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2007

March 5, 2007

B&L Associates Partners with Imation To Deliver Next-Generation Tape Tracking System Software

B&L Associates, Inc, the leader in open systems tape management solutions today announced that Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN), a worldwide leader in removable data storage, has selected B&L's VaultLedger® and Vertices® tape management software solutions for Imation's new RFID-based DataGuard rf™ Tape Tracking System.

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2005

August 4, 2005

Companies Find Tracking Foreign Media Easy with Vertices®

After two years of wide release, Vertices Foreign Media Manager Module™ has proven to be the easiest and most reliable way of tracking and logging foreign media within a company.

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2004

September 29, 2004

Vertices' New Feature Makes Scratch Media Use More Efficient

B&L Associates, Inc., a leader in open systems media management software, today announced a new vaulting pattern feature that will add even greater functionality to their Vertices® tape management system.

September 13, 2004

Vertices® Provides Easier Tape Management for Unisys MCP Users

B&L Associates, Inc., a leading provider of computer media management software, today introduced the Vertices MCP Automation Agent™, a module that directly links the Vertices® comprehensive, enterprise-wide removable media management system to Unisys ClearPath NX systems.

September 8, 2004

Vertices Now Available for Windows 2003

B&L Associates Inc., a leader in open systems media management software, announced the availability of the Vertices® tape management system for Microsoft Windows 2003 users. The new version of Vertices, which can be hosted on any Windows 2003 Professional, Server or Advanced Server platform, controls the movement, management and retrieval of removable tapes and other media from any source, including legacy Windows platforms, UNIX, Linux and mainframe systems.

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2003

September 26, 2003

BakBone Software Announces NetVault Vertices Media Management Solution

BakBone Software (TSX:BKB, OTCBB:BKBOF), a global provider of data recovery software, today announced the release of NetVault Vertices, a comprehensive media management module for NetVault 7.0. Partnering with B&L Associates, Inc. to jointly develop the module, NetVault Vertices integrates the industry leading data protection solution in NetVault with the highly acclaimed media management tool in Vertices®. This new enhancement enables customers to electronically store, move and track their data center's media allowing end-users complete control over any media resource. IT managers can recognize what's on those media, when to acquire the data, how long to retain the data, and when to replace the media - all the information required to comprehensively manage corporate media libraries while securing mission critical contents.

April 8, 2003

Syncsort's Backup Express Integration with Vertices Certified by B&L Associates, Inc.

The integration of Backup Express, the enterprise backup and restore product from Syncsort Incorporated, with Vertices®, the comprehensive media management tool for open systems' removable media, has been certified by B&L. The new interface allows Backup Express to easily share information with Vertices. Customers will now be able to ensure accurate logging of all their media and detailed tracking of all their data during backup.

March 12, 2003

Vertices Now Logs Media from BrightStor CA-1

B&L Associates Inc. announced the release of the Vertices Legacy Logger™ for BrightStor™ CA-1®, allowing legacy tape management information to be imported directly into Vertices® Media Management System.

February 28, 2003

Vertices to Allow Action List Transfers to Offsite Storage Vendors via FTP

B&L Associates, Inc. announced an exciting new enhancement for its versatile and comprehensive media management system, Vertices®. The new Vertices FTP functionality will allow customers to automatically transfer action lists to offsite storage vendors, and other vaults, via FTP.

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2001

March 19, 2001

Vertices Logs Removable Tapes and Media from VERITAS NetBackup Environments

B&L Associates Inc., a leader in open systems media/tape management, today announced that its Vertices® media management system now integrates with VERITAS' NetBackup DataCenter backup and recovery solution to provide seamless control of removable media through automatic tape logging. This new logging capability enables system administrators to manage the data on hundreds to thousands of tapes across the enterprise on all major platforms and databases.

March 12, 2001

B&L Associates Joins the VERITAS Vplus Partner Program

B&L Associates Inc. today announced that it has joined the VERITAS Vplus™ Partner Program as a Development Partner. As a VERITAS Software partner, B&L will be able to leverage its knowledge of tape/media management to satisfy the unique and demanding tape management needs of VERITAS NetBackup™ and VERITAS Backup Exec™ users.

February 28, 2001

B&L Announces Premier Membership in HP Computing Solution Provider Program

B&L Associates Inc., a leader in open systems media/tape management, today announced that it has become a premier member of Hewlett-Packard Company's HP Computing Solution Provider Program (CSPP).

February 26, 2001

B&L Announces Alliance with HP

B&L Associates Inc., a leader in open systems media/tape management, today announced that it has joined HP's Computing Solutions Provider Program (CSPP). As a CSPP participant, B&L will be able to better collaborate with HP in bringing its Vertices® media/tape management system to HP customers.

January 16, 2001

Vertices Extended to Legato NetWorker Backup and Recovery Operations

B&L Associates Inc., a leader in open systems tape/media management, today announced that its Vertices™ tape/media management system now integrates with the Legato NetWorker backup and recovery system. Through Legato NetWorker, Vertices provides automatic tape logging for removable media in heterogeneous operating environments. This capability extends the backup and recovery control offered by Legato NetWorker to tapes and other removable media created by Microsoft Windows NT/2000, UNIX and Linux servers, extending business continuity.

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2000

October 3, 2000

B&L Associates' Vertices Tape Management Software Now Available For Windows 2000

Manages tapes and other media from any application/operating system...

B&L Associates Inc., a leading provider of removable computer tape management software, today announced that the Vertices® tape management system is available for Microsoft Windows 2000. The new version of Vertices, which can be hosted on any Windows 2000 Professional, Server or Advanced Server platform, controls the movement, management and retrieval of removable tapes and other types of media from any source, including legacy Windows platforms, UNIX, Linux and mainframe systems.

August 08, 2000

B&L Associates Announces Vertices Comprehensive Tape Logging Module For HP Openview OmniBack II

B&L Associates extends its leading tape management system for open system environments...

B&L Associates Inc., a leader in open systems tape/media management, today announced automatic tape logging for Hewlett-Packard's OpenView OmniBack II. This new logging capability, using B&L's Vertices™ tape/media management system, enables system administrators to create and manage hundreds to thousands of tapes across the enterprise by leveraging the file management capabilities of OmniBack II. Vertices maximizes business continuity enabling customers to implement complete disaster recovery solutions.

May 16, 2000

B&L Offers Vertices Media Management for VERITAS Backup Exec

First application that extends Backup Exec environments to include removable media…

B&L Associates, Inc., a leading provider of computer media management software, today announced a way for users of Veritas' Backup Exec to extend storage management to removable media. Vertices®, B&L's comprehensive, enterprise-wide removable media management system, can now integrate with Backup Exec 8.0 and 7.3 to control the logging, movement, storage and restoration of physical media including tapes, CDs, DLTs and other computer media.

May 13, 2000

B&L Offers Vertices Automatic Media Logging for ARCserve®IT™

First to bring integrated removable media management to open systems environments...

B&L Associates, Inc., a leading provider of computer media management software, today announced the Vertices® ARCserve®IT™ Automation Agent, a module that directly links the Vertices comprehensive, enterprise-wide removable media management system to Computer Associates' ARCserveIT for Microsoft Window NT environments.

January 31, 2000

B&L Adds Batch Scanning and Labeling Capabilities to Vertices Media Management Software

B&L Associates, Inc., a leading provider of computer media management software, today announced that it has enhanced both the batch scanning input and label output capabilities of Vertices®, its comprehensive, enterprise-wide removable media management system. The enhancements will make it easier for users to log and track computer tapes, CDs and other computer media and will give more flexibility in designing labels.

January 24, 2000

Industry Leaders Align with CA's Unicenter TNG and Jasmine ii to Create 74 New Certified Solutions

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced the addition and availability of 74 certified product solutions available as a result of partner participation in CA's Ventures in Partnership (VIP) Development Partner Program (DPP). This support by industry leaders integrating their products with either CA's Unicenter TNG or Jasmine ii illustrates how IT companies are gravitating toward CA's open, extensible infrastructure solutions to take advantage of the rapidly evolving eBusiness marketplace.

January 24, 2000

Vertices Media Management Software Now Available Through Resellers

B&L Associates, Inc., a leading provider of computer media management solutions, today announced that Vertices®, its comprehensive, enterprise-wide removable media management system, is now being sold through Value Added Resellers (VARs). The company has developed a channel program and is seeking qualified partners to sell Vertices and software add-ons, such as Batch Scanning and Automation Modules.

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1999

August 3, 1999

Vertices from B&L Associates Supports Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

B&L Associates, Inc. today announced that Vertices®, its comprehensive, enterprise-wide media management system, now runs with Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0. This enables Vertices to leverage the features and capabilities offered by the latest version of Microsoft's Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).

July 19, 1999

B&L Associates Partners with Computer Associates to Centralize Reporting of Vertices Media Management System

Vertices®, B&L's comprehensive, enterprise-wide open systems media management system, has achieved Computer Associates International, Inc.'s prestigious "Unicentered" level of integration. The integration of Vertices with Unicenter TNG gives IT managers the capability to fully integrate removable media with on-line media management and storage activities.

February 22, 1999

Vetices Media Management Software included with Unisys Aquanta ES5000 Enterprise servers

Unisys® Corporation will include B&L's recently announced Vertices® media management software system with each Aquanta ES5000 server.

Febuary 1, 1999

Vertices from B&L Associates extends Data storage management to the next level

Vertices manages media from open systems environments such as Microsoft Windows NT and UNIX as well as from traditional mainframe environments such as IBM and Unisys.

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