FalconStor FreeStor at Brazilian Service Provider Computação e Comunicação

FalconStor Software Inc., a 15-year specialist of Software-Defined Storage Solutions (SDS), announced that C&C (Computação e Comunicação), a provider of business-critical services to SMBs 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 DR services among its geographically dispersed datacenters.

Having started 23 years ago as an IBM Business Partner, C&C manages more than 200TBs of data from about 60 customers. Headquartered in São Paulo, with additional datacenters in Barueri, Campinas and Fortaleza, it offers support of SAP, ERP, Oracle and 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 DR 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, 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 unlock 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 SDS. An Intelligent Abstraction approach delivers access and unified data services across 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 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 DR services to their customers.“