Netvault Online Backup Modules For Microsoft Sql Server 2000, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Introduced By BakBone Software

Business Wire, July 31, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2001

BakBone automates department-level 7/24 "hot" backups for

Microsoft applications with point-and-click deployment, scalability

BakBone Software(TM), Inc. (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF), a global provider of storage management software solutions, today announced a new level of automated data protection for users of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server with the introduction of application-specific NetVault(TM) modules. These Application Plug-in Modules(TM) (APMs(TM)), designed to meet the growing storage needs of departments in companies of all sizes, enable application data backup and restore with full integrity, even while the application is online and accessible.

"We initially chose NetVault because of its ability to back up information stored on multiple platforms," said Mark Hagler, Manager of Technical Operations at Ahaza Systems, a Seattle-based infrastructure company focused on building next-generation switching and routing solutions. "NetVault enables us to manage a hands-off backup operation. Our use of NetVault's APM for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server will automate that process even further, helping us maximize our investment and reduce the total cost of safeguarding our data."

The new APMs for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server are the latest in NetVault's comprehensive line of more than 230 add-on modules. They cover all major database, data warehouse, e-mail and electronic resource planning applications across all major operating system platforms, including Windows NT/2000, multiple Linux flavors, and all popular versions of UNIX, including the only solution available for SCO UnixWare and MP-RAS.

Today's announcement further confirms BakBone's technological leadership in the storage management software field, through its ability to rapidly develop and bring to market innovative products in response to customer needs. Each of NetVault's APMs enable users to execute "hot" online backup and restore operations for high performance applications to protect corporate-critical data at companies of all sizes, ranging from data centers and workgroups, to departments and enterprise-level installations. It also removes the "backup window" challenge facing companies with constant demands on their information. Each of NetVault's add-on modules delivers the ability to help companies reduce the total cost of managing their growing storage needs without compromising the integrity and security of their data.

"The explosion of data places overwhelming requirements on companies every day. Our NetVault add-on modules for Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server are designed to help them meet those needs quickly and reliably," said Cali Viviano, APM product manager for BakBone. "Firms depend on Microsoft's applications to help them run their business. They can depend on NetVault to safeguard the data that keeps them in business, knowing that it will seamlessly scale with their additional networked storage requirements."

Special features in the NetVault APM for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server include:

-- Point-and-click drilldown to individual storage groups and mailbox stores;

-- Restoration of a single storage group or database, while other storage
groups remain online and accessible;

-- Parallel backup of storage groups for increased performance; and

-- Transaction log backup/restore.

Special features for the NetVault APM for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 include:

-- Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2000's snapshot backup

option, performing data backup/restore operations within

seconds, with little or no impact on server cycles;

-- Support of Microsoft's Virtual Device Interface (VDI),

enabling users to conduct high-performance full, differential

and transaction log backups;

-- Table-level backup and restore (available for Microsoft SQL

Server v6.5); and

-- The ability to quickly relocate data to standby servers, in

case of server downtime/failure.

Pricing for NetVault's APMs for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server begins at $995. NetVault and its APMs are available through BakBone's worldwide network of solution providers.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software(TM) (TSE: BKB, OTC: BKBOF) 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's products are used by companies worldwide, and are distributed through a network of OEMs and solution providers.

BakBone's corporate headquarters is located at 10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, San Diego, California 92121. 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 (866) 484-2663, e-mail sales@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com.