BakBone Names OEM Alliance VP

SAN DIEGO -- BakBone Software (Pink Sheets:BKBO), a global provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, today announced the appointment of David Schneider as vice president of BakBone’s strategic partner group. Schneider’s responsibilities will include managing BakBone’s current worldwide OEM partner alliances including Sun Microsystems, NCR-Teradata, Network Appliance, Apple, NEC and Fujitsu, as well as developing future strategic relationships as BakBone extends its global reach into the enterprise marketplace.

“With the broad landscape of players and variety of data protection technologies available today, navigating and building the right partnerships is integral to BakBone’s strategy and vision for growth,” said Jim Johnson, BakBone’s president and CEO. “We’re excited to welcome Dave to BakBone and are confident he will add significant value to our company and management team. Dave’s extensive industry experience and technology skill set will prove to be an important component in making BakBone’s strategic alliances and OEM relationships even more successful and complimentary to our business.”

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