FalconStor Software Joins OpenStack Community

FalconStor Software Inc. has joined OpenStack, a community of developers collaborating on cloud architecture and an open source cloud OS.

Participation in the OpenStack community complements the May 6th launch of FreeStor, enabling customers to leverage existing storage platforms to deliver unified data services across open, heterogeneous IT infrastructures, both physical and virtual. These two efforts further illustrate FalconStor’s commitment and vision to enable customers to take advantage of the flexibility and cost savings enabled by open software-defined approaches.

Backed by more than 500 participating organizations, OpenStack is a scalable, open source cloud OS that is on the verge of becoming the industry standard for public and private clouds. FalconStor technology drives smart, reliable cloud data protection services to reduce costs and improve performance. With the combination of FalconStor and OpenStack, organizations can move data protection operations to the cloud to deliver efficient backup and DR and help drive service-oriented data protection.

“Our powerful data services platform, FreeStor, enables cloud and MSPs to deliver flexible solutions to meet demanding requirements to move, store, protect and optimize data,” said Gary Quinn, FalconStor president, and CEO. “Joining OpenStack further enables us to fulfill our promise to provide data protection solutions that support virtually any IT environment. We look forward to supporting OpenStack as part of our FreeStor platform.“

FreeStor’s horizontal architecture unlocks a new world of storage opportunities, allowing IT managers 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 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 across virtual and physical storage platforms.