POOLE, UNITED KINGDOM - December 12, 2001 - From today, companies throughout the Middle East market, faced with exponentially growing data storage needs, have a new backup/recovery software solution to help them solve the challenges of securing their data more easily than ever before. BakBone Software today announces the introduction of its NetVault™ storage management software to the Middle East market, saying the software is designed to help enterprises confidently handle their data storage needs, both today and in the future.

BakBone Software has chosen to partner with distributor AGIS, Algosaibi Information Systems, in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and with Storus in United Arab Emirates in order to introduce NetVault into the respective marketplace. Neil Ferrier, business development manager at BakBone Software comments: "We are delighted to partner with AGIS and Storus and to enter into such a dynamic market. We look forward to meeting customers' growing storage management needs and to offering a refreshing alternative to more established products, ones that have grown old over the years and which do not fully satisfy customers' requirements."

BakBone has just returned from a four-city roadshow in the Middle East with AGIS. Presenting alongside industry leaders such as Network Appliance, Quantum/ATL and Foundry Networks, BakBone introduced NetVault as a value-add backup/restore solution in the field of enterprise data storage. Visiting Riyadh, Damman, Manama and Jeddah, end-users were shown how they can benefit by adding NetVault to their storage environments.

NetVault is centralised enterprise storage management software, managing the most intensive backup, restore and archiving functions across a wide range of computer platforms, including Windows NT®, UNIX, and Linux. NetVault 6.5 continues to deliver on BakBone's promise of easy to use, high performance scalable backup and recovery storage management software, whilst simultaneously providing robust performance and flexibility for growth and offers a hassle-free solution to back up problems, whether across the LAN or in NAS or SAN storage environments.

Most importantly, NetVault enters the market with a proven global track record of providing robust and secure storage management to some of the world's most renowned companies.

"NetVault is being used in real-world situations at companies such as Deutsche Post, Deutsche Telekom, Lucent Technologies, Pirelli and Barclays Bank, as a product capable of managing the backup and restore functions for mission-critical applications and databases," continues Ferrier. "I am exicted about launching NetVault into the Middle Eastern market. And since both AGIS and Storus boast specialised storage divisions, I am confident that end-users will receive the support they need when it comes to implementing a robust storage management solution."

Price and Availability

NetVault is immediately available from BakBone-certified solution providers, AGIS and Storus, in a variety of modular and packaged solutions with configurations to satisfy virtually every network storage requirement, from the workgroup to the enterprise. Pricing begins at begins at $695 for an NT or Linux workgroup package and at $2595 for a similar package running on UNIX. Both include NetVault server software, and software for five clients, two tape drives and library support.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software™ (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF) 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™ storage management software is designed to provide unparalleled robustness, and unmatched data protection and recovery to meet the challenges of today's computing infrastructures. NetVault's comprehensive but easy to use features include versatile modular design, advanced SAN support and specialised 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.

BakBone's corporate headquarters is located at 10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, San Diego, Ca. 92121 with European headquarters in Poole, UK. 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 +44 (0)1202 241000, e-mail sales_europe@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

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