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LEGATO announces Windows Server 2003 and enhanced SQL server support for its co-standby Server

Announcement posted by Legato Systems Inc. 15 Oct 2003

AAdvanced availability solution updated solution provides users with high-performance mirroring for Windows Applications
LEGATO Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTO), a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management software solutions and services for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), today announced the availability of Co-StandbyServer AAdvanced 5.1. The solution introduces support for Windows Server 2003 with high-performance Windows mirroring for SQL Server, IIS, file and print services, and Oracle applications. These enhancements ensure that customers gain the value of larger, faster disk drives in their high availability deployments for mission-critical Windows applications.

As a customer that relies upon LEGATO Co-StandbyServers synchronous data mirroring, we are able to ensure local availability of our critical file and print services. If a server goes down, the failover means that operations continue without interruption to services we and our customers depend on, said Naseem Siddiqui, IS Manager, Superior Mortgage. We look forward to this release with support for Windows Server 2003 and high-performance mirroring. We are always looking for ways to better manage and ensure availability of our business-critical services.

LEGATO is also announcing enhancements to its AAvailability Module for SQL Server, introducing support for complete SQL Replication capabilities for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7 versions. With these enhancements, customers gain the value of fault tolerant protection of SQL Server data and high availability services for virtually any configuration they need to deploy.

LEGATO Co-StandbyServer AAdvanced, with its patented-block level synchronous mirroring and failover, is in use today by thousands of small and medium businesses worldwide to safeguard their Windows data, said Michael Karp, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Management Associates. What continues to make this solution so compelling to these customers is its capacity to deliver advanced, high-performance application availability and turnkey simplicity, all at an extremely affordable price.

This new release and module demonstrate our continued commitment in delivering high
value, high performance solutions, said Ulf Zetterberg, vice president of the Availability Group at LEGATO Systems, Inc. In this release, weve set a standard for host-based Windows mirroring performance and expanded the SQL Server deployments that our customers can use, while maintaining the high value of an easy and fast-to-deploy availability solution.

LEGATO Co-StandbyServer AAdvanced 5.1 and LEGATO AAvailability Module for SQL Server are immediately available. Please call Legato Systems on (02) 9929 4944 for pricing.

About LEGATO Co-StandbyServer AAdvanced

LEGATO Co-StandbyServer AAdvanced (CSBS-AA) is the next generation of LEGATO Co-StandbyServer. CSBS-AA provides everything required to mirror production data between two disks, and to monitor and restart application services when failures occur; this is useful for avoiding the costly effects of system failures and to ensure business continuance. CSBS-AA embeds turn-key capabilities for SQL Server 7 & 2000, Oracle 8i & 9i, IIS and Windows file and print services.

About LEGATO

LEGATO Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTO) is a global provider of enterprise-class software solutions and services for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) helping organizations achieve business continuity, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. LEGATOs information protection, automated availability, and messaging and content management solutions are delivered through a worldwide network of strategic partnerships and alliances, as well as a direct sales force. The company's corporate headquarters are located at 2350 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 210-7000, fax:(650) 210-7032, Web site: www.legato.com
The companys head office in Australia is located at Level 10, 100 Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2060. For further information or details on pricing and availability please call Legato Systems on (61 2) 9929 4944.

This release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding future events regarding the future financial performance of LEGATO that involve risks and uncertainties. We wish to caution you that such statements are just predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. Please refer to the documents LEGATO Systems files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent reports filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These documents contain and identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release reflect LEGATO's beliefs and predictions as of October 8, 2003. LEGATO disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements as a result of financial, business or any other developments occurring after October 8, 2003.

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