FalconStor's Next Generation VirtualTape Library Solution Unifies Tape and Disk Backup; New Continuous Disk Backup Functionality Delivers Rapid Recovery with Reduced Data Loss and Minimal Downtime to Help Customers Achieve RPO and RTO.

CHICAGO -- Continuing its efforts to deliver innovative, real-world solutions that meet the needs of today's IT community, FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), a leading developer of network storage software solutions, has expanded its award-winning VirtualTape Library software solution to include both a traditional tape-based backup model as well as a new continuous disk-based backup model.

As a unified disk- and tape-based backup and recovery platform, FalconStor's VTL solution will now offer continuous or scheduled data replication, user initiated backup and file/system recovery, as well as support for remote boot via iSCSI HBA or PXE. The new version of FalconStor VTL will deliver the advanced functionality required by IT administrators to achieve both recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO), including rapid recovery, reduced data loss, and minimal downtime, in a single solution.

FalconStor's VTL already addresses the backup window challenge by leveraging the speed of disk while consolidating the management and provisioning of backup resources. The addition of Continuous Disk Backup (CDB) transforms FalconStor's VTL into a single platform for tape and disk-based backup for rapid, reliable data recovery.

"Data protection is crucial in today's business environment, and while the backup process remains critical, companies should place as much, if not more emphasis on the recovery process," said Peter Gerr, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "FalconStor's combined tape and disk-based VTL solution gives users the ability to dial up or down the granularity and frequency of data protection, addressing both the backup and recovery window issues in one unified solution."

The disk-based backup model of VTL enables CDB to journal incoming information, while combining it with application aware snapshots, providing numerous known good points in time. The resulting replica contains application, database and email data in a stable state, and allows users to quickly recover business critical data as needed.

To read the complete release, including the Safe Harbor agreement, visit www.falconstor.com/VTLCDBrelease.asp.