MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- VERITAS Software Corporation, the leading storage software provider, today announced that VERITAS Cluster Server, the industry's leading clustering software(1), has been recognized for outstanding product achievement in the "Best Storage Software" category of the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 2003 Codie Awards. Selected for this award by industry trade press, mainstream technology writers, industry experts and members of the SIIA, VERITAS Cluster Server software allows companies to manage the availability and performance of data center server environments while helping to reduce administration costs. The SIIA Codie Awards recognizes the software and information industry's finest products and services. More than 330 companies and 650 products were nominated for Codie Award categories, including the "Best Storage Software" award won by VERITAS Cluster Server. "This 18th Annual Codie Awards continues our tradition of celebrating the best of the best in the software and information industry," said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA. "Winning this 2003 Codie Award establishes VERITAS as one of the key companies in the software industry -- and one to watch in the future." VERITAS Cluster Server allows companies to create policies to help eliminate downtime and to increase performance through distributing application workload across servers. Accessed from a centralized console that provides a common management interface across diverse platforms, VERITAS Cluster Server helps companies reduce costs by streamlining administrative tasks, optimizing the use of existing servers and applications and effectively managing a wide range of applications in heterogeneous environments. The ability to help companies manage the availability and performance of server environments makes VERITAS Cluster Server software an important component of VERITAS Software's utility computing strategy. Through heterogeneous software such as VERITAS Cluster Server, VERITAS enables companies to deliver IT as a measurable, accountable service that is aligned to business needs and capable of adapting to changing demands. Combining its extensive storage software with recent strategic acquisitions and more than 100 supporting partners, VERITAS Software uniquely offers a broad range of products to deliver on the promise of utility computing today. (1) Source: IDC, "Worldwide Clustering and Availability Software Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006" (June 2002)