Mirapoint and BakBone offer mutual enterprise customers a seamlessly integrated solution via NetVault Backup's NDMP

Built From the Ground Up, BakBone Data Protection Solutions Deliver Tight Integration, and Provide Customers with the Highest Levels of Simplicity and Flexibility

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2007--BakBone Software(R) (Pink Sheets:BKBO), the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, today announced version 8.0 of NetVault(R): Backup, the company's award-winning, flagship data protection solution. The newest release of NetVault: Backup introduces integrated, Continuous Data Protection (CDP) capabilities and also expands NetVault: Backup's feature set. This marks a critical advancement in BakBone's Integrated Data Protection (IDP) strategy, BakBone's approach for reducing complexity in the data center.

NetVault: TrueCDP(TM), BakBone's new CDP offering, helps customers meet aggressive recovery point objectives for their most valuable and time-sensitive data on Linux and Windows file servers. As opposed to scheduled backups, which provide only one recovery point every 24 hours, BakBone's CDP capabilities provide recovery points within seconds. Developed as an integral feature of NetVault: Backup 8.0, NetVault: TrueCDP uses the same back-end hardware, providing a centralized repository of data that eliminates the complexity introduced by stand-alone CDP systems. Unlike many current CDP solutions that offer only near-CDP, NetVault: TrueCDP does more than just take occasional snapshots of data -- it provides up-to-the-second, real-time data capture for very granular any-point-in-time (APIT) recoveries. Customers can also define fixed-point-in-time (FPIT) recoveries (snapshots) for longer-term recovery points with finer granularity than those offered by traditional scheduled backup systems.

BakBone customer Yahoo! leverages NetVault: Backup for scalable data protection. "As a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide, it is critical that we support our business with technologies that can easily grow over time and provide the flexibility to allow us to run our storage management solutions on different platforms," said Marcellus Tabor, manager of data protection at Yahoo!.

NetVault: Backup 8.0

NetVault: Backup offers broad cross-platform support for Linux, Windows and Solaris environments and has won multiple awards for its ease of use, reliability and extensive features. Version 8.0 of NetVault: Backup adds real-time, true-CDP capabilities; enhances operational efficiency; reduces system downtime; improves data availability and increases security to support the business growth of enterprise environments.

Key product highlights for NetVault: Backup 8.0 include

• NetVault: TrueCDP - Continuous Data Protection for faster, more granular data recoveries. Integrated, true-CDP technology gives administrators the flexibility to meet their recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) across multiple platforms. NetVault: TrueCDP maintains the same look and feel as the BakBone family of products and works transparently with NetVault: Backup to protect customers' most valuable and time-sensitive data.
• Increased storage management efficiency. NetVault: Backup 8.0 integrated Shared Virtual Tape Library (SVTL) can be dynamically increased on the fly for easier storage growth. Version 8.0 adds restartable backups and support for additional cluster managers -- Sun Cluster, Fujitsu Primecluster and Veritas Cluster Manager.
• Enhanced central management capabilities to more effectively meet business goals. NetVault: Backup 8.0 manages clients and servers across firewalls, extends administrative control and adds support for NetApp's ShadowTape.
• Improved security and regulatory compliance. Enables password change enforcement to improve security and compliance and improves disk to disk to tape by encrypting copies.

The University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, the country's leading cancer research center, relies on BakBone to protect clinical trials data across Windows servers. "We originally chose BakBone for its cross-platform support, easy installation process and transparency in our data center," said Bryan Pettengill, computer resource specialist, University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center. "BakBone customer service is top notch and each time I've called I have been treated very professionally. NetVault: Backup 8.0 is going to be very popular when I change from tape backup to SVTL."

ADP, one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions, relies on BakBone to protect their business data across Linux and Windows servers. "BakBone continues to deliver on its promise of integration and ease of use with NetVault: Backup 8.0," said Edward Bradley, associate LAN support specialist, ADP National Account Services. "We are especially pleased with the restartable backup option and can see a potential fit for NetVault: TrueCDP to help us recover our most time-sensitive data. We eagerly look forward to utilizing these features in the upcoming release."

IDC analysts Rhoda Phillips, research manager storage software, and Natalya Yezhkova, research manager storage systems, have been following the Continuous Data Protection segment since the technology first emerged, examining end user trends and adoption of CDP. "End users expect to see CDP functionality integrated into data protection offerings," said Yezhkova. "Such integration increases functionality, flexibility and usability of these solutions, and allows end users to avoid complexity associated with managing multiple data protection products."

"Customers want the fewest layers of technology possible and the minimal number of touches by applications on their data," said Phillips. "BakBone's addition of NetVault: TrueCDP to its Integrated Data Protection (IDP) strategy offers the type of solution required by those mid-sized companies who are looking for a heterogeneous data protection solution."

"BakBone understands that customers want to spend the minimal amount of time possible managing backups and recoveries, and we are providing key technologies that are both simple and powerful, eliminating the backup challenges IT administrators typically encounter," said Jeff Drescher, vice president of marketing, BakBone. "We also believe that customers should be able to use the operating system or systems that best suit their business needs. Increasingly, organizations are embracing Linux for ease of use, scalability and flexibility, and BakBone continues to dominate the Linux backup space. Combining our strong Linux heritage with impressive multi-platform support, BakBone is uniquely positioned to help customers meet new and evolving demands for their data protection needs."

BakBone Partners Support NetVault: Backup 8.0

Data Domain

"BakBone has proven to be a strong industry leader in offering customers flexible and scalable data protection solutions," said Beth White, vice president of marketing, Data Domain. "The combination of BakBone NetVault: Backup with Data Domain's Deduplication Storage systems provides data center and enterprise users ease of use and the ability to simplify storage management. BakBone's new NetVault: Backup 8.0 further reduces complexity by offering more flexibility and integration as well as improved cost savings. We look forward to a continued successful partnership with BakBone."

Isilon

"As the leader in clustered storage, Isilon recognizes the unique flexibility and scalability of BakBone's NetVault: Backup software, which make it an ideal solution for our unique, modular, and pay-as-you-grow Isilon IQ clustered storage systems," said Ashish Bhargava, director of business development, Isilon Systems. "Today, enterprises are experiencing an explosion of data growth, and it is essential that they have both a reliable and simple solution for storing and protecting that business-critical data. BakBone's NetVault: Backup parallels Isilon IQ's own scalability and reliability benefits and offers end-users a proven solution with enhanced data protection and enterprise-class functionality to meet the demands of any size environment."

LSI

"As a worldwide storage leader, LSI recognizes and appreciates the innovative technology BakBone delivers with their NetVault: Backup data protection solution," said Julie Ryan, director of alliances, LSI Corporation. "NetVault: TrueCDP is an exciting offering and the combination of BakBone's NetVault: Backup software with LSI's storage systems provides end users with an ideal storage solution to meet their demanding performance and reliability requirements for multi-platform environments."

Mirapoint

"Email is a mission critical part of conducting business today - even the slightest disruption in service can have significant financial impact on a business, making backup and recovery software absolutely essential for safeguarding critical information," said Larry Rosof, vice president of sales, Mirapoint, Inc. "With this in mind, Mirapoint and BakBone have worked actively together to offer our mutual enterprise customers a seamlessly integrated solution via NetVault Backup's NDMP, which reduces the complexity of managing e-mail backup and ensures the availability of critical data. BakBone's launch of NetVault: Backup 8.0 will provide our growing common customer base with even greater reliability and higher performance."

MySQL

"As corporate IT users increasingly employ MySQL for business-critical applications, they are also seeking higher levels of data availability," said Nicolas Pujol, MySQL AB's senior director of worldwide Alliances & Channels. "With today's announcement of NetVault: Backup 8.0, we fully support BakBone's efforts to provide automated, reliable and simplified database backup and protection solutions for MySQL users and the overall Linux community."

NetApp

"Companies of all sizes are grappling with the challenge of protecting, backing up and recovering their mission-critical data," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions Marketing, NetApp. "NetApp and BakBone dramatically reduce the complexity and expense of protecting data for companies of all sizes, from large enterprise to small and medium business, by simplifying the process and reducing the storage needed through NetApp A-SIS Deduplication, proven to deliver 20:1 reduction of data. Together, NetApp and BakBone are paving the way toward next-generation data protection."

Oracle

"As the industry's leading database on Linux, it is critical that our customers have simple and flexible data protection for their Linux environments," said Monica Kumar, senior director, Linux and Open Source Product Marketing, Oracle. "We value BakBone's commitment to deliver solutions that are certified with Oracle(R) Enterprise Linux and are pleased with their support of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux program. Oracle and BakBone share the common goal of bringing high quality, integrated solutions to help ensure enterprise success with the Linux operating system."

Sun Microsystems

"Sun has a rich history of working with partners like BakBone to provide enterprise-class storage management technologies to over 50% of the Fortune 1000 customer base. The newest features delivered with NetVault: Backup 8.0, in particular NetVault TrueCDP, will provide greater levels of scalability and flexibility and enable customers to both more easily protect their existing Sun storage investments and further simplify data protection," said David Kenyon, vice-president of Marketing, Storage Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Teradata Corporation

"We've been reselling BakBone's NetVault: Backup successfully since their company's inception and our mutual customers are thrilled not only with how easy their data protection solution is to implement, but also how easy it is to use," said Ron Yellin, product management director, Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation. "Our customers are some of the most successful global companies and depend on their data warehouse to run their businesses - it must be available and responsive to their business needs. The new features in NetVault: Backup 8.0 add several key capabilities that will help our customers achieve even higher levels of availability, ensuring that no data is ever lost. We are looking forward to offering NetVault: Backup 8.0 as an extension to our long-standing relationship."

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software is a leading international data protection solution provider that develops and distributes heterogeneous data backup, restore, disaster recovery, replication and storage reporting software for network storage and open-systems environments. BakBone delivers scalable solutions that address the complex demands of large enterprise environments, as well as small- to medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2000, BakBone products are used by Fortune 1000 corporations and domestic and international government entities. Distributed through a select global network of strategic partners, resellers and solution providers, interested companies can learn more information about BakBone's products and services and its Integrated Data Protection vision at www.bakbone.com or email info@bakbone.com.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause BakBone's results to differ materially from historical results, or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to: competition in our target markets; potential capital needs; management of future growth and expansion; the development, implementation and execution of the Company's Integrated Data Protection (IDP) strategic vision; risk of third-party claims of infringement; protection of proprietary information; customer acceptance of the Company's existing and newly introduced products and fee structures; and the success of BakBone's brand development efforts. Also, risks associated with strategic alliances; reliance on distribution channels; product concentration; need to develop new and enhanced products; potential product defects; our ability to hire and retain qualified employees and key management personnel; and risks associated with changes in domestic and international market conditions and the entry into and development of international markets for the Company's products. Our forward-looking statements should be considered in the context of these and other risk factors disclosed in our most recent report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be found at www.sec.gov, as well as those risk factors disclosed in our current report filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. All future written and oral forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf are also subject to these factors. BakBone assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made, other than as required under applicable securities laws.

The common shares of BakBone Software are currently subject to cease trade orders in the Canadian jurisdictions of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario due to delays in the filing of the Company's financial statements. Although these cease trade orders do not prevent investors, who are not resident in or otherwise subject to the laws of Alberta, British Columbia or Ontario, from trading the common shares of BakBone on the Pink Sheets in the United States, investors are encouraged to obtain legal advice to ensure that these trades are not violating the cease trade orders. BakBone continues to work to resolve all outstanding issues which have prevented filing of its financial statements, however an exact date for filing of these financial statements cannot be determined at this time.

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