BakBone Ships NetVault Version 6.5 With Powerful New Capabilities For Disaster Recovery, Open File Management and Disk Virtualization.

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001

BakBone Software(TM) (TSE: BKB), a global provider of storage management software, announced today the immediate availability of NetVault(TM) 6.5, the latest version of its flagship modular backup and recovery storage management software. With more than thirty new features, NetVault v6.5 highlights two new Application Plugin Modules(TM) (APMs(TM)) for disaster recovery and open file management, as well as its industry-leading, extremely robust disk virtualization capabilities.

NetVault 6.5 New Key Features:

- VaultDR APM allows managers to recover from disk failures without having to
manually re-install the base operating system. VaultDR APM offers bare metal
recovery for Intel-based operating systems and is the only heterogeneous bare
metal restore solution on the market. The VaultDR APM also includes VaultOS(TM)
mini-kernel and supports the most popular NIC and SCSI card drivers, along with
a utility for the creation of boot floppies.

- Open File Manager(TM) APM enables IT managers to successfully capture and
restore files that are open, in use or change during the backup process (as
well as all other files). The Open File Manager APM supports both block level
and file level backup and restore and provides the ability to synchronize
single or multiple volumes concurrently. Both APMs offer simple point and click
installation with no network downtime.

- Disk Virtualization allows managers to create, delete or expand virtual
drives or libraries from physical disk storage from a single centralized
NetVault domain console. Disk Virtualization simplifies the management of load
balancing and high availability failover across the network with no downtime.

NetVault is built upon an advanced modular architecture that provides IT managers the flexibility for growth and continued enhancement as companies' information storage needs expand and change. With an intuitive and easy-to-use GUI delivering enterprise-wide control in both distributed and centralized environments, NetVault is able to operate in multi-vendor networks and supports a broad range of platforms, applications and high performance tape devices.

"How companies store and recover their data is increasingly important to their ability to grow, increase profitability and ultimately optimize their position in the market," said Mike Johnson, Director of Product Management, BakBone Software. "Before BakBone, a company had to build its information infrastructure around the limitations of its backup software. With support for UNIX, Linux, NT and Windows 2000 environments, the new release of NetVault 6.5 enables us to offer our customers increased interoperability and performance without the complexity often associated with growth. NetVault is a powerful asset that provides IT management with an extremely rapid return on investment."

Pricing and Availability:

NetVault 6.5 is available now on UNIX, Linux, NT and Windows 2000 platforms. Pricing starts at $695.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software(TM) (TSE: BKB) is an international storage management software company that develops and globally distributes high-performance software solutions to the network storage and open systems markets. BakBone's near-line archival and backup/restore software suites provide scalable data protection from the workgroup to the enterprise. Founded in 2000, BakBone Software's products are used by companies worldwide, and are distributed through a network of OEMs and solution providers. BakBone's corporate headquarters is located at 10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, San Diego, California 92121. Its stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is included on the TSE 300 Composite, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 indices. For more information on BakBone products, call [phone], e-mail [e-mail], or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

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