SAN DIEGO--- BakBone Software Appoints New Chief Financial Officer; Steve Martin Joins BakBone from Leap Wireless

BakBone Software, Incorporated (Pink Sheets: BKBO), a global provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, announced today the appointment of Steve Martin to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Martin is a senior finance professional with more than 25 years experience in both public accounting and private industry and most recently served as the acting Chief Accounting Officer for Leap Wireless in San Diego, Calif.

“Steve is an experienced CFO with an impressive background of working with public companies, and we are excited to have him join our team,” said Jim Johnson, CEO, BakBone, “As BakBone focuses on creating shareholder value, Steve will provide strategic and functional leadership for the next phase of BakBone’s growth.”

Prior to his role at Leap Wireless, Martin was vice president and chief financial officer of Stratagene Corporation until the Company was acquired in 2007. Previously, Martin served as controller at Gen-Probe Incorporated, as vice president of Finance at Nuera Communications, Inc., as vice president, controller at Aldila Golf Corp. and as a senior audit manager at Deloitte & Touche. He is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor's of science degree in accounting from San Diego State University.

Martin will be taking over from Michael Compton who has served as interim CFO since September 2007. “Mike provided leadership during a challenging time, and we are very grateful for Mike's dedication and service over the past year. Under Mike’s guidance, BakBone has passed a critical milestone as the Company moves toward its goal of becoming a current filer with the SEC. I am very pleased that Mike will continue working with BakBone as an important member of the finance team. He will continue as a consultant to aid in the CFO transition as well as contribute to the design and implementation of ongoing improvements to our financial reporting and systems,” said Johnson.

About BakBone Software

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, reported today 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.