19/05-04   -   Pressemeldinger

BakBone announces enterprice backup solution (EBS) certification og netvault by HP

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — May 19, 2004 — BakBone Software™ (TSX: BKB, OTCBB: BKBOF), a global provider of data protection software, today announced certification of NetVault 7 with the HP StorageWorks portfolio of enterprise and mid-range tape libraries, autoloaders and drives across multiple operating systems. With HP’s Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS) certification, customers can now gain full access to BakBone’s data backup and recovery product line. The BakBone solution offers customers proven enterprise-class data storage hardware and software compatibility that supports the demands of any size environment.

“This collaboration reinforces our dedication to provide customers enterprise-class data reliability, scalability and storage performance," said Adrian Jones, senior vice president of worldwide OEMs and strategic alliances for BakBone. “NetVault’s certification further strengthens BakBone’s relationship with HP and demonstrates our shared commitment to providing customers tightly integrated data protection solutions for enterprise and workgroup environments on multiple platforms."



As part of the EBS certification, BakBone and HP engineers jointly tested and cross-certified HP’s full range of StorageWorks ESL and MSL-series libraries and autoloaders with LTO and SDLT series tape drives to enable seamless storage area network (SAN) interoperability and performance for customers. The extensive certification allows BakBone and HP to extend NetVault software to HP’s installed base of customers for the StorageWorks ESL and MSL tape libraries.

“HP continues to invest in the development of real-world enterprise storage testing environments for both direct attached and SAN configurations. The testing requirements are very stringent and we are pleased that NetVault technology has been fully tested and proven to seamlessly integrate with HP’s heterogeneous storage environment," said Bob Wilson, vice president of Nearline Storage Division, HP. “The combination of HP StorageWorks tape libraries and BakBone’s NetVault software ensures that customers have a winning solution to manage and protect business-critical information."

The certification of BakBone’s NetVault offers an enterprise-class data protection solution that is designed to provide customers with a lower cost of integration and deployment over competitive solutions. This further complements the ability of HP storage products to scale to multiple terabytes of capacity and provide high-speed access to data easily, reliably and cost-effectively.

Certification highlights include:

* Operating Systems: Enterprise-class list of tested operating systems including HP-UX 11.XX (IA-64 and PA-RISC), 32 and 64-bit RedHat Linux Advanced Server v.2.1 and v.3.0, United Linux 1.0, Windows 2000 AS and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Tru64 5.1, Solaris 8 and 9, and AIX 5L

* Tape Storage Solutions: Complete list of tape storage solutions from StorageWorks ESL E-Series enterprise class libraries to MSL-series libraries and SSL1016 to 1/8 Ultrium 460 Tape Autoloaders

* NAS Solutions: HP StorageWorks NAS families (NAS E7000/B3000/B2000/9000s/4000s/2000s/1200s)

* Raid Array Systems: Raid Array systems (HP EVA, XP, EMA and MSA 1000)

* Clusters: Cluster (Windows 2000 and 2003) with failover support

For more information, consult the April 2004 HP EBS Compatibility Matrix located at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/tapecompatibility.html under the Tape Compatibility section for detailed OS and Device support.

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, interested parties can learn more information about BakBone’s products and services at www.bakbone.com or email info@bakbone.co.uk

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