VERITAS® TO POWER UP THEIR SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM WITH ASTAWARE'S CASCADING SOLUTION

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - May 25, 2000 -

ASTAware Technologies INC. ("ASTAware" / the "Company") is pleased to announce that, effective June 1, 2000, VERITAS® Software Corporation ("VERITAS") will enhance the accessibility of their software documentation through the deployment of ASTAware's Cascading Solution. With ASTAware SearchKey PRO running on their Web Server, and SearchDisc integrated within their software documentation published on CD, VERITAS' end-users will always have instantaneous access to current information regarding VERITAS' solutions.

As the leading provider of enterprise-class application storage management software, VERITAS (NASDAQ: VRTS) ensures the continuous availability of business-critical information by delivering integrated, cross-platform storage management software solutions. VERITAS is the de-facto standard for application storage management, with over 60 of the world's leading servers and operating systems integrating its software. To ensure integrated, out-of-the-box application storage management solutions, VERITAS is a premier strategic partner with all major industry drivers.

ASTAware's cross-platform solution is a perfect fit with VERITAS' software and ensures a seamless integration with their storage management solutions. Software documentation for over 60 different VERITAS products is being distributed all over North America, the Middle East and China. It was critical that the content be easily navigable, that specific results to a diverse set of queries be obtained without difficulty or undue time, and that the information be updated instantaneously, on-line. ASTAware's Cascading Solution satisfied every one of these requirements.

ASTAware is a leading developer of index, search and retrieval software with a suite of Java-based API, website, Intranet/Internet and CD-ROM products. ASTAware's current licensees include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems (UK), Qualcomm, Siemens Telecom Networks, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems and Transport Canada and the Company presently provides Information Management Solutions including database conversion and archiving to Ontario Hydro and Rogers Media, to name but a few. For more information on ASTAware's products and services, feel free to contact the company at its websites: http://www.astaware.com, http://www.searchkey.com, or e-mail: ejewell@astaware.com.