BakBone and Certance Team to Deliver New Data Protection Solutions With LTO Ultrium Technology - BakBone is First Backup and Recovery Provider to Support LTO Ultrium Generation 3 Solutions SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BakBone Software(TM) (OTC:BKBOFOTC:TSX:OTC:BKB) (BULLETIN BOARD: BKBOF, TSX: BKB) , a global provider of data protection software, and Certance LLC, a world leader in innovative, cost-effective data protection solutions for companies of all sizes, today announced that NetVault will ship with Certance's newly introduced CL 800 LTO Ultrium Generation 3 series and CL 400H LTO Ultrium Generation 2 Half-Height series of data protection solutions, available this Fall. As the first backup and disaster recovery vendor to support the LTO Generation 3 'Performance' and LTO Generation 2 half-height 'Value' series, the introduction of Certance's new solutions solidifies BakBone's footprint in both the enterprise, and small and medium-sized business (SMB) markets, respectively. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031120/SDBAKLOGO) "Businesses are constantly challenged with finding an affordable way to increase the backup and restore performance while complying with corporate governance mandates," said Jack Corrao, vice president of marketing at Certance. "By working closely with BakBone and seamlessly integrating NetVault into Certance's CL 800, LTO Ultrium Generation 3, series and CL 400H, LTO Ultrium Generation 2 Half-Height series, we are demonstrating our ongoing commitment to bringing powerful price-performance to our enterprise and SMB customers." "BakBone provides customers powerful data protection solutions that deliver high levels of performance and reliability and up to 30% lower TCO than competitive solutions," said Adrian Jones, senior vice president, OEMs and Alliances Group, BakBone. "NetVault, combined with Certance's award winning data protection solutions, expands BakBone's product reach and demonstrates our commitment to meeting the demands of a rapidly growing storage market." Bundled with every Certance CL 800 LTO Ultrium Generation 3 tape drive and CL 400H LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drive will be BakBone's NetVault Workgroup backup software package providing increased performance and enhanced backup throughput. The availability of a fully licensed enterprise-class data protection solution with every Certance LTO Generation 2 and Generation 3 drive, will offer a complete, scalable solution for SMBs that desire a cost- effective and reliable way to upgrade their backup IT environment, and for large enterprises looking for increased backup and restore performance and capacity for larger heterogeneous data sets. About Certance Certance is a worldwide market leader providing the broadest range of tape backup products and data protection solutions with a commitment to innovative, cost-effective data protection for companies of all sizes. Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Certance produces a full array of data protection solutions including LTO Ultrium, DDS/DAT, Travan tape technologies and DPA- disk based technologies including CP 3100 data protection solutions. With more than 12 million tape devices installed worldwide, the Company designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of solutions to meet the backup, restore and archive needs of virtually every platform from notebooks and PCs to enterprise servers. Certance can be found around the globe and at http://www.certance.com/. About BakBone Software, Inc. BakBone Software is a leading international data protection solution provider that develops and distributes data backup, restore, and disaster recovery software for network storage and open-systems environments. BakBone delivers scalable solutions that address the complex demands of large enterprise environments, as well as small to medium sized businesses. Founded in 2000, BakBone products are used by Fortune 1000 corporations and domestic and international government entities. Distributed through a select global network of OEM partners, resellers and solution providers, interested companies can learn more information about BakBone's products and services at http://www.bakbone.com/ or email . Safe Harbor This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause BakBone's results to differ materially from historical results, or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to, competition in our target markets; potential capital needs; management of future growth and expansion; risk of third-party claims of infringement; protection of proprietary information, customer acceptance of the company's products and fee structures; the success of BakBone's brand development efforts; risks associated with strategic alliances; reliance on distribution channels; product concentration; need to develop new and enhanced products; potential product defects; our ability to hire and retain qualified employees and key management personnel; and risks associated with changes in domestic and international market conditions and the entry into and development of international markets for the company's products. Our forward- looking statements should be considered in the context of these and other risk factors disclosed in our most recent report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be found at http://www.sec.gov/, as well as those risk factors disclosed in the current report filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which is available on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com/. All future written and oral forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf are also subject to these factors. BakBone assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made. BakBone, BakBone Software, NetVault, Application Plugin Module, APM and the BakBone logo are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. Certance and the Certance logo are trademarks of Certance LLC. Linear Tape-Open, LTO, the LTO logo, Ultrium and the Ultrium logo are U.S. trademarks of Certance, HP and IBM in the U.S., other countries, or both. All other brands, products or service names are or may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of, and used to identify, products or services of their respective owners. For more information, please contact: Dani Kenison, Manager, Public Relations of BakBone Software, Inc., +1-858-795-7584, . AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031120/SDBAKLOGODATASOURCE: BakBone Software, Inc. CONTACT: Dani Kenison, Manager, Public Relations of BakBone Software, Inc., +1-858-795-7584, Web site: http://www.certance.com/ Web site: http://www.bakbone.com/

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