Danish Employer Trade Union Utilizes NetVault Disk-to-Disk Feature to Backup 3TB From 65 Servers; BakBone NetVault Replaces Veritas Backup Exec as Choice of Backup Software.

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POOLE, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002

BakBone Software(TM) (OTCBB:BKBOF)(TSX:BKB), a global provider of storage management software, announced today that its flagship backup and recovery software NetVault(TM) has been chosen by Denmark's employer confederation, Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, to backup over 65 Windows 2000 servers running several MS Exchange systems and MS SQL and Oracle databases because of its inherent support for disk staging.

The trade union was offered NetVault by local system integrator, Skandinavisk Computer (SCT), as an alternative to their previous installation of Veritas Backup Exec 8.5, which proved to be too complex for their new system configuration.

Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening chose to centralize their backups from their seven regional offices throughout Denmark to their head office based in Copenhagen but insisted on high performance throughout the backup process. The trade union therefore chose to install NetVault and make use of its inherent Virtual Disk Library (VDL) feature which allows them to send their data backups across ADSL lines to a 1.2TB Fibrenetic RAID subsystem and then onto tape via two Overland Storage Neo2000 tape libraries, each containing two SDLT320 drives and 26 slots. As such, the head office can collect the data from the regional offices without compromising performance on the larger backups taking place at the head office.

"We chose NetVault primarily because it supported virtual disk libraries and network compression," commented Fini Forchhammer from Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening. "We required a software solution that could allow us to stage our data backups to disk using our leased ADSL lines. Moreover, NetVault's support for network compression means that we can shrink the size of data being transferred between the local offices and the head office. In fact, we can now increase our backups from two jobs to eight jobs at the same time, meaning a faster backup for the local offices. It's certainly made our backup process a whole lot simpler."

"As shown at Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, NetVault's support for VDL ensures the greatest level of data protection while simplifying the backup and recovery process," said Andrew Unsworth, Managing Director EMEA, BakBone Software. "We're delighted that they have decided to install NetVault and make use of its disk staging features."

Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening has also chosen to add a second layer of data protection by installing BakBone's VaultDR disaster recovery plugin module. They are also using BakBone's Open File Manager, which allows them to successfully capture files that are open and in use.

About NetVault

NetVault is backup and recovery software that is built upon an advanced modular architecture that provides IT managers the flexibility required to support continued growth and incorporate new enhancements rapidly as information storage needs expand and change. NetVault is able to operate in multi-vendor networks and supports a broad range of platforms, applications and high performance tape and networked storage devices.

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About BakBone Software Inc.

BakBone Software 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 backup and restore software provides 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.

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