FalconStor Software Announces New Strategic Relationship with IBM to Accelerate Cloud Migration and Hybrid Cloud Backup for Enterprises and Managed Service Providers

FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCQB: FALC), the trusted data protection software leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup operations for the hybrid cloud world, today announced a new strategic relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to provide jointly-validated solutions for IBM Power Systems, designed to help enterprise customers and managed services providers (MSPs) with their cloud migration and cloud-enabled backup needs.

“The IBM Power Systems customer and partner bases are increasingly looking to take advantage of the cloud for their core applications,” said Terry Thomas, director of IBM Power Systems Public Cloud Product Management at IBM. “Bringing together FalconStor’s core backup and replication technology with the IBM Power Virtual Server Cloud enables our enterprise customers and managed service providers to confidently tap the cloud at their desired pace.”

Three new solutions focused on migration and optimizing data protection will be provided:

• Cloud-Native Backup Solution: enterprises running their applications in the IBM Power Systems Virtual Server (PowerVS) cloud can now utilize FalconStor VTL technology to securely and efficiently backup to IBM Cloud Object Storage.
• Cloud Migration Solution: for enterprises needing to migrate their existing on-premises Power applications to the IBM PowerVS Cloud, FalconStor’s StorSafe software takes a secure snapshot and restores it to the cloud, maximizing application availability and security.
• Hybrid Cloud Backup Solution: for MSPs looking to use the cloud for a secure, air-gapped offsite location, FalconStor and IBM deliver an on-premises virtual tape library solution for IBM Power Systems with a cloud instance for secure and encrypted offsite backups with per-tenant, per-month pricing.

“This new relationship puts FalconStor in the pole position for IBM Cloud data protection and application migration for mission-critical applications,” said Todd Brooks, FalconStor CEO. “Our decades of experience protecting IBM i and Linux workloads on-premises combined with our success enabling MSPs and enterprises to embrace hybrid cloud protection will enable IBM customers and partners to adopt the IBM Cloud with confidence and complete data resiliency.”