[April 25, 2006]

Altiris Releases Software Virtualization Solution Plug-In for Microsoft Systems Management Server; Plug-In Now Available as a Free Download from the Altiris Juice

SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)-- April 25, 2006 -- Altiris Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced the availability of the Altiris(R) Software Virtualization Solution(TM) Plug-In for Microsoft Systems Management Server to provide revolutionary software management capabilities for SMS administrators. The SVS Plug-In for Microsoft SMS is now available as a free download from the Altiris(R) Juice(TM) at www.altiris.com/juice/svs.

SVS helps to reduce support costs and streamline software operations by providing faster, simpler and more manageable deployment of desktop applications. SVS helps eliminate application conflicts and delivers instant application activation, deactivation and reset capabilities.

SVS is architected to be open and manageable via any management framework. Altiris has leveraged this open architecture to develop a free plug-in for SMS to help eliminate command-line heavy lifting. Deployment and administration of SVS using SMS is now as simple as point and click.

Patents-pending SVS technology can also be centrally managed using the Altiris architecture to help customers benefit from integrated Altiris service-oriented management solutions including inventory, packaging, deployment, migration, software delivery and service management.

Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management and marketing, said, "Software virtualization offers numerous benefits to the entire IT industry and we believe system administrators, regardless of their management platform, will turn to Altiris Software Virtualization Solution to significantly reduce software ownership costs."

Unlike existing system virtualization products, SVS abstracts the installation of an application's files and registry settings to allow the application to be installed and used without altering the base Windows operating system. SVS places applications and data into units that can be instantly managed based on business requirements. SVS only affects how application files and registry settings are installed and not how they are consumed or run, preserving normal application supportability, functionality and behavior. Virtualizing an application with SVS does not require application customization, an application server or specialized training.

The SVS Plug-In for Microsoft SMS allows virtualized application management directly from the SMS 2003 console. An SMS administrator can now distribute virtualized applications through SMS advertisements and view SVS status reports all within the bounds of existing SMS-user security parameters. SVS operates using standard SMS 2003 objects, normal inventory operations and standard WMI calls.

Visit the growing SVS user community at www.altiris.com/juice/svs for user and analyst testimonials, tips and tricks, a support forum, utilities and sample virtual software packages. In addition, the Altiris product management team is available to provide a look at the SVS Plug-In for Microsoft SMS this week in booth #108 at the Microsoft Management Summit.

Licensing and Availability

Altiris Software Virtualization Solution is now available at an MSRP of $29 per node with volume discounts available. SVS is available as a component of Altiris Total Management Suite(TM) and Altiris Client Management Suite(TM) Level 2. An SVS free for personal use only license is now available from www.download.com and www.tucows.com. The SVS Plug-In for Microsoft SMS is available from http://juice.altiris.com/node/170. For more information, or to contact an Altiris sales representative, please visit www.altiris.com/sales.

About Altiris

Altiris Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of management. For more information, visit www.altiris.com.

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 the statement regarding our belief that system administrators will turn to SVS to reduce software ownership costs. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, our inaccurate assessment of market demand or IT technology trends, errors or bugs in the SVS products and such other risks as identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended Dec. 31, 2005, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris Inc. in the United States and in other countries. Total Management Suite, Client Management Suite and Software Virtualization Solution are trademarks of Altiris Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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