SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2000-- BakBone Software Inc. (TSE:BKB. - news), a global provider of storage management software for some of the world's largest firms, announced today that Daou Tech Inc., a leading Korean business-to-business e-commerce solutions provider, has selected BakBone's NetVault(TM) to provide its customers with continuous, 24/7/365 backup of mission-critical databases.

Daou said it chose NetVault as a preferred solution because of its reliability, ease of use, and extensive technical support.

''Daou's ability to provide customers with complete solutions to meet their data management needs is greatly enhanced by our strong partnership with BakBone Software,'' said C.H. Lee, General Manager, System Ware Division of E.Solution Department, Daou Tech, Inc. ''NetVault enables them to profitably employ the latest technologies, such as Storage Area Networks, as well as online support of backups for mission-critical databases,'' he added.

Major corporations around the world, virtually all of them now engaged in e-business, rely on the essential information stored in their databases. That data must be available at all times; if it is not, their customers are only a mouseclick away from leaving them. At the same time, they must constantly receive and process information from their offices located around the globe. The result is that information systems managers no longer have the option of taking a database offline to back up the information contained on it, a so-called ''cold backup.''

Which, said Daou Tech, made NetVault the obvious choice. The company cited NetVault's proven flexibility and stability across computer platforms, including UNIX, Linux and Windows NT, and its ability to grow with companies' increased storage demands. Daou also said scalability gave BakBone a clear advantage over other storage management vendors, since NetVault easily scales from enterprise-level usage down to the desktop.

''Our partnership with Daou Tech enables us to bring our world-class storage management solutions to the Korean marketplace,'' said Daizo Okoshi, sales manager, BakBone Software K.K. ''As part of our global partner-centric strategy, we rely on top solutions providers around the world, such as Daou, to help establish BakBone as the next generation leader in backup, restore, and archival products,'' said Okoshi.

BakBone joins Daou's roster of partnerships, featuring leading suppliers such as Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW - news), Quantum/ATL (NYSE:DSS - news), Informix Corporation (NASDAQ:IFMX - news), Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - news) IBM (NYSE:IBM - news) and Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP - news). The combination, said Sang Hwa Nam, Section Manager, Solutions Team, at Daou Tech, provides Daou with the capabilities to deliver unparalleled data management solutions to its customers.

About BakBone Software

BakBone Software is an international storage management software company that develops and globally distributes industry-leading storage management solutions to the open systems markets, providing data protection and management solutions scalable from office to enterprise that will grow with a company's needs.

BakBone's NetVault products are designed to provide unparalleled robustness, and unmatched data protection and recovery to meet the challenges of today's computing infrastructures. BakBone Software's comprehensive but easy to use features include versatile modular design, SAN LAN-free support and specialized on-line application backup. The very core of the product is designed with high bandwidth data transfers in mind and designed to ensure that performance is not compromised under any circumstances.

BakBone's corporate headquarters are located at 10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121. For more information on BakBone products, call 858-450-9009, e-mail sales@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

For more information, please contact: BakBone Software, Investor Relations, Raju Wani or Jill Sorensen, (investors@bakbone.com), Phone: 403-232-6829

About Daou Tech Inc.

Daou Tech Inc., (http://www.daou.co.kr) headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a distributor of leading business-to-business e-commerce solutions, focusing on providing clients with superior technology and services ranging from information and communication technologies, including client/servers, RDBMS, to system integration, electronic commerce, multimedia and remote training. The Company has established partnerships with leading hardware and software vendors, including Sun Microsystems, Quantum/ATL, Oracle, Sybase, and Informix.

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