Acer Expands Strategic Relationship with FalconStor to Deliver VTL Storage Appliances with Data De-Duplication to Protect Mid-Size Enterprise Data.First of a Complete Line of Data Protection Solutions with Cost-Performance Efficiency Now Integrated with Acer Altos R7-Series Servers MELVILLE, N.Y. & SYDNEY, Australia -- FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : FALC FALC Frame And Line Interface Component (electrical engineering) FALC French and African Language and Culture Center ), the market leader in disk-based data protection solutions, and Acer Inc., the fourth largest branded PC vendor globally, announced today that Acer will introduce Acer Storage Repository (ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Using voice recognition to replace keypad entry for telephone voice menus. Typically used to speak the digits 0 through 9 insted of keying them, ASR systems may be able to recognize a limited vocabulary. See voice recognition and AVSR. ) powered by FalconStor([R]) VirtualTape Library (VTL See virtual tape library. ) with data de-duplication See deduplication. into the mid-market. "We are going to start presenting the ASR at the Altos Cafe' kicking off on the 4th of November in 10 cities in ANZ ANZ Australia and New Zealand ANZ Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ANZ Air New Zealand (NZ national airline) ," said Bert Noah, Director of Enterprise Systems Group, Acer Oceanic Region. "Our target market is small to medium enterprises, which includes universities, private schools, local councils, small government departments, and mid-tier corporations. These customers have a high level of scrutiny by law, for instance, schools & universities have to maintain archived records for 30 years and councils have to maintain records Near Line even longer." "The FalconStor VirtualTape Library is the number one VTL in the world and is OEM'd or resold by most major storage vendors. After extensive evaluation and tests by our team, FalconStor had the best offering across all 4 key functional blocks - optimizing backup, tape management, data de-duplication, and global de-dupe replication - for data protection. Acer Altos R7-series servers powered by FalconStor VTL with data de-duplication provide these customers a turnkey backup and recovery appliance that is capable of giving them 60-200 days backup retention on disk with the ability to grow that as their primary storage grows. It also offers the ability to have a DR site with one-to-one or many-to-one replication," Bert Noah continued. "FalconStor's proven data protection technology supports both 4Gb FC and 1GbE iSCSI high speed interaction between the backup server A computer in a network used to store copies of files from client machines or other servers. Such servers typically have their disks set up in a RAID configuration to provide fault tolerance. See backup program, RAID, SAN and LAN free backup. and VTL helping backup administrators to overcome the challenges of shrinking backup windows and explosive data growth." "We are exceptionally pleased to be the data protection solutions of choice for Acer as it ventures deeper into the SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and ROBO data storage and data protection market," said Dr. Eric Chen, General Manager of FalconStor Asia Pacific. "With deep server and storage solutions experience, a nationwide support and service system, and a robust marketing program composed of both direct sales and channel partners, Acer is well positioned to succeed with its new product line." About Acer Acer ranks as the world's No. 4 branded PC vendor, designing easy, dependable IT solutions that empower people to reach their goals and enhance their lives. Since spinning-off its manufacturing operation, Acer has focused on globally marketing its brand-name products: mobile and desktop PCs, servers and storage, LCD monitors and high-definition TVs, projectors, and handheld/navigational devices. Acer's unique Channel Business Model is instrumental to the company's continued success. The model encourages partners and suppliers to collaborate in a winning formula of supply-chain management, allowing Acer to provide customers with fresh technologies, competitive pricing, and quality service. Established in 1976, Acer Inc. employs 5,300 people supporting dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries. Revenues in 2006 reached US$11.32 billion. About FalconStor Software, Inc. FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is the market leader in disk-based data protection. We deliver proven, comprehensive data protection solutions that facilitate the continuous availability of business-critical data with speed, integrity, and simplicity. Our technology-independent solutions, built upon the award-winning IPStor[R] virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. platform, include the industry leading VirtualTape Library (VTL) with Single Instance Repository (SIR) for de-duplication, Continuous Data Protection (CDP CDP (cytidine diphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Certificate in Data Processing) An earlier award for the successful completion of an examination in hardware, software, systems analysis, programming, management and accounting, ), Storage Virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. , and Replication for disaster recovery and remote office protection. Our products are available from major OEMs and solution providers including EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , SUN, Brocade, H3C, and COPAN Co·pán A ruined Mayan city of western Honduras that flourished from c. 300 b.c. to a.d. 900. The ruins include the Hieroglyphic Stairway with nearly 2,000 glyphs. 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 regions including Paris, Tokyo and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (866-669-3252). This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include: delays in product development; market acceptance of FalconStor's products and services; technological change in the storage and networking industries; competition in the network storage software market; the potential failure of FalconStor's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners to introduce or to market products incorporating FalconStor's products; intellectual property issues; and other risk factors discussed in FalconStor's reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FalconStor and FalconStor Software are registered trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of the respective holders. |
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