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VERITAS MyCD

VERITAS MyCD. Brian Greene Product Manager Desktop and Mobile Business Unit Announcement Date: June 27, 2000. Agenda. Market Information MyCD Overview Benefits Features Pricing and Availability Summary. CD-RW Uses. What do the users want to do with the technology? Make Audio CDs

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VERITAS MyCD

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  1. VERITAS MyCD Brian Greene Product Manager Desktop and Mobile Business Unit Announcement Date: June 27, 2000

  2. Agenda • Market Information • MyCD Overview • Benefits • Features • Pricing and Availability • Summary

  3. CD-RW Uses • What do the users want to do with the technology? • Make Audio CDs • Backup • Archive/Transport Data • Make Data CDs • Copy Games • Create Photo CDs • Store Graphics

  4. CD-RW Market Growth Source: Santa Clara Consulting Group, 2000

  5. Current Market Issues • Need for dependable CD-recording software • Buffer under-runs • Non-consumer software • “All things to all people” • Technical Jargon in User Interface • Close vs. Open sessions • Source vs. Destination • Track at Once vs. Disc at Once • Run write test? • Manually convert MP3 files

  6. What is MyCD? • Hassle-free CD-recording software • Gives consumers freedom to make personalized music and data CDs • Make a CD with as few as three mouse clicks

  7. Who is MyCD For? • Specifically targeted at consumers: • Home • Small Office/Home Office • Non-technical users of CD-RW drives • Operating system support • Windows 95/98 • Windows NT Workstation 4.0 • Windows Millennium Edition

  8. What Does MyCD Do? • Users can easily create: • Verbatim copies of an existing CD • Data CDs • Including digital photos • Create audio CD compilations • From MP3 files or music CDs • Create CDs with your favorite music

  9. User Interface • Uses common language to describe tasks

  10. User Interface • Guides the user through the CD creation process Lists the steps involved from beginning to end Current step is highlighted Current action required is highlighted

  11. Benefits • Built-in intelligence to make many decisions for the user • Automatically: • Selects the source and target drives • Performs Write Speed Test • Verifies data CDs • Prepares CD to be read in other CD-ROM drives • Limited UI options to eliminate confusion • Default selection override available

  12. Benefits • Reduced Buffer Under-runs • Advanced recording technology in a consumer product • Optimized for recording to multiple CD recorders simultaneously • Displays dialog box explaining the buffer under-run issue prior to writing a CD • Performs write speed test to determine optimum recording speed • Clean and efficient software engine design • Online troubleshooting guide • Glossary of terms • Usage/operation tips

  13. Features • Make a verbatim copy • Make an audio CD • From one or multiple music CDs • From MP3 on the hard drive • Make a data CD • Writes CDs in disc at once format • Get an “exact” copy • No gaps • Supports CD text

  14. Features • Automatically convert MP3 files to WAV • Allows the CD to be played anywhere • Customize song/track titles • Automatically verify data CDs • Auto eject tray for the drive we want to use • Eliminates confusion • Option to make multiple copies

  15. Pricing and Availability • $39 MSRP • Available late July 2000 • 2-tier distribution channel • Retail outlets • Direct via VERITAS Online Store

  16. Summary • Makes your CD right the first time • Consumer User Interface • Guides user through the CD creation process • MyCD helps you get the CD you want • From the leader in Data Availability • Award-winning Backup Exec Desktop Edition • Uses advanced professional technology in a consumer application • Users can make a CD within minutes of installation

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