05/11-03   -   Pressemeddelelse

Bakbone wins best san backup software award

Reseller partners honor BakBone for its commitment to the channel with best backup and recovery vendor award.

Stockholm, Sweden — November 5, 2003 — BakBone Software™ (TSX: BKB, OTCBB: BKBOF), a global provider of data recovery software, today announced that it has been awarded ‘Best Storage Area Network (SAN) Backup Software’ by Storage World Australia 2003. Additionally, BakBone was named winner of the CRN Certified Program 2003 in the category of ‘Best Backup and Recovery Vendor’ by CRN Magazine Germany.

“We are honored to receive these prestigious international awards that recognize the value we bring to the storage industry," said Peter Eck, VP of Marketing for BakBone Software. “BakBone’s continued evolution of NetVault backup and recovery software for heterogeneous environments, validated by the demands of our channel partners and customers, demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the data protection market."

In presenting the Storage World Best SAN Backup Software award, BakBone came out on top in the following criteria: platform support, features, functionality and simplicity. Judged by leading information technology veterans from Terrapin, ZDNet and RMIT, as well as storage guru and author Jon Toigo, Storage World’s Best SAN Backup Software award acknowledges BakBone’s successful pioneering of network data recovery technology and commitment to ensuring the availability, security, and reliability of customers’ critical data and business applications.

The Storage World Best SAN Backup Software award in Asia Pacific builds on recent industry honors for BakBone’s NetVault in the European channel, including the No. 1 position in the category of backup and recovery in the Germany CRN Magazine’s CRN Certified Program 2003. In winning the annual CRN award, the publication stressed resellers had voted BakBone the channel partner leader as a result of the company’s strength in the following key areas: product quality and reliability, price/performance features, technical support, and co-operative vendor marketing programs. Following an independent satisfaction survey of 25 resellers by CRN Magazine, BakBone won the category with an unprecedented rating of 1.87 (with one being the highest and six the lowest), beating industry competitors CommVault, Veritas, Legato and CA.

“Recognition through a CRN Certified Program award signifies a level of excellence for technology vendors like BakBone in this competitive market of data backup and recovery," said Matthias Parbel, editor, CRN Germany. “According to BakBone’s channel partners, not only are BakBone employees well-informed about NetVault, they also stand 100% behind the product."

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

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