Dell Software & Peripherals Adds FalconStor's IPStor To Its "A To Z" Software Solutions Portfolio.Business & High-Tech Editors MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002 FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC FALC Frame And Line Interface Component (electrical engineering) FALC French and African Language and Culture Center ), a leading provider of network storage infrastructure software, today announced that the Software & Peripherals unit of Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) has expanded its "A to Z" software solutions portfolio to include the availability of FalconStor's IPStor. Dell is now authorized in the U.S. to offer the IPStor software suite through its sales force and highly successful e-commerce site. Enterprise customers can benefit from FalconStor's award-winning IPStor-based solutions, which optimize enterprise application environments through a centralized and simplified storage management model featuring consolidation of heterogeneous storage, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of data, high-speed consolidation of tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. and near-line disk-based backup, and policy-based disaster recovery functionality, all under one management interface. Dell Software & Peripherals can now resell IPStor to its targeted audience in small, medium and large businesses, and to those in the healthcare and education markets, as well as to federal, state and local government agencies. "Dell's strong presence in the server market will provide new opportunities for FalconStor's customers," said Wayne Lam, FalconStor vice president marketing. "That Dell, a global market share leader in enterprise-class computing solutions, is now going to carry FalconStor's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , highlights the widespread demand for centralized virtualized storage solutions. More importantly, it makes the purchase and management of SAN even easier for these organizations." Both Dell and FalconStor are committed to high-end storage products based on Fibre Channel, which supports high-speed data transfer rates and more features for data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. . The companies will leverage Dell's business model and industry expertise to bring FalconStor's leading software infrastructure technology to the growing market for SAN and NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular . To read the complete release, including the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. agreement, visit www.falconstor.com/dells&p.htm. |
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