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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.
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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. 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.
For further information, please contact Dani Kenison of BakBone Software, Inc.,
+1-858-795-7584, .
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