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BakBone and BlueArc Announce Certification of the Si7500 Storage System for Backup, Recovery Protection

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 25, 2002

BakBone Software, a global provider of storage management software and BlueArc Corporation, provider of the world's highest performance and most scalable enterprise-class network attached storage (NAS) systems, announced today interoperability certification between the BlueArc Si7500 Storage System and BakBone's flagship product NetVault™ backup and recovery software. The certification offers customers a fully tested and supported NAS solution for high-performance, cross-platform protection of business-critical data.

The BlueArc Si7500 Storage System offers a high-performance, highly scalable network storage solution for enterprise customers. After rigorous testing through BakBone's Certification Program, BlueArc's product met all the requirements and is authorized as an interoperable solution for mutual customers.

"Our customers demand the most reliable network-attached storage solutions on the market," said Chuck Joseph, senior vice president of sales, marketing and services at BlueArc. "We are committed to ensuring that our systems are comprehensive and offer all of the supporting components our customers require, including certification with leading backup and restore solutions. Third-party validation by BakBone Software ensures that we are meeting this important objective."

NetVault is built upon an advanced modular architecture that provides IT managers the flexibility for growth and continued enhancements as information storage needs expand and change. With an intuitive and easy-to-use GUI, NetVault delivers enterprise-wide control in both distributed and centralized environments. NetVault is able to operate in multi-vendor networks and supports a broad range of platforms, applications and high performance tape devices.

"BlueArc is dedicated to simplifying its customers' approach to designing and building storage infrastructures," said Randy Batterson, vice president of strategic alliances and OEMs at BakBone Software. "Providing technical excellence is at the heart of our SAN/NAS Certification Program and we are pleased to add BlueArc as a member. Our certification supports BlueArc's commitment to its customers by offering compatibility with state-of-the-art technology and solutions like NetVault. The combination of BlueArc's revolutionary SiliconServer architecture with NetVault provides customers with powerful options for performance and scalability."

About BakBone's SAN/NAS Certification Program

BakBone's SAN/NAS certification program is designed to ensure products meet the highest levels of compatibility, reliability and performance standards on all major platforms, operating systems and devices in SAN/NAS-specific topologies and implementations. Performed in BakBone's state of the art Interoperability Laboratory, the certification program is based upon advanced constructive testing strategies, customer feedback, industry standards and overall BakBone Software company direction and technical expertise. To date, BakBone has certified over 150 hardware products including Quantum Super DLTtape drives, HP Surestore Ultrium 230 and 215 tape drives and many more.

About BlueArc Corporation

BlueArc Corporation delivers the world's highest-performance enterprise-class network storage system. BlueArc's systems are designed to simplify the way our enterprise customers design and build their storage infrastructures, allowing them to fully exploit their networks while dramatically lowering their total cost of ownership. BlueArc is able to provide products with groundbreaking speed, scalability and low total cost-of-ownership as a result of its unique SiliconServer architecture. This revolutionary technology removes the bottlenecks that limit performance in other network storage systems on the market today. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, California with UK operations based in Bracknell, England. More information on BlueArc is available on the Internet at www.bluearc.com, or call 1.866.864.1040.

About BakBone Software, Inc.

BakBone Software 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 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.

BakBone Software, the BakBone logo and NetVault are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products or service names are or may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of, and used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.