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Together, companies provide
affordable data-management solution
Amherst, NY and Melville, NY
August 8, 2002 - ATTO Technology, Inc., a worldwide
manufacturer of Fibre Channel and SCSI storage-infrastructure
solutions for Enterprise and Content Creation environments,
and FalconStorTM Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), a
leading provider of network storage infrastructure software,
announced today that the ATTO 2-Gigabit ExpressPCI FC 3300
Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) has been certified
interoperable with FalconStor's flagship product, IPStorTM.
Together, the companies provide a robust solution for
mission-critical Enterprise applications such as disaster
recovery and storage consolidation.
The ATTO 2-Gigabit ExpressPCI FC 3300 HBA, with automatic
speed negotiation capability, is completely compatible with
existing 1-Gigabit/sec. Fibre Channel SANs and offers a smooth
migration to a 2-Gigabit SAN. Its 400 MB/sec. performance in
full-duplex mode allows for data movement in both high-I/O and
high-bandwidth environments such as streaming audio/video and
on-line transaction processing. A fixed Short-wave optical LC
connector allows for data transfers across distances up to 500
meters - an important factor for widely dispersed storage
networks. With its remarkable speed, the ATTO FC 3300 serves
as a catalyst for enhancing the performance of IPStor's
storage networking and data management capabilities.
IPStor's open architecture software builds intelligence into
the SAN by offloading Enterprise storage services from both
the application servers and the storage devices. A
high-performance in-band solution, IPStor lies in the middle
of the data path, serving as a gateway to storage and
providing true any-to-any connectivity, allowing the target
operating system to access authorized storage resources via
Fibre Channel or IP/iSCSI. This open storage-networking-
infrastructure software suite takes the complexity and expense
out of storage networking and management and maximizes the
availability and recoverability of data for all
business-critical applications. IPStor is designed to
facilitate storage-services delivery so that Enterprises can
lower their total cost of owning storage by benefiting from
efficient capacity and data management, 'round- the-clock'
data availability, and accelerated data backup and recovery.
"A key feature of ATTO's ExpressPCI FC 3300 2-Gigabit
host adapter is its ability to enhance the performance of both
high-I/O and high-bandwidth environments," states Sherri
Robinson, ATTO's Markets manager. "This makes the ATTO FC
3300 an ideal fit for FalconStor's IPStor because IPStor is
used widely in both of these environments. Certification of
our ExpressPCI FC 3300 with FalconStor enables us to work side
by side with an industry leader in providing split-second data
access, whether it's backing up data or virtualizing
storage."
ATTO's Fibre Channel host adapters have been optimized to
enhance the performance of IPStor so that customers can
realize maximum performance when running messaging systems
such as Microsoft® Exchange; databases such as Oracle®,
Microsoft® SQL; file servers; media servers; blade servers;
backup applications; rich media servers; streaming servers;
and management applications such as Error Correcting Memory,
and Customer Relationship Management. IPStor, coupled with
ATTO Fibre Channel HBA performance, simplify administrative
tasks.
"The certification of products between ATTO and
FalconStor shows a commitment from both companies to help our
mutual customers build and utilize a more efficient and
cost-effective SAN, while meeting their growing data
requirements," said Wayne Lam, FalconStor vice president
of marketing. "This reinforces our commitment to ensuring
IPStor's any-to-any connectivity, as well as the unique way it
enhances security and high data availability over Fibre
Channel SANs."
About ATTO Technology, Inc.
ATTO Technology, Inc., is a global leader in Fibre Channel and
SCSI storage- infrastructure solutions for Content Creation
and Enterprise environments. Since its founding in 1988, ATTO
Has been designing, manufacturing and marketing award-winning
solutions specifically for data-intensive applications. ATTO
distributes its products worldwide through original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, VARs and system
integrators.
Contact ATTO Technology, Inc., at: 155 CrossPoint Parkway,
Amherst, New York 14068; Phone: (716) 691-1999; Fax: (716)
691-9353; Website: attotech.com.
About FalconStor
FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), offers network
storage infrastructure software that dramatically reduces
storage operating costs by aggregating and provisioning
storage capacity and management services over Fibre Channel
and IP-based storage networks. With unprecedented reliability,
performance, manageability, and availability, FalconStor's
flagship product, IPStorTM, enables leading IT
organizations and Service Providers to deploy a highly
available network storage infrastructure to ensure business
continuity.
Founded in 2000, FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, NY.
International offices include Paris, Tokyo and Taichung,
Taiwan. FalconStor is a voting member of the Storage
Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and Fibre Channel
Industry Association (FCIA). For more information, visit
www.falconstor.com or call 1-631-777-5188.
This press release includes forward-looking statements that
involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include: the early stage of
FalconStor's business; delays in product development; market
acceptance of FalconStor's products and services;
technological change in the storage and networking industries;
competition in the storage networking software market; the
ability to achieve profitability; intellectual property
issues; and other risk factors discussed in FalconStor's
reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. FalconStor and IPStor are
trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc. All other company and
product names contained herein are trademarks of the
respective holders.
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