FalconStor Expands Support for Microsoft Technology to Include Microsoft SQL Server 2005.MELVILLE, N.Y. -- FalconStor Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. Enhance Backup and Recovery, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Capabilities in a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Environment Continuing its efforts to support all Microsoft technology, FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC FALC Frame And Line Interface Component (electrical engineering) FALC French and African Language and Culture Center ), a leading developer of network storage software solutions, announced that its IPStor(R) Enterprise Edition software solution supports the soon to be released Microsoft SQL Server 2005. FalconStor's IPStor solution, and the comprehensive range of software options available for SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , minimize downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. , maximize availability, streamline storage administration and reduce associated costs, resulting in improved performance, availability, resource utilization, and management in enterprise SQL Server environments. SQL Server 2005, Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis software, will deliver increased scalability, availability, and security enhancements to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage. With its standard open architecture, FalconStor interoperates with SQL Server 2005 to provide customers with advanced 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. features, intelligent storage management capabilities and services to help ensure that their environments are highly available, better protected, and easily managed. "Successful businesses rely on SQL Server to maintain a high level of enterprise 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. and run their critical applications on an advanced data storage management system," said Don Petersen, Senior Product Manager for SQL Server at Microsoft Corp. "With the FalconStor solution, customers can experience an enhanced application and data availability as well as storage management capabilities, providing our mutual customers with a backup, restore, and recovery regime that helps protect their data against soft and hard errors." FalconStor's IPStor offers rapid and reliable backup and recovery services via application-aware, client-based snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. agent technology specifically developed for SQL Server. The IPStor snapshot agent for SQL Server 2005 minimizes downtime with quick time-to-restore and ensures that active SQL Server databases are backed up with full transactional integrity and point-in-time consistency, even if the data is spread across multiple drives and locations. "FalconStor fully recognizes that enterprises dependent upon SQL Server databases require storage solutions that offer end-to-end data protection, since they cannot afford to lose precious operational uptime or valuable enterprise data," said John Lallier, vice president of technology for FalconStor Software. 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/MSFTSQLServer2005support.asp. |
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