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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bocada Taps High-Tech Veterans for Key Executive Positions

Bellevue, WA - December 7, 2004 - Bocada, Inc., the leading provider of software for data protection performance management, today announced that Michael Bauer has been hired as Vice President of Global Partner and Channel Sales and Henry Albrecht has been promoted to Vice President of Product Management.

"BackupReport provides me with the vital knowledge to manage data restorability, track and control costs and improve employee productivity in my backup environment" said Vaikunt Krishnamoorthy, Data Protection Manager for Corio. "Bocada's solution is unique in the depth and breadth of information provided, and this information is critical to help us meet the business continuity objectives of Corio and its customers."

As head of Strategic Partnerships, Bauer will work with the growing roster of leading managed services, outsourcing, and reseller partners relying on Bocada. He joins Bocada with more than 20 years of experience in high technology businesses, including senior leadership roles in channel, OEM, business development and sales. Previously Bauer was regional northwest manager for Epiphany Software. Prior to Epiphany, Michael spent over 10 years driving domestic corporate and international channel sales for Mosaix, Inc., now a division of Avaya, Inc.

As Vice President of Product Management, Albrecht and his team will work closely with existing customers, prospects and development teams to extend the market leadership of Bocada, including the company's award-winning BackupReport software. Albrecht has extensive experience in high technology product management. Prior to joining Bocada, Albrecht served in senior product and business management roles in the QuickBooks line at Intuit.

"Since our launch three years ago, we have received incredible reception from enterprise customers worldwide, and we're now the leading solution for a critical segment of data protection and business risk management. The addition of Henry and Michael to our leadership team will help to ensure that we continue our legacy of delivering real value to the enterprise customer and to our partners worldwide. These are two tremendously talented individuals, and we are proud to have them on the team," said Mark Silverman, CEO of Bocada.

About Bocada
Bocada provides automated insight and visibility into data protection processes, enabling IT organizations to confidently analyze data recoverability, predict risk vulnerability and identify opportunities for cost reduction. Based on patented, agent-less technology, Bocada solutions deploy rapidly and scale to meet the demands of the largest multi-vendor data protection environments. More than 400 brand-name customers and partners worldwide trust Bocada for their data protection operations, including Microsoft, AT&T, Sprint, Unilever and Valero Energy. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Bocada is privately held, funded by leading venture investors. For more information visit: www.bocada.com.

Bocada is a registered trademark and DPM Path to Excellence and DPM P2E are trademarks of Bocada, Inc.

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