SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - May 14, 2001 - BakBone Software™, Inc. (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF), a global provider of storage management software, today announced that its NetVault™ backup/restore software has been verified by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) as interoperable with Brocade®-based Storage Area Networking (SAN) infrastructure in testing conducted through the Brocade Fabric Aware™ Program, an end-to-end interoperability initiative for enterprise SANs. BakBone's NetVault is the first truly scalable, truly modular storage backup/restore solution with the ability to grow from workgroup to enterprise.

BakBone received Brocade's Fabric Aware verification after completing rigorous tests to confirm that NetVault meets interoperability guidelines in specified, Brocade-based SAN configurations that span multi-vendor storage subsystems, servers, and SAN components.

"We are pleased that BakBone has successfully completed the Fabric Aware testing with Brocade SilkWorm® fabric switches in heterogeneous SAN environments," said Jay Kidd, Brocade vice president of Product Marketing. "Storage area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high performance networking foundation for storage environments. End users are implementing large fabric SANs comprising hundreds of storage subsystems, servers, and networking technologies, all from multiple vendors. The Fabric Aware program is an example of our continued investment in delivering end-to-end SAN interoperability to our partners and their customers."

Verifying interoperability of our software with Brocade's SilkWorm fabric switches is a great step for BakBone," said Lauren Whitehouse, BakBone's vice president of marketing. "By extending our compatibility to include Brocade products we strengthen our 'dominant provider' position and reaffirm our status as a top-tier player in the SAN marketplace."

BakBone's NetVault, via simple point-and-click technology, allows users to direct data to and from any network resource, whether client, server, or storage drive, with unparalleled speed. The software is especially well-suited to SAN architecture, enabling information to travel along the most efficient path without the need for a backup server to process or touch backup data.

In December, NetVault won Imaging Magazine's Best of 2000 "Product of the Year" award. For more information about BakBone visit www.bakbone.com; additional information about Brocade can be found at www.brocade.com.

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 1999, 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.

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