Science & Technology
Thu, August 30, 2012 
MELVILLE, N.Y.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ FalconStor Software ], Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), a market leader in disk-based data protection, today announced that its [ RecoverTraca" technology ] was selected as a aBest of VMworld 2012a award gold winner in the Business Continuity and Data Protection category over the other finalists, EMCas Avamar 6.1 and Symantecas NetBackup 5220. With FalconStoras RecoverTrac disaster recovery automation tool, customers get a complete business continuity solution that lets them fully protect and recover IT services in a matter of minutes within mixed physical and virtual environments.
"The RecoverTrac toolas selection for one of the aBest of VMworld 2012"
An independent team of judges, consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com, reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use related to data backup, restoration and replication. According to [ SearchServerVirtualization.com ], the judges selected FalconStoras RecoverTrac 2.5 solution for its ability to perform recovery in mixed physical/virtual environments and for enabling continuous data protection. As a standard feature of FalconStor Continuous Data Protector (CDP) and FalconStor Network Storage Server (NSS) solutions, [ recent enhancements ] to RecoverTrac technology allow customers to manage and protect heterogeneous environments. It provides features such as lightning-fast recovery of multiple machines, failover and failback between dissimilar hardware and non-disruptive [ disaster recovery testing ].
aRecovery of data and services is an economic problem, and companies need to build resilient data centers to stay in business. However, a resilient infrastructure doesnat mean a thing if it wonat allow IT managers to recover critical services across multiple systems and applications in minutes,a said Darrell Riddle, senior director of product marketing for FalconStor Software. aThe RecoverTrac toolas selection for one of the [ aBest of VMworld 2012a awards ] underscores the importance of automated disaster recovery for mixed physical and virtual environments and the need for continuous data protection. This award illustrates how FalconStor provides businesses with fast, highly available solutions designed to meet their current and future data protection needs.a
FalconStoras RecoverTrac 2.5 DR automation solution offers customers service-oriented recovery with the ability to protect and restore data at any time to any location or environment, even with dissimilar hardware. By automating the complex recovery process, RecoverTrac technology eliminates the costly, time-consuming task of manually bringing IT services back online and provides IT managers with the ability to resume services quickly.
About FalconStor Software
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is a market leader in disk-based data protection. The companyas mission is to transform traditional backup and disaster recovery into next-generation service-oriented data protection. Built upon an award-winning platform, FalconStor solutions deliver disk-based backup, continuous data protection, WAN-optimized replication and disaster recovery automation. FalconStor solutions are available through a worldwide network of partners, including solution providers, top-tier strategic partners and major OEMs. Thousands of customers worldwide, from small businesses to Fortune 100 enterprises, entrust their data to FalconStor solutions. FalconStor maintains headquarters in Melville, N.Y., and offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit [ www.falconstor.com ] or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (866-669-3252).
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