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To: Chispas who wrote (78297)	6/8/2001 11:40:50 PM
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VRTS excellence,....Loudcloud Utilizes VERITAS Software to Provide High Availability for Company's Enterprise-Class Database Cloud Service Loudcloud Customers Receive Continuous Access to Mission-Critical Internet Data MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS - news), The Data Availability Company, today announced that Loudcloud Inc. (Nasdaq: LDCL - news), the leading managed service provider, is utilizing VERITAS Software solutions to help provide 24 x 7 data availability for its Database Cloud(TM), a Loudcloud Smart Cloud(TM) service. VERITAS Cluster Server(TM) and VERITAS Volume Manager(TM) help dramatically increase Database Cloud service uptime. ``Our enterprise customers demand the highest uptime for their e-business applications, such as e-commerce sites, supply chain systems, or b2b marketplaces and they simply cannot afford to have their Internet sites unavailable, even temporarily,'' said Chris Wheaton, vice president and general manager of Automated Operations at Loudcloud. ``VERITAS Software offers the flexibility and manageability necessary to help ensure the data availability our customers require. By working with leaders in the data availability marketplace, such as VERITAS Software, Loudcloud continues to provide customers with best-of-breed technology in every component of our Database Cloud.'' Loudcloud's Database Cloud service is a highly available enterprise database solution with built-in redundancy at every database layer, delivering better overall performance. The Database Cloud service offers customers a variety of premium technologies from industry-leading companies. These database technologies are powered by Loudcloud's own Opsware(TM) automation technology, and bundled with top-notch people and rigorous processes to promote operational excellence for all Loudcloud customers. One of the key reasons Loudcloud utilizes VERITAS Cluster Server and VERITAS Volume Manager is the products' ability to provide automatic and manual service-group failover from one server to another to any other server in the cluster, allowing customers to manage planned downtime and minimize unplanned downtime. By combining VERITAS Cluster Server with VERITAS Volume Manager, VERITAS Software's online storage management solution for enterprise computing environments, Loudcloud offers its customers a high availability solution with increased data availability and enhanced data protection in the event of a failure. ``Web businesses are increasingly demanding amplified levels of uptime to ensure the viability of their services to customers,'' said Robin Purohit, vice president of product management, Availability Products, VERITAS Software. ``VERITAS Software's high availability solutions ensure Loudcloud is able to maintain its role as a leader in the Internet marketplace by providing high levels of integrated intelligence and automation, thus offering customers recovery that is faster, more reliable and more flexible.''