30/10-03   -   Pressemeddelelse

BakBone and Storagetek jointly announce certification of Netvault 7 for Storagetek tape libraries and drives

Stockholm, Sweden — October 30, 2003 — Building on the success of a number of mutual design wins including Daimler/Chrysler, BakBone Software™ (TSX: BKB, OTCBB: BKBOF), a global provider of data recovery software, and StorageTek® (Storage Technology Corporation, NYSE: STK) today jointly announced certification of NetVault 7 with StorageTek’s line of open system tape libraries and drives. Together,With this certification, BakBone and StorageTek solutions offer customers optimized data storage protection and enterprise-class functionality that supports the demands of any sized environment.

In order to optimize NetVault 7 data backup and recovery software, BakBone and StorageTek engineers jointly tested and cross-certified StorageTek’s full range of L-Series™ libraries (including L20, L40, L180, L700, L5500) and LTO Ultrium®, SDLT and DLT series tape drives to provide seamless storage area network (SAN) interoperability and performance for customers. BakBone’s NetVault 7 offers customers significantly lower cost of integration and deployment over competitive solutions, which complements StorageTek’s ability to provide massive capacity and high-speed access to data easily, reliably and cost-effectively.

“This engineering collaboration reinforces our two companies’ dedication to providing enterprise-class customers outstanding data reliability and storage performance," said Andrew Bowles, director of strategic alliances for BakBone. “NetVault’s certification is further proof of BakBone Software’s commitment to providing tightly integrated recovery solutions that deliver industry-leading total cost of ownership (TCO) and ease of deployment. "

“By jointly certifying and optimizing NetVault to leverage the power of our libraries, our customers can see a significant reduction in their overall storage expenses over competitive solutionsNetVault technology is now seamlessly integrated with StorageTek’s," said Barba Hickman, StorageTek vice president, Corporate and Industry Alliances Relations. “Working with BakBone offers our joint customers quality backup and data management solutions and protection of business-critical information."

BakBone will present ‘The New Metrics of Data Protection’ at StorageTek Forum 2003 in San Diego, October 30th at 3:15 p.m., discussing the management of a company’s data protection strategy expectations amongst emerging TCO, service level agreements and policy management initiatives. To learn more about this topic and NetVault/StorageTek platform integration or the BakBone/StorageTek solution announced above, please visit BakBone at Booth #14.

About BakBone Software, Inc.
BakBone Software is a leading international data recovery 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, you can learn more information about BakBone’s products and services at www.bakbone.com or email sales_europe@bakbone.com or call +358 18 17598

About StorageTek
StorageTek (NYSE:STK), a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., delivers a broad range of storage solutions that are easy to manage, integrate well with existing infrastructures and allow universal access to data across servers, media types and networks. StorageTek provides practical and safe storage solutions in disk, networking, services, tape and tape automation. For more information, see www.storagetek.com

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