SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - July 30, 2001 - BakBone Software™, Inc. (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF), a global provider of storage management software solutions, today announced the introduction of a full suite of NetVault™ Application Plug-in Modules™ (APMs™) for IBM (NYSE: IBM) DB2 and Lotus Notes, covering all major UNIX, Linux and Windows platforms. These APMs, designed to meet the growing storage needs of enterprise-class companies, allow for backup and restore of files with full integrity while the application is online and active.

Today's announcement further confirms BakBone's technological leadership in the storage management software field, through its ability to rapidly develop and bring to market innovative products in response to customers needs. Since its introduction last year in the North American marketplace, BakBone has introduced more than 230 NetVault APMs, spanning a large array of enterprise applications across 22 operating system platforms, including Windows NT/2000, multiple Linux flavors, and all popular versions of UNIX, with an exclusive on SCO UnixWare and MP-RAS.

The new APMs for IBM DB2 and Lotus Notes are the latest in the comprehensive line of add-on modules that enable NetVault, BakBone's flagship backup/restore software, to execute "hot" online backup and restore operations for high performance applications to protect corporate-critical data and remove the "backup window" challenge facing companies with global presence or around-the-clock demands on their information.

The APMs for IBM DB2 and Lotus Notes applications add to BakBone's already-delivered offerings for all major database, data warehouse, e-mail and electronic resource planning applications across all major operating system platforms. Each of the APMs delivers on NetVault's ability to help companies reduce the total cost of managing their growing storage needs without compromising the integrity and security of their data.

"The NetVault APMs for IBM DB2 and Lotus Notes provide a wide array of features that, effectively implemented, can deliver high performance throughout network storage environments," said David Hill, Research Director at Aberdeen Group, a leading market research firm. "That performance is crucial in implementations such as storage area networks (SANs), network attached storage (NAS), and IP storage. DB2 and Notes users increasingly require speed, manageability and scalability; NetVault takes direct aim at all three."

"IBM's success with IBM DB2 and Lotus Notes shows that both applications will clearly dominate the corporate landscape for the future", said Cali Viviano, APM product manager for BakBone, "Backup and restore requirements for DB2 and Notes have grown dramatically over the years, and BakBone has risen to meet the challenge with unique functionality specific to each application."

Both APMs offer multiple backup modes and point and click drill down to individual mailboxes, databases or tablespaces,

Special features in the NetVault APM for IBM DB2 include:

• High-performance online parallel backup and restore,
• Online backup of entire database, tablespace and archive logs,
• Enterprise functionality, through features like remote management, centralized online incremental backups,
• Ability to direct a database recovery to an alternate location, and
• Support for IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows NT/2000 and other platforms.

Special features for the NetVault APM for Lotus Notes include:

• Enterprise functionality, through features such as remote management, centralized online incremental backups,
• Special client and server file backups,
• Protects all files created with Notes/Domino,
• Restore of full database or individual mailboxes,
• Redirect a database recovery to an alternate location, and
• Support for Windows NT/2000 now and support for AIX, Linux and Solaris within 90 days.

"NetVault's new APMs for IBM DB2 and Lotus Notes help it remain ahead of the technology curve, delivering maximum performance and functionality in heterogeneous enterprises and workgroups," said Ron Babich, vice president of sales and marketing at SanOne, a Phoenix-based solution provider. "BakBone's ability to quickly develop solutions in response to new storage technologies, platforms and applications gives NetVault's customers a tangible, quantifiable advantage for the present and future."

Pricing for the NetVault APMs for IBM DB2 and Lotus Notes begins at $995. The APMs are available through BakBone's network of solution providers.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software™ (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF) 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 (866) 484-2663, e-mail sales@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

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