SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, January 2, 2001 - A new survey of data storage-centric systems integrators and resellers reveals a majority believes that their clients' storage needs will continue to sharply escalate in the new year, by as much as 75 percent over their current requirements. Storage area networks (SANs), the survey also reports, are being adopted by more companies than ever before as a way of dealing with their increasing information loads.

In spite of that growth, however, the survey determined that many integrators think their customers still have strong concerns about installing SANs throughout their companies, with two-thirds of respondents reporting their clients have immediate worries about issues such as the complexity of SANs and problems in making software and hardware from various vendors work together.

The thumbnail survey was conducted last month exclusively for BakBone Software (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF), a global provider of data backup and restore software. One hundred resellers from around North America were interviewed by phone.

"The response from integrators clearly confirms what we see in the marketplace," said Jack Corrao, BakBone's President/Chief Operating Officer. "Companies are aware of the benefits that SANs offer, especially as they continue to store more corporate-critical information of all kinds. They also understand that, in many cases, the path to SAN adoption will be gradual, and that they require both hardware and software that meets their escalating needs today and tomorrow."

BakBone's NetVault™ is storage management software that addresses those issues, by reducing the complexity associated with data storage. Companies around the world have chosen NetVault, with its unparalleled ease of use, to backup and restore their information across multiple computer platforms, such as Unix, Linux and Windows NT, doing so with a single, point-and-click user interface. The forthcoming version of NetVault, to be commercially introduced later this month, will feature support for network-attached storage (NAS) and Windows 2000, ensuring users the widest range of compatibility.

The BakBone survey of integrators also found that their customers continued to be frustrated by the complicated nature of making existing storage hardware and software work together, as well as shrinking backup windows. They also rated ease of use as one of the most important attributes needed in today's storage configurations.

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 workgroup to enterprise that will grow with a company's needs. BakBone's core products include nearline optical and archival, as well as tape backup and restore software for a full suite of storage management solutions to the corporate data center.

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 858-450-9009, e-mail sales@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

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