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This is not really a consumer products announcement, but more a business one.  But I reckon that since a lot of us here have full time jobs aside from our passion for gadgets, this information may come in handy if you want to score some brownie points with your CFO or CIO/CTO the next time the subject of data storage comes up.

Falconstor, a US company with regional headquarters in Malaysia, has introduced a solution for data backup/storage called a “Deduplication Solution“. The exact name of the solution is “File-interface Deduplication System (FDS)“.  This technology is basically something that does “differential” backup of data, instead of “full” backup.  Differential backups save storage space and bandwidth, especially when one is backing up data to an offsite data recovery centre.  I’ll let the press release explain more.

For more information, do surf over to their corporate website!

FalconStor^® FDS Enables Businesses to Store MORE with Less

Latest Deduplication Solution by FalconStor^® Delivers High Availability Plus Double the Performance with Symantec OST Support

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2010 – FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the provider of TOTALLY Open™ data protection solutions, today announced version 2.0 of FalconStor^® File-interface Deduplication System (FDS), which takes LAN-based deduplication to the next level of enterprise-class functionality with high availability and other enterprise capabilities.

With data growth averaging 50% percent year-on-year, companies today are seeking more cost-efficient ways to store backups.  Full and accurate recovery of monthly archived data is now an essential part of all businesses. As the size of these files increase, companies yearn for faster recovery time and longer data retention periods, while driving costs down – not an easy task during such challenging economic times.

Moving up the ranks with FalconStor^® FDS

The FalconStor FDS solution targets growing businesses such as SMBs and SMEs, as a large portion of data growth will be contributed by these companies. Furthermore, as high-growth businesses venture into enterprise territory, proper data management infrastructure is essential to ensure seamless expansion.

FalconStor FDS is designed for businesses looking to reduce storage space and costs by writing backup data more efficiently to disk.  With the addition of high availability, enterprises of all sizes will retain access to their backed-up data, ensuring that backups of critical systems can always be completed within narrow backup windows – which is especially important for databases that may run a company’s ERP, CRM or other important applications.

Other enterprise-class features in FDS 2.0 include:

• Support for Symantec OpenStorage (OST) delivers 5.4 terabytes per hour of backup data throughput, ingest rates of 1.5 gigabytes per second over two 10 Gigabit Ethernet links for double the performance.
• An increased fan-in ratio of 150-to-1 that supports more distributed environments and enhances the scope of global deduplication.
• An enhanced replication dashboard for real-time status monitoring.
• More granular, folder level, replication support.
• Policy driven end-to-end data integrity checking.
• Collision avoidance that ensures data consistency and prevents data loss.

“With these significant enhancements to FalconStor FDS, FalconStor now leads the market in data deduplication solutions for data centers,” said Simon Ng, South Asia regional director of FalconStor Software Inc.  “The market has been demanding a flexible and all-in-one deduplication solution, and we are the first to deliver.”

Pricing and Availability

FalconStor FDS 2.0 is available now through FalconStor’s worldwide network of channel partners.

About FalconStor FDS

FalconStor FDS offers block-level deduplication of backup data via a simple file interface.  FalconStor FDS extends the company’s highly scalable data deduplication technology – already widespread as part of the industry-leading FalconStor^® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) solution – to network-attached storage (NAS) disk-to-disk backup environments.  With built-in many-to-one replication capability, the file-interface system provides global deduplication by replicating from remote sites to a central data repository across the wide-area network.

About FalconStor Software, Inc.

FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is the market leader in disk-based data protection. FalconStor delivers proven, comprehensive data protection solutions that facilitate the continuous availability of business-critical data with speed, integrity, and simplicity. The Company’s TOTALLY Open™ technology solutions, built upon the award-winning IPStor^® platform, include the industry leading Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with deduplication, Continuous Data Protector (CDP), File-interface Deduplication System (FDS), and Network Storage Server (NSS), each enabled with WAN-optimized replication for disaster recovery and remote office protection. FalconStor products are available from major OEMs and solution providers including 3Com, Acer, Data Direct Networks, Dynamic Solutions International, EMC, IBM, Oracle, Pillar Data Systems, SGI and Spectra Logic and are deployed by thousands of customers worldwide, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 enterprises.

FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. FalconStor is an active member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).  For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (1-866-669-3252).

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FalconStor, FalconStor Software and IPStor are registered trademarks and TOTALLY Open is a trademark of FalconStor Software, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries.  All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.

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