NOC Northrop Grumman Corp Holding Co

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), in cooperation with VERITAS Software Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTS), has successfully demonstrated that the Northrop Grumman Decision Agent(TM) and VERITAS Cluster Server and Volume Replicator provide a reliable cross-country, continuity-of-operations solution for protecting critical data in the U.S. Coast Guard's use of the Defense Message System. The Decision Agent systems will process all Defense Message System communications between the Coast Guard, other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and government agencies. During normal operations, Decision Agent systems located on the East and West coasts of the United States actively support message traffic, and each site has the capacity to support the full traffic load if one site is unavailable. A team of Coast Guard, Northrop Grumman and VERITAS personnel demonstrated that, in the event of a single-site outage, the system would transfer all operations to the other working site while retaining all critical message traffic. "This collaborative effort between Northrop Grumman and VERITAS was a great success for the Coast Guard," said Cmdr. Joseph Sargent, Defense Message System project manager. "The continuity-of-operations solution they've developed will help keep the Coast Guard on the leading edge of Defense Message System implementations, assuring the high reliability needed for this mission-critical system." The Defense Message System provides multimedia messaging and directory services to U.S. government agencies and allied forces using the Defense Information Infrastructure network and security services. The Decision Agent systems provide domain Fortezza(R) -- enabling Fortezza's encryption and decryption functionality while eliminating the need for a user device -- and other enhanced features that reduce the costs and administrative overhead associated with standard Defense Message System implementations. The Coast Guard plans to deploy the Defense Message System using Northrop Grumman's Decision Agent and VERITAS Cluster Server and Volume Replicator products. Northrop Grumman's Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of defense electronics systems, including airborne radar systems, navigation systems, electronic warfare systems, precision weapons, airspace management systems, air defense systems, communications systems, space systems, marine systems, oceanic and naval systems, logistics systems and automation and information systems. 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. This press release may include estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that our products will not perform as well as expected, the risk that we will not gain market acceptance of our products and services, the risk that we will not be able to maintain the quality of our end-user customer and partnering relationships and the risk that we will not manage our business effectively, that could cause the actual results we achieve to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For more information regarding potential risks, see the "Factors That May Affect Future Results" section of our most recent annual and quarterly report on file with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. Copyright (C) 2005 VERITAS Software Corporation. All rights reserved. VERITAS, the VERITAS Logo, VERITAS Storage Foundation, and NetBackup are trademarks or registered trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries