SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - July 9, 2001 - BakBone Software™ (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF), a global provider of storage management software, and Gadzoox Networks (NASDAQ: ZOOX), a supplier of intelligent Storage Area Networks (SAN) products, today announced that BakBone's NetVault™ backup/restore software is certified for use on Gadzoox Networks' Capellix 2000 and 3000 series SAN switches, providing fully interoperable solutions for enterprise-level storage management.

Together, NetVault and Capellix offer a compelling solution for enterprise organizations struggling with ever-growing data storage requirements. Both products, together, provide an integrated platform that powerfully manages the data flow in and out of the SAN, while offering scalability and exceptional ease of use at a cost effective price.

"The Capellix Family of SAN switches are industry leaders in price, performance, and ease of use," said Jack Corrao, BakBone Software's Vice President, Business Development. "As enterprises increasingly move toward SAN technology for their storage requirements, they can be confident that Capellix products and NetVault software will provide a single, dependable solution that will scale with their needs."

The Capellix 2000 series of SAN switches offer a choice in media type, scalability to 11 ports at an industry breakthrough price of less then $400/port, excellent performance, broad interoperability, and open management. The Capellix 3000 modular SAN switch, offers modular scalability up to 32 ports and media flexibility providing users with cost effective and simplified connectivity for large server clusters.

"Capellix switches are designed for interoperability, high performance, and ease of use, which makes them a great complement to NetVault," said Ed Turner, vice president strategic alliances and solutions, Gadzoox Networks. "BakBone and Gadzoox Networks are committed to bringing solutions to market that solve customers' storage problems with new, innovative products."

BakBone's NetVault is the first truly scalable and modular storage management solution with the ability to scale from workgroup to enterprise. With its simple point-and-click technology, users can direct data to and from any network resource, whether client, server, or storage drive, with unparalleled speed. NetVault is designed so that it can be installed within minutes or hours, instead of the days or weeks required by competing products.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software™ (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF) is an international storage management software company that develops and globally distributes high-performance storage management solutions to the open systems markets. BakBone's near-line archive and backup/restore software suites provide scalable data protection from the workgroup to the enterprise. Founded in 2000, BakBone Software's products are now used by companies worldwide, and are distributed through a network of OEMs, system integrators and VARs.

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.

About Gadzoox Networks

Gadzoox Networks, the first company to announce and demonstrate 2 Gb open fabric switch technology, offers intelligent Storage Area Network (SAN) Fibre Channel products that free IT managers from the increasing challenges of managing greater amounts of data with limited resources. Gadzoox Networks' industry-leading storage networking products improve backup and restore, enable high availability, accelerate performance, and reduce storage management costs. Gadzoox Networks is a voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), with corporate headquarters located at 5850 Hellyer Avenue in San Jose, California. For more information about Gadzoox Networks' products and technology advancements in the SAN industry, visit the company's Web site at http://www.gadzoox.com.

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