AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - May 15, 2001 - Backup Strategies NZ Ltd., New Zealand's leading storage-centric value-added distributor, today announced that it will offer BakBone Software's NetVault™ backup/restore software to its customers as a preferred solution to easily and powerfully handle their growing data storage needs.

Backup Strategies said it chose NetVault because of its modular architecture, enabling end users to implement and administer storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) configurations with greater simplicity and efficiency than with any other competing product on the market today. Under an agreement between the two firms, Backup Strategies will provide sales and support of NetVault throughout New Zealand.

"We believe the availability of NetVault offers an affordable, simple yet robust solution to our customers," said Mike Smith, Backup Strategies' managing director. "We have been seeking a backup product specifically designed for NAS and SAN architectures that can also handle traditional LAN-based backups. Other products, which achieve the same result, require the addition of complex modules that we and our customers do not believe to be either cost- or time-effective. NetVault demonstrated its '6 minute SAN' setup, in a mixed and complex environment during a recent customer deployment here in New Zealand - we were left speechless!"

Today's announcement marks BakBone Software's entry into the New Zealand market. It is consistent with the company's global sales strategy, and further extends its reach in the Pacific Rim market, where NetVault has a significant presence.

BakBone's NetVault represents a radical departure from software solutions offered by other firms that require substantial upgrades and intensive technical support for companies seeking to grow their storage capabilities from direct-attached storage through NAS and SANs. It continues BakBone's tradition of offering software that combines powerful performance with unparalleled ease of use. In addition, the software is designed so that it can be installed within minutes or hours, instead of the days or weeks required by competing products.

"Backup Strategies has achieved its leading position in the New Zealand market, by offering its customers products that simply make sense," said Pat Barcus, BakBone's Vice President, Pacific Rim. "NetVault is consistent with that approach to the market, enabling companies to handle their growing data loads with minimal complexity and with the results they need to ensure that their most valuable asset…their information…remains safe."

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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