SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - January 23, 2002 - BakBone Software(TM) K.K. (located in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), a subsidiary of BakBone Software Inc. (TSE: BKB - news) today announced NEC Corporation (headquartered at Minato-ku, Tokyo) has added BakBone's NetVault(TM) to its Linux backup solution product lineup. This enables NEC to sell NetVault as a backup software for NEC's ``Express 5800 Series'' IA server products.

NetVault is the de facto standard for Linux backup software in the Japanese market. NEC adopted NetVault based on capabilities not currently supported by other Linux backup solutions including support of single files greater than 2GB when using a 64-bit Linux 2.4 kernel, RAW Device plugin enabling backup of character devices and block devices, handling of Japanese file names, and support of a variety of Linux distributions such as Red Hat, Turbolinux, Miracle Linux, Caldera, VA Linux, and Vine.

``Our adoption of NetVault backup software enables NEC enterprise customers to use our Linux-based system products more reliably. We aim to further expand our market share by using our experience in the market and providing Linux solution consulting and support services to our customers,'' said Takayuki Okada, Assistant General Manager, 2nd Computers Software Division, NEC Corporation.

``This agreement strengthens the predominance of BakBone Software's NetVault in the Linux backup solution market. By protecting not only UNIX and Windows based systems but also low-priced and highly reliable, Linux-based systems with NetVault, we promise to provide solutions addressing our customers true needs,'' said Howard Weiss, Managing Director, Pacific Rim, BakBone.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

About BakBone Software, Inc. BakBone Software(TM) (TSE: BKB - news) 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.

BakBone Software, the BakBone logo, and NetVault are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.