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Breaks the Barriers to Data Protection with Optimized Backup, Deduplication and DR for Continuous Availability of Critical IT Services

FalconStor Software, Inc. today announced a comprehensive upgrade of its suite of data protection solutions. Version 7 (V7) of FalconStor’s product family offers the fundamental solutions for implementing next-generation backup and disaster recovery (DR) today – making it simple and cost effective to maintain uptime of critical IT services in the face of exponential data growth, widespread use of virtual servers and business demand for high availability.

Version 7 of FalconStor’s data protection suite synchronizes the product line and offers customers a complete set of solutions that provides everything needed to optimize legacy backup systems, migrate to disk-based backup and DR and guarantee fast recovery of essential systems and applications, while also laying the foundation for service-oriented data protection.

“Legacy backup and recovery methods are severely challenged as the pressing demand for IT service availability is compounded by shrinking budgets and complexities caused by remote offices and mobile users,” said Fadi Albatal, vice president of worldwide marketing for FalconStor. “With V7, FalconStor’s data protection solutions have been optimized to deliver a holistic approach to backup and recovery that helps data centers of all sizes overcome obstacles to continuous service and data availability.”

FalconStor data protection solutions enable customers to:
- seamlessly migrate to scalable, high-performance, disk-based backup with FalconStor’s deduplication technology, eliminating inefficient backup and recovery from tape.
- optimize backup of both file and block data across a highly available, scalable global deduplication repository.
Protect more data in less time with fast restoration, consolidating recovery point objectives (RPO) to mere seconds.
- combine highly available virtualized heterogeneous storage environments with improved I/O performance, robust failover, data migration and automated DR to ensure data availability and business continuity.
- extend the value of VMware vSphere by supporting VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) across heterogeneous storage platforms while integrating physical server failover and failback with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager support.

Key V7 enhancements

FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL): very high-performance deduplication with pre-parsing of data; real-time dashboards for full operational visibility; scales to more than one petabyte of storage; global deduplication repository.

FalconStor® File-interface Deduplication System ( FDS): high availability; shared global deduplication repository with FalconStor VTL.

FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP): 1,000 snapshots per volume for highly granular points of recovery and longer retention time; multi-threaded architecture accelerates performance of replication, compression and encryption.

FalconStor® Network Storage Server (NSS): supports VMware vSphere and VMware VAAI and extends VMware functionality in heterogeneous SAN environments that may not offer native VAAI support; accommodates greater volume scalability, larger drive sizes and virtual machine density.

Version 7 of FalconStor’s data protection product suite is available immediately.

About FalconStor Software
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is the market leader in disk-based data protection. The company’s mission is to transform traditional backup and disaster recovery into next-generation service-oriented data protection. Built upon an award-winning platform, FalconStor solutions deliver disk-based backup, continuous data protection, WAN-optimized replication and disaster recovery automation. FalconStor solutions are available through a worldwide network of partners, including solution providers, top-tier strategic partners and major OEMs. Thousands of customers worldwide, from small businesses to Fortune 100 enterprises, entrust their data to FalconStor solutions. FalconStor maintains headquarters in Melville, N.Y., and offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (866-669-3252).

Provides rapid data recovery to any point in time;
Ensures continuous business operations in event of data loss;
Eliminates the backup window

London-based luxury retailer Radley + Co has deployed FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) to provide both disaster recovery (DR) and backup services. As a company with an international supply chain and retail outlets, Radley + Co produces a lot of data, in many different formats and across multiple sites. The company’s primary aim was to replicate data from its data center in London to a remote warehouse location that also serves as its DR site.

With Radley + Co’s London infrastructure almost entirely virtualized on VMware ESX Server, the objective was achieved by deploying a FalconStor® DiskSafe™ agent on each virtualized server. The DiskSafe agent synchronizes data back to a FalconStor CDP appliance which, in turn, replicates to the DR site over a leased line. Snapshots are taken every three hours, enabling roll-back, in three-hour intervals, to up to a week before any disaster occurred or was discovered.

However, the company realised that the same FalconStor solution could also meet its backup requirements. “At one time, we had a sizeable window available in which to do our backups,” says Francis Rodrigues, IT support manager, Radley + Co. “However, once the business expanded into the USA, systems were put to use for far longer periods of time, reducing the backup window to the point where it was almost non-existent. But we realised we could use the snapshots generated by FalconStor CDP to solve the backup problem by employing FalconStor® HyperTrac™ Backup Accelerator technology to archive data onto tape.

“FalconStor CDP with HyperTrac Backup Accelerator capability is a completely non-disruptive solution and the business benefit is clear: we have protected the business against failure caused by data loss, however that data loss might occur,” he added.

Previously, the company’s DR provisioning consisted primarily of backing up to tape, with a strategy of restoring from tape and restarting operations as well as possible. Scenario testing – the results of which inspired the FalconStor project – showed that recovery was time-consuming, required the involvement of expensive consultants, and would involve a loss of operations and data.

Radley + Co is a market leader in handbag and accessory design, with operations in several countries.

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About FalconStor CDP
FalconStor CDP combines local and remote data protection into a cost-effective, unified, disk-based backup and DR solution. It enables data to be recovered back to the most recent transaction, shrinking recovery point objectives (RPO) to mere seconds. Using sophisticated technologies including application integration, physical-to-virtual (P2V) recovery, and WAN-optimized replication, FalconStor CDP enables businesses to come back online quickly so entire systems can be restored in minutes. Data is protected in its native format and is instantly accessible. Recovery time objectives (RTO) can change from hours to minutes, minimizing downtime and consequent economic impact.

About FalconStor HyperTrac Backup Accelerator
HyperTrac Backup Accelerator technology works in conjunction with FalconStor CDP to increase tape backup speed, eliminate backup windows, and offload processing from application servers. Data can be backed up at any time without disruption, even during peak production hours, making it ideal for organizations requiring tape backup for archiving or regulatory compliance.

Designed for SMB and ROBO markets in Europe, FalconStor EMEA targets outmoded traditional backup methods with integrated hardware/software appliance that delivers instant recovery

FalconStor Software, Inc. today announced FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) for Backup, a hardware/software appliance designed to meet the particular needs of the small and-medium-size business (SMB) and remote office/branch office (ROBO) markets in Europe. FalconStor CDP for Backup provides simultaneous backup and data protection capabilities and addresses the serious deficiencies of traditional backup applications and outdated practices.

FalconStor CDP combines local and remote protection into a cost-effective, unified, disk-based solution that enables the recovery of data – and business operations – back to the most recent transaction. This is achieved by a process of continuous and simultaneous backup of all servers and applications. The concept of continuous backup to disk completely eliminates the anachronism of the backup window and dramatically increases the number of recovery points available, virtually eliminating the risk of data loss. There is a common management interface for the entire environment, and there are no removable media to manage.

The result is that the FalconStor CDP for Backup appliance makes backup simple, fast, affordable and reliable. It is also, in effect, a combined backup and disaster recovery (DR) solution that delivers instant recovery. For example, accidentally deleted or corrupted files can be retrieved in less than two minutes, a system recovered in just 10 minutes and entire remote DR sites can be brought on line in just half an hour.

“The reality is that traditional backup software is an outmoded concept that only performs a single task – and not very well,” said Guillaume Imberti, vice president and general manager, EMEA operations, FalconStor. “Traditional backup techniques involve too many points of failure, too much opportunity for data loss and, in the SMB environment in particular, too much scope for human error.”

“FalconStor CDP for Backup addresses the backup requirements of SMBs, especially those with remote or branch offices, more effectively and – crucially – more simply than any other solution. Through the unique combination of capabilities, flexibility, simplicity and effectiveness, we aim to overcome the natural hesitation that often stops companies from commissioning a robust, modern, fit-for-purpose backup solution,” Imberti explains.

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About FalconStor CDP for Backup
FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) technology reinvents how data is backed up and recovered. Moving far beyond failure-prone once-a-day tape backup models, FalconStor CDP combines local and remote protection into a cost-effective, unified, disk-based solution that enables the recovery of data back to the most recent transaction. Recovery point objectives (RPO) shrink to mere seconds.

But protection is only part of the solution. FalconStor CDP for Backup delivers fast, reliable recovery, bringing business back online sooner. Using a wealth of sophisticated technologies – including application integration, physical-to-virtual recovery, and WAN-optimized replication – entire systems can be restored in under 10 minutes. Lost files can be recovered in two minutes. And all of this can occur without the need to touch backup software or run a “restore job.” Data is protected in its native format and instantly accessible. Recovery time objectives (RTO) change from hours to minutes, minimizing system downtime and economic impact.