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FalconStor at VMworld

Organizations need to understand that it would be better to develop a broad virtualization architecture that includes all of the layers of virtualization technology in use today rather than becoming infatuated with the capabilities of virtual machine software alone. If people take a broad viewpoint, storage virtualization becomes a necessity...

Tags: FalconStor, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Nexsan, Falconstor team up for a greener data dedupe process

Storage vendors Nexsan Technologies and FalconStor Software are teaming up to create a joint "green" data-deduplication product that they are calling Nexsan DeDupe SG or Speed with Green. The value proposition being pitched by the two technology vendors is that this product is not only a speedier deduplication option but...

Tags: Team, Nexsan Technologies Inc., FalconStor, Backups, Team Management, Storage, Management, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Master the Stack: Deduplication, Replication & Backup Application Integration With FalconStor VTL Open Storage and NetBackup

Want to improve backup and recovery without losing existing automation in the environment, but don't know where to start. Symantec OpenStorage solutions enable unique integration between NetBackup and participating storage solutions. The presenter of this webcast will explain how the FalconStor Virtual Tape Library VTL OpenStorage solution, when combined with...

Tags: Symantec Corp., FalconStor, De-duplication, Replication, Backups, Storage, Security, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-10-31

FalconStor

FalconStor's product marketing manager, Peter Eicher, and I had a chat recently about Hyper-V, storage virtualization, life and the universe recently. The news is that FalconStor is supporting Microsoft's Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Multi-Site Clustering and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Servers. FalconStor' NSS enables automated, application-consistent failover in geographically dispersed clusters...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, FalconStor, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Ip storage, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-20

Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL: Joint Solution Enables Unified Global Management and Data Deduplication

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager DPM 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint. The industry-leading FalconStor Virtual Tape Library VTL solution with Single Instance Repository SIR for de-duplication complements Microsoft DPM...

Tags: Tape Library, FalconStor, De-duplication, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, Backups, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-06-04

Virtual Iron partners with FalconStor

Virtual Iron partners with FalconStorWhats the big deal?Virtual Iron did the same thing with DataCore a few months back and they have even sold a number of customers together. Frankly, with the new Datacore and Virtual Iron packages, you get more for the money. This really isn't major news but...

Tags: Business structures, VI3, Virtual Iron, FalconStor, Virtual Iron partner, DataCore, partnership

Discussion threads 2008-01-12

Virtual Iron partners with FalconStor

In the not to distant past, I posted The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing that commented on a piece written by Ed Walsh, CEO of Virtual Iron. It's now clear that the paper was foreshadowing a partnership with FalconStor and, perhaps, other companies that focus on storage...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Partnership, FalconStor, Virtual Iron, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-11

A Disaster Recovery Model for SMBs: Turnkey, Any-to-Any Solution From FalconStor and Intel

Like their larger counterparts, Small-Medium Businesses SMBs need a local solution for data protection, including backup and recovery. It is also increasingly important to replicate these strategies offsite. Continuous Data Protection CDP is necessary to ensure almost no data loss in the event of a disaster. FalconStor has developed an...

Tags: Data Protection, FalconStor, Continuous Data Protection, Small And Medium Business, Intel Corp., Disaster Recovery, Backups, Smb/Sme, Data Management

Case studies 2006-10-01

Disk-Based Backup and Restore Reaching the Next Level

This paper outlines conventional disk-based backup and restore methods and the paradigm shift needed to keep up with escalating data growth, shrinking backup windows, overburdened IT Administrators, and overtaxed IT budgets. This paper will also detail how FalconStor Software is delivering the next level of backup and restore with revolutionary...

Tags: Disk, FalconStor, Backups

White papers 2004-04-07

SAN and NAS

SAN and NAS are two ways to re-organize a system into a separately managed storage farm and server farm. In theory, separation of the storage and the server is like the tried-and-true "divide and conquer" military strategy that historically enjoyed great success. The end result should be a reduction of...

Tags: NAS, SAN, FalconStor, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Hardware

White papers

Additional Resources

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Deduplication market undergoes rapid changes

In May, I blogged about NetApp's announced acquisition of deduplication pionneer, Data Domain. The announcement triggered an unsolicted counter-offer from EMC, followed by another counter from NetApp. But after a month of offers, counter-offers and regulatory reviews, EMC ultimately outbid NetApp with an all cash offer of $2.1 billion. I believe...

Tags: NetApp Inc., De-duplication, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Stephanie Balaouras

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Deduplication will exist everywhere

Most customers were just starting to get their arms around all the different deduplication approaches available in disk appliances and VTLs from vendors when backup software vendors and even non-storage related vendors began announcing deduplication capabilities. We all know the appliance and VTL vendors offering dedupe, including...

Tags: De-duplication, Stephanie Balaouras

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Globalization Firm Creates Flexible, Low-Cost Storage Environment With Virtualization

Lionbridge Technologies provides world-class globalization, development, and testing services. With U.S. $452 million in annual revenue and offices in 26 countries, its success depends on ensuring that tremendous amounts of business-critical electronic data are readily available to its 4,600 global employees. Lionbridge needed to efficiently manage its storage and server...

Tags: Lionbridge, Microsoft Corp., Globalization, Storage Management, Cloud Computing, Storage, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Strategy, Management, Hardware

Case studies 2008-10-01

Citrix and NetApp Do the Virtualization Dance Together

I see that Citrix and NetApp have gotten together to provide a virtual processing/virtual storage solution. As I mentioned in the post The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing, virtual processing and virtual storage are powerful separately but, using them ought to be part of most organization's virtualized...

Tags: Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., NetApp, VMware Obviously, Storage, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?

Storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?IBM's P-series virtualization in AIX 6You should have a good look at IBM AIX 6. Storage and network virtualization already exists with Virtual IO servers in the P5 series servers.Application level virtualization occurs in Workload Partitions WPARs. This...

Tags: Storage management, ROI/TCO, Utility computing, virtualization, storage, storage virtualization, SV product, ROI

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?

One of the fastest growing segments of the virtualization software market between 2006 and 2007 was storage virtualization software. As organizations adopt a more virtualized approach to their IT infrastructure, it makes sense that they would also separate the storage function from other parts of the infrastructure. Why, then, do...

Tags: Software, Storage Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-02-25