Increases fault-tolerance

12. 12 Customer Solution Application Storage Management Solutions Customer Profile Database Servers t t Dependence on databases for all phases of operations t t Increasing data volume t t Continuous availability (24x7) of mission-critical databases t t Require faster access to data t t Database availability and performance impact the bottom line t VERITAS Software t Increases performance dramatically with file system manageability t Reduces production database downtime t Minimizes database backup window; Lowers CPU consumption; More up-to-date backups t Faster database recoverability

13. 13 Application Storage Management Solutions VERITAS V 3 Storage Appliance Software Embedding VERITAS software on the “storage” side of the SAN Foundation Suite Virtual Disk Layer Samba+ Add-On Options Replication Backup HSM VCS Distributed SAN Services Network based Central Mgt. t t Virtual consolidation point to improve manageability t Minimize impact of physical SAN configuration changes t Enabled advanced off-host services

14. 14 Storage Area Network Application Storage Management Solutions Application Service Group Application Servers Application Service Group Database Server Application Service Group nfs Local Area Network Highly available clustered servers to keep your data always available to customers and your business High Availability Solution: E-commerce and Databases

15. Product Roadmap for Linux Product Roadmap for Linux VERITAS Software

16. 16 Product Roadmap for Linux Linux Solutions Currently Available: t t Client support in VERITAS NetBackup t t Client support in VERITAS Backup Exec Linux servers can be backed up into a centralized UNIX or NT server with VERITAS NetBackup or Backup Exec

17. 17 Product Roadmap for Linux VERITAS NetBackup Redefining enterprise data protection: t t One solution for heterogeneous environments and all major databases t t Centralized administration t t Increased application availability for very large database (VLDB) and ERP applications (SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft) t t Lower backup cost of ownership Availability 2nd Half 2000

18. 18 Product Roadmap for Linux VERITAS Volume Manager t t Provides highly available information systems t t Fault-tolerant data redundancy t t Online data backup and reconfiguration t t Increases application performance t t Streamlines data layouts t t Provides increases manageability of systems t t Reduces system maintenance costs t t Automates many typical offline administrative functions Availability 2nd Half 2000

19. 19 Product Roadmap for Linux VERITAS File System t t Provides highly available information systems t t Eliminates system downtime t t Increases application performance t t Dynamic performance tuning adjusts to application t t Provides increases manageability of systems t t Reduces system maintenance costs t t Automates many typical offline administrative functions Availability 2nd Half 2000

20. 20 Product Roadmap for Linux VERITAS Cluster Server t t Most scalable availability management solution t t Easy to install, configure and manage t t SAN architected t t Industry’s broadest support for third party hardware t t Industry’s broadest agent support for third party software t t Heterogeneous platform strategy t t Key component in the industries only credible wide area high availability strategy Availability 2nd Half 2000

21. Linux Partners Linux Partners VERITAS Software

22. 22 Linux Partners VERITAS Software and Red Hat t Collaborating to accelerate availability of enterprise-class storage management software solutions for Linux t Red Hat and VERITAS Software working together to deliver joint solutions to market t VERITAS NetBackup client for Red Hat Linux is available with the Red Hat Deluxe package t VERITAS Software and Red Hat investigating high-availability solutions for Linux

23. 23 Linux Partners VERITAS Software and Oracle t Oracle and VERITAS Software are jointly interested in providing enterprise-class Linux solutions t Oracle and VERITAS Software plan to address the high-availability needs of enterprise Linux customers t Database Backup t Journaled File System t Volume Management t High Availability Clustering

24. 24 VERITAS Software Open Source Strategy Linux Kernel Application Storage Management t t Layered software (on top of the kernel) can be sold just as it is today on other platforms t t Oracle 8i maintains pricing independent of OS t t VERITAS Software products will be sold in binary format t t VERITAS Software will work with partners in the Open Source community t t Any Linux kernel improvement will be open source

25. 25 VERITAS Software Support Strategy t t Coordinated Support Alliance(s) based on distribution channel and product strategies t t Marketing programs to enable customers to get both VERITAS Software and Linux support t t Knowledge base investment on Linux platform t t Partner agreements to: enable quick and efficient customer problem resolution access to expert Linux support personnel

26. 26 VERITAS Software Linux Summary t PLATFORM: VERITAS Software demonstrates commitment to heterogeneous storage management solutions, including Linux t PRODUCTS: VERITAS Software focused on developing strong enterprise Linux market opportunities in file serving and database serving markets t PARTNERS: VERITAS Software partnering with Red Hat and Oracle to enable Linux solutions for high availability