BakBone Announces New Try It, Buy It Program, Allowing Users to Download and Test Drive NetVault: Backup in Minutes

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BakBone Software^® (Pink Sheets:BKBO), the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, today announced Try It, Buy It, the only program that allows users to download and evaluate a full version of an enterprise data protection solution in mere minutes. Unlike competitors’ solutions, the NetVault: Backup evaluation is simple to install and free; it does not require any credit card or purchase order information.

NetVault^®: Backup, BakBone’s flagship enterprise data protection solution, is leading the market in ease of use, illustrating BakBone’s motto, The Power of Simplicity. Not only is BakBone’s NetVault: Backup easy to download and evaluate, it delivers data protection software that is easy to deploy, use and manage. BakBone also offers interactive online demonstrations that give attendees an intimate look at the software’s capabilities and how effortless it is to install it.

“I work with a unique environment that includes Solaris, Linux and Windows and 2 TB of data and was looking for a consolidated solution that would pull all of our data protection needs together,” said Susan Cowen, network administrator, Wabash Valley Power. “BakBone’s online demo was a perfect opportunity to experience the software and see if it meets my specific requirements. The demo was informative and easy to follow and showed that the software is intuitive and seamlessly integrates into an environment. It was very easy and fast to download the server software, clients and support documentation.”

Download NetVault: Backup http://www.bakbone.com/products/downloads/

Within minutes, NetVault: Backup can be downloaded and evaluated in any storage environment. During the evaluation period, BakBone provides support to help customers set up the product to meet their specifications.

Attend a Live, Interactive Demo of NetVault: Backup http://www.bakbone.com/webinars

BakBone holds interactive demos of NetVault: Backup every Friday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time. Attendees will see how quickly the product deploys, how simple it is to manage with any operating system, how it scales and how this cost-effective solution cuts back on administration time.

BakBone recently introduced support for SharePoint, full VMware support and enhanced Oracle database protection. Customers can download and evaluate these features during their trial.

“Managing and protecting company data, the backbone of any corporate activity, has become a time-consuming and cumbersome task, but it doesn’t have to be,” said Ken Horner, senior vice president of Corporate Development and Strategy, BakBone. “Not only should your backup solution be hassle-free but doing business with your vendor, including evaluation of these offerings, should be seamless and easy as well. Users can have this power of simplicity with BakBone’s NetVault: Backup; we’ve built it from the ground up to be flexible and scalable, allowing all levels of customers, from start-ups to enterprises, to see immediate results from a comprehensive data protection solution. Our Try It, Buy It program will allow users to see how quick and easy solid data protection can be.”

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.

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