POOLE, UNITED KINGDOM - May 22, 2002 - BakBone Software™ (TSE: BKB), a global provider of storage management software has joined the Storage Networking Industry Association Europe (SNIA-E). The SNIA-E is an association of vendors, channel partners and end-users who are all interested in promoting storage within the European IT community. The number of SNIA-E member companies in 2002 has already increased by 30% in comparison with last year.

Sean Jackson, Marketing Manager EMEA for BakBone Software said: "We are delighted to have become a part of a growing and vibrant industry body that is promoting storage, and will join with fellow members in educating the business community at large about storage issues – issues that are becoming increasingly important and rising higher up the business agenda.”

The mission of Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA-E) is to promote storage networking solutions across vendors, IT and business community and end-users in a vendor-independent manner, through tutorials, conferences and media such as an informative website and a monthly magazine. The SNIA-E is also a central point of information about storage issues, with more than 200 storage-industry related white papers and case studies available to members and non-members alike.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software (TSE: BKB) 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 products are used by companies worldwide, and are distributed through a network of OEMs and solution providers. BakBone's corporate headquarter is located at 10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, San Diego, California 92121, with European headquarters in Poole, Dorset, UK. 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 01202 241000, e-mail sales_europe@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.

About SNIA-E

SNIA-E has been formed in Europe as an association that is designed to promote the storage industry within Europe. It is part of a global association that has headquaters in the USA. The purpose of SNIA-E is quite distinct: It is an association of vendors, channel partners and end-users who are all interested in promoting storage (and all associated aspects of storage) within the European IT community. It is independent of individual company messages, thereby ensuring that the individualistic goals and purposes of member companies are held in check for the good of the community. It is designed to promote the usages of storage within Europe. This encompasses all aspects of storage including devices, networks and software. No other association has a mission for promoting this wide range of storage. For more information see http://www.snia-europe.org.

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