POOLE, UNITED KINGDOM - December 12, 2002 - BakBone Software, a global provider of storage management software, is delighted to announce that it has been ranked 4th place in STORAGEsearch.com’s annual poll of storage software companies, beating rivals Legato Systems and Computer Associates.

Online since 1998, the UK portal is one of the world’s best resources for news about the storage industry and issues the top storage software companies’ list every year. “This is the definitive list of storage software companies our half a million readers are most interested in,” said Zsolt Kerekes, editor of STORAGEsearch.com.

Commenting about the company's second year in the top 10 storage software companies list, Andrew Unsworth, Managing Director EMEA, BakBone Software said, “In an economic environment proving difficult for many storage companies, BakBone has shown yet another year of continued growth. 2002 has showed significant customer wins and continued success in markets throughout the world. We are thrilled that this success has been recognized by the industry and are proud to be listed in STORAGEsearch.com's top 10."

Peter Eck, Vice President of Marketing for BakBone Software said, "Customer validation is critical to any company. BakBone Software's high ranking clearly reaffirms that our value proposition is resonating with more and more customers. Our data protection solutions are being recognized for their better total-cost-of-ownership, superior architecture and breadth of platform support. Our continued growth in markets around the world is further evidence that customers are really excited about BakBone over larger, more entrenched competitors - which is exactly what is reflected in this poll."

More information can be found at www.storagesearch.com/squeak-8.html.

About BakBone Software Inc.

BakBone Software 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 backup and restore software provides 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, with European headquarters in Poole, Dorset. Its stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. For more information on BakBone products, call 01202 241000, e-mail sales_europe@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

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