Korea's Largest Internet Portal Selects BakBone, Standardizes on Linux - NetVault Delivers Enterprise Level Data Protection and High Data Availability for More Than 37 Million Users SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BakBone Software(TM) (TSE:BKB)(OTC:BKBOF) (BULLETIN BOARD: BKBOF) , a global provider of data protection software, today announced that Daum Communications Corp., South Korea's top website operator, has chosen BakBone's NetVault software to provide enterprise level data protection and high availability of critical customer data to its more than 37 million users. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031120/SDBAKLOGO) Recognizing the cost, stability and security benefits of Linux, Daum migrated more than 90 percent of its infrastructure to Linux. Faced with needing to protect several petabytes of data, Daum looked to BakBone to meet the data protection requirements of its environment and 24x7x365 business objectives. Daum selected BakBone for its full-featured capabilities on Linux, scalable architecture enabling high-performance backups, and ability to support and centrally manage the portal's heterogeneous environment. "As the data protection vendor of choice for companies migrating their operations to Linux, BakBone is pleased to bring its leading edge Virtual Tape Library (VTL) technology and Linux expertise to South Korea's largest Internet portal, Daum Communications," said Howard Weiss, vice president of Pacific Rim at BakBone Software. "Fueled by the growth of information and data, Internet companies require solutions that guarantee high data availability in order to remain competitive. NetVault's true power as an easy-to-deploy and heterogeneous enterprise data protection solution, as demonstrated in Daum's rigorous evaluation process, ensures Daum complete reliability and protection for its hundreds of millions of files and several petabytes of data." "Every one of our 37 million customers relies on Daum to keep their data secure and available," said Lee Joonho, CIO of Daum Communications Corp. "With NetVault's flexible architecture and built-in VTL capabilities, we are able to backup and restore petabytes of data from several thousand systems with impressive performance. Additionally, we have been able to seamlessly deploy our backup and recovery strategy across multiple operating systems throughout the enterprise with the same levels of data reliability and availability. It's this guarantee of data protection that allows us to sleep well at night." Using NetVault's VTL capability, Daum can quickly restore data in less than half the time of other backup methods. Often referred to as disk-to-disk (D2D) backup/restore, NetVault's VTL redirects the backup stream to disk rather than tape for high-speed backups and rapid application recovery in the event of a failure. Since the VTL emulates a tape library, but is really disk, NetVault achieves rapid restores, significantly higher backup and recovery performance as well as enhanced administration, despite ever-increasing volumes of data. As the tenth largest company in South Korea as of 2004, Daum is South Korea's leading Internet portal and announced in October its acquisition of Lycos. BakBone continues to build customer traction in South Korea, adding Daum to an already impressive list of Internet customers, including Korea DACOM, Club 5678 and other major global portal sites. South Korea is one of the world's most Internet-savvy nations, with 28.6 million Internet users, or more than 60 percent of its population, and more than 11 million broad-band service subscribers, according to government data -- over four times that of North America. About Daum Communications Corp. Daum Communications Corp., based on Asia's largest Internet platform, is an Internet Media Group with businesses in communications, online shopping, entertainment, and finance with over 37 million registered members. Daum Communications Corp. envisions the new Internet media as the gateway and public square between individuals and community. About BakBone Software, Inc. BakBone Software is a leading international data protection 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 size 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 companies can learn more information about BakBone's products and services at http://www.bakbone.com/ or email . 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: the complete installation and acceptance of NetVault software within Daum Communication Corp's IT environment; competition in our target markets; potential capital needs; management of future growth and expansion; risk of third-party claims of infringement; protection of proprietary information, customer acceptance of the Company's products and fee structures; the success of BakBone's brand development efforts; 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 http://www.sec.gov/, as well as those risk factors disclosed in the current report filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which is available on SEDAR at http://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. BakBone, BakBone Software, NetVault, Application Plugin Module, APM and the BakBone logo are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. 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