SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - October 1, 2001 - BakBone Software™ (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF), a global provider of storage management software, announced today it is supporting Hewlett-Packard Company's HP Surestore Ultrium 230 and 215 tape drives. BakBone enables quicker installation and faster performance for its NetVault(TM) customers and creates a higher confidence level in recommending and creating new sales opportunities for linear tape-open (LTO) drive manufacturers and resellers.

HP's Ultrium tape drives provide IT departments the power and reliability necessary to protect increasing amounts of incoming data to their network and data warehousing systems. BakBone's state-of-the-art Interop Lab tested HP's tape integrated with NetVault to ensure reliable performance.

BakBone's NetVault is a modular storage management solution with the ability to scale from workgroup to enterprise. NetVault's collective approach optimizes and synthesizes storage, server, client and network resources to give unparalleled backup speed. Unlike some competitive products, NetVault is designed to support high-speed technologies and data intensive applications such as evolving storage area network technologies.

``BakBone's Interop Lab worked extensively to test HP's Ultrium tape drives with NetVault,'' said Randy Batterson, VP of Alliances and OEMs, BakBone Software. ``HP's Ultrium tape drives combined with NetVault's modular architecture and flexibility will address customers' demands in network and information management storage. Working with industry-leading technology partners like HP, BakBone continues to strengthen its position in the storage management industry.''

``Testing and verifying HP's Ultrium tape drive products to work with BakBone's NetVault backup software allows us to offer powerful, reliable, high-performance backup to enterprise customers,'' said Jan Bell, vice president and general manager, HP Network Storage, North America.

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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