Altiris Experts to Speak on Heterogeneous Blade Server Management at Server Blade Summit 2005

WHAT: "Getting the Most from Your Blade Servers: Consolidation,

Virtualization, Autoprovisioning, and Other Things That Go Bump

in the Data Center," Seminar T2A - Ewing will discuss the need

for standardized server management, new advances such as

virtualization, and the impact that standardized management is

having on companies and IT departments that still need to reduce

hardware costs and lower administrative expenses. "Issues Roundtable on Blade Management" -- Porcaro will provide

insights into the new role blade servers are playing in the

enterprise and the management techniques and tools that are

required for effective and comprehensive blade server management. WHY: According to IDC, the blade server market nearly doubled in 2004

growing to more than $1.1 billion. This growth will require

management solutions that address the heterogeneous hardware and

software requirements of the real-world data center. As blade

servers bring increasingly powerful and dense computing abilities

to the data center, they are taking on a more important role

within the enterprise and therefore require more effective and

comprehensive management to ensure system availability and

reliability, and quickly respond to changing business

requirements. Optimizing a blade server investment also requires

standardized management that supports all major hardware vendors,

in addition to Windows and Linux. WHO: Jeff Porcaro, Altiris director of development

Christine Ewing, Altiris server segment manager WHERE: Server Blade Summit 2005 -- Santa Clara, Calif.,

Santa Clara Marriott WHEN: Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Seminar T2A -- 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Issues Roundtable on Blade Management -- 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. For more information, please visit http://www.serverbladesummit.com. About Altiris

Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris(R) client and mobile, server, and asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit http://www.altiris.com. Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including statements regarding the need for management solutions that address growth in the blade server market. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including but not limited to, our inaccurate assessment of or adverse changes to market demand for blade server management solutions and such other risks as identified in our annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.