VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS) today announced that VERITAS NetBackup^TM software has been recognized for outstanding product achievement in the "Best Storage Software" category of the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 2005 Codie Awards. Selected for this award by industry trade press, mainstream technology writers, industry experts and members of the SIIA, VERITAS NetBackup software redefines recovery by delivering innovations in disk-based protection and automated system recovery.

"The 20th Annual Codie Awards continues SIIA’s tradition of celebrating the best products in the software and information industry," said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA, "Being chosen as the winning company from among so many fine nominees is a tremendous achievement. Winning this 2005 Codie Award reconfirms VERITAS as one of the key companies in the software industry."

VERITAS NetBackup software is the industry’s most comprehensive backup and recovery software, helping customers securely protect critical data and systems, from desktop to data center to off-site vault. VERITAS NetBackup software offers a single management tool to consolidate all backup and recovery operations, while providing cutting-edge management, alerting, reporting and troubleshooting technologies. In addition, VERITAS NetBackup software helps customers take advantage of both tape and disk storage with its advances in disk and snapshot-based protection, off-site media management and automated disaster recovery.

For 20 years, the Codie Awards have been the leading tribute for the software and information industry’s finest products and services. Each year, Codie Award judges identify the best-of-the-best from hundreds of nominees. This year marked a record-breaking program, with more than 1000 nominations received from more than 800 companies, including the "Best Storage Software" award won by VERITAS NetBackup.