MELVILLE, N.Y., July 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- FalconStor
Software Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), a 15-year innovator of
software-defined storage solutions, today announced that C&C
Computacao e Comunicacao, a provider of business-critical services
to small- and medium-sized businesses in Brazil, has implemented FreeStor™, a single,
converged, hardware-agnostic data services software platform, that
works across legacy, modern and virtual environments, to expand its
disaster recovery services among its geographically dispersed
datacenters.
Having started 23 years ago as an IBM® Business
Partner, C&C now manages more than 200TBs of data from about 60
customers. Headquartered in Sao
Paulo, with additional datacenters in Barueri, Campinas and
Fortaleza, C&C offers critical
support of SAP®, ERP, Oracle® and Microsoft
SQL® databases to users in the manufacturing, financial
services, agriculture, transportation and mercantile
industries.
As the company began to expand its datacenter business,
utilizing mirroring and replication of storage between datacenters
for availability and disaster recovery purposes, C&C started
looking at vendors beyond IBM as a possibility for adoption due to
the lower price point and different capabilities in mixed
Intel® and Power (AIX®) environments.
"Because we are an IBM Business Partner, our equipment is IBM,"
said Athanasios Vacopoulos,
Operations Manager of C&C. "But we know there are new
players in the market offering better pricing, improved
performance, or different characteristics, such as flash or
SSD. I'm interested in mixing these environments based on our
needs. I know that FreeStor can combine different boxes with
different capabilities. FreeStor is the right way to go."
FreeStor's horizontal architecture unlocks a new world of
storage opportunities, allowing IT managers, MSPs and CSPs to
maximize efficiencies and lower costs while taking advantage
of cloud, hybrid cloud, flash storage and Software-Defined
Storage. A groundbreaking Intelligent Abstraction™ approach
delivers seamless access and unified data services across entire
storage infrastructures without having to invest in new technology,
or rip and replace existing platforms. Always-on availability and
continuity keep business running while enabling them to move,
synchronize and protect data seamlessly across virtual and physical
storage platforms.
"It isn't always easy to break free from a vendor that you've
worked with for more than 20 years and implement a new approach to
data services like FreeStor," said Gary
Quinn, FalconStor President, and CEO. "But, perhaps
the best part of C&C's decision to utilize FreeStor, is that
they don't have to completely abandon their legacy
infrastructure. We've designed FreeStor to allow the
migration of data efficiently across heterogeneous platforms with
minimal effort and maximum peace of mind. We're pleased that
C&C has chosen FreeStor to modernize their existing
infrastructure while at the same time improving their disaster
recovery services to their customers."
About C&C
C&C dates back to 1992, as a service
provider in infrastructure for IT focused on providing hardware and
software solutions through an IBM business partnership. Our goal
was to provide innovative solutions for our customers with maximum
availability and performance, in a secure environment and through
our partnerships with the major players in the Brazilian
Information Technology market, like IBM®,
Microsoft®, VMware® and Oracle®;
we were able to provide customized solutions for our customers.
In the last years, our focus changed to providing Infrastructure
as a Service for our customers. Keeping in mind that availability
and business continuity were vital, we started working with
internationally known Datacenter players in disperse locations
throughout Brazil. Our
customers enjoyed robust and secure first of class Datacenters, and
were able to spend their time and money focusing on developing
their core business.
Our partnership with FalconStor® and the
incorporation of FreeStor™ comes hand in hand in our quest for
innovative, viable and modern solutions that makes our offerings
secure, robust and flexible.
For more information www.cc.com.br, 55-11-5591-3570
About FalconStor
FalconStor® Software, Inc.
(NASDAQ: FALC) is a leading software-defined storage
company offering a converged data services software
platform that is hardware agnostic. Our open, integrated
flagship solution FreeStor™ reduces vendor lock-in and gives
enterprises the freedom to choose the applications and hardware
components that make the best sense for their business. We
empower organizations to modernize their data center with the right
performance, in the right location, all while protecting existing
investments. FalconStor's mission is to maximize data
availability and system uptime to ensure nonstop business
productivity while simplifying data management to reduce
operational costs. Our award-winning solutions are available
and supported worldwide by OEMs as well as leading service
providers, system integrators, resellers and FalconStor. The
company is headquartered in Melville,
N.Y. with 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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