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www.bakbone.com - BakBone Software Amber Winans, 858-795-7584 amber.winans@bakbone.com or Nikki Snowhite, 858-795-7552 nikki.snowhite@bakbone.com BakBone Software(R) (BKBO.PK), the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, is helping customers easily embrace VMware data protection with a solution that protects both individual and entire groups of VMware(R) ESX Servers, requires no scripting and is deeply integrated with VMware technology and techniques.

BakBone's NetVault(R): Backup VMware Plugin offers integration through the NetVault: Backup user interface, providing a simple, yet powerful way to provide VMware data protection. While other solutions on the market require complex scripting to work properly with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), BakBone incorporates these capabilities into a point-and-click user interface to simplify users' experiences and give them the power to

protect more complex and dynamic environments.

"We are under increasing pressure to keep energy costs down, yet our storage needs continue to grow," said Todd Moriarty, vice president of Information Technologies, Accuro, A MedAssets Company. "BakBone has made VMware data protection a simple, straightforward process for us. We are able to set backup policies and restore data from the ESX or VCB servers without scripts - this is a big time saver and cuts admin time and storage costs."

The NetVault: Backup VMware Plugin gives administrators automatic integration with supported devices, including a VTL, SAN, NDMP or locally-attached drives. It offers greater granularity for Windows on VMware by allowing customers to backup and restore individual files within virtual machines and empowers storage administrators to create comprehensive, flexible backup policies without the need to understand VCB internals or create complex scripts.

NetVault: Backup VMware Plugin extends capabilities beyond the backup and recovery of virtual environments. "We will be using BakBone's solution to reduce the load on our ESX Servers and simplify our virtual environment protection by consolidating backups through single servers," said Claudio Vilchis, network support supervisor, El Camino College. "This is especially important for us as we try to reduce the energy demands on our data center and consolidate hardware."

According to Gartner, virtualization adoption will accelerate more than expected with approximately 611 million virtualized PCs by 2011. In May 2007, Gartner predicted that virtualization would be a part of nearly every dimension of IT environments by 2015.

"Adopting virtualization can improve IT resources and increase the flexibility needed for really any IT environment," says Dave Russell, Gartner research analyst. "Virtualization technologies enable end users to reduce energy usage and costs, and be more flexible with automated services, allowing them to focus on more important projects."

BakBone is exhibiting this week at VMworld in Las Vegas. Attendees can stop by BakBone's booth (#540, Pod N13) to learn more about NetVault: Backup and its full integration with VMware. The VMworld Conference takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Venetian Hotel from Monday, September 15th to Thursday, September 18th.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone is committed to making data protection a simple, straightforward process while delivering its Integrated Data Protection (IDP) strategy through an award-winning product suite. This suite provides unprecedented capabilities not only to protect critical data - but more importantly, to ensure the availability of that data as well. BakBone's products offer a single point of control for managing resources across all platforms, providing improved operational efficiency, reduced system downtime, improved availability and enhanced security to support the business growth of enterprise environments. Thousands of users worldwide leverage BakBone's IDP approach to simplify the management of multi-platform environments with a portfolio of backup, disaster recovery, replication and storage reporting solutions for Linux, Windows, Unix and Mac OS environments. These scalable data protection solutions address the demands of Global 5000 organizations and are distributed through a worldwide network of select OEM partners, strategic partners, resellers and solution providers. BakBone is headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information about BakBone, visit www.bakbone.com or email info@bakbone.com.

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; the development, implementation and execution of the Company's Integrated Data Protection (IDP) strategic vision; risk of third-party claims of infringement; protection of proprietary information; customer acceptance of the Company's existing and newly introduced products and fee structures; and the success of BakBone's brand development efforts. Also, 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 www.sec.gov, as well as those risk factors disclosed in our current report filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which is available on SEDAR at 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, other than as required under applicable securities laws.

The common shares of BakBone Software are currently subject to cease trade orders in the Canadian jurisdictions of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario due to delays in the filing of the Company's financial statements. Although these cease trade orders do not prevent investors, who are not resident in or otherwise subject to the laws of Alberta, British Columbia or Ontario, from trading the common shares of BakBone on the Pink Sheets in the United States, investors are encouraged to obtain legal advice to ensure that these trades are not violating the cease trade orders. BakBone continues to work to resolve all outstanding issues which have prevented filing of its financial statements, however an exact date for filing of these financial statements cannot be determined at this time.

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BakBone's Full Adoption of VMware Technology and Techniques is
Helping Customers Quickly and Easily Deploy and Manage Virtualized
Data Protection - Without Scripts