FalconStor Announces Support for Innovative Storage Solutions for SOHO and modular SAN OEMs, Based on Intel XScale Technology

Business Wire, Sept 7, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO -- INTEL DEVELOPERS FORUM--

FalconStor's IPStor Designed for Intel XScale Technology-Based Platforms Offer SAN/NAS Storage Services with a Compelling Price/Performance Ratio

Demonstrating its commitment to embracing ground-breaking technology, FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), a leading provider of network storage infrastructure software, today announced its full support for the initiatives of Intel(R) Corporation to deliver scalable network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) solutions for the SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) and SAN OEM market segments by customizing its award winning IPStor(R) software, specifically for the Intel XScale(R) technology.

A demonstration of the integrated solution may be seen at the Intel Booth during the Intel Developer Forum exhibit hours.

Intel XScale technology has been designed to optimize low power consumption and high performance processing for a wide range of networking applications and rich services. The customized version of IPStor utilizes the benefits of XScale-based processors to deliver cost effective data retention and retrieval services that are easy to deploy and manage, yet scalable. "The port of our software onto the XScale platform allows us to address the emerging needs of the SOHO market for networked storage and services, as well as other embedded markets requiring a rich set of storage services," said Bernie Wu, FalconStor vice president of business development.

IPStor support for XScale-based processors provides comprehensive connectivity (iSCSI, Fibre Channel, CIFS, NAS), which will enable storage and OEM developers to quickly bring to market a customized solution specifically for their target market. In addition, users and businesses will have greater flexibility in selecting storage-to-host server connectivity, while centrally managing their SAN and NAS storage over any connectivity protocol.

"USI is eager to utilize FalconStor's unique IPStor software with our design and testing capability to provide our customers with an open standard base, modular storage solution with a low entry cost and high scalability. These innovative solutions, based on Intel XScale and FalconStor IPStor, can significantly reduce the complexities associated with building a NAS or SAN environment and support our customer's storage management needs as their businesses expand," said Frank Wu, CTO and vice president, Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd., a leading global company in the design and manufacturing services industry, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

"IPStor optimized for the XScale platform is a solution with a compelling price/performance ratio that will undoubtedly help to accelerate the proliferation of storage networking. Lanner is very confident of the storage networking market, and we intend to bring to market solutions based on the Intel and FalconStor framework that deliver enterprise-class storage services at a price that is affordable to organizations of all sizes," said James Yang, president, Lanner Electronics Inc., a technology company delivering core design solutions for industrial and embedded applications, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

"FalconStor shares a common vision of basing scalable storage solutions on standards-based building blocks, including Intel XScale technology," said Michael Ludgate, director of marketing for Intel's Storage Components Division. "This modular approach to storage technology reduces costs and time to market."

To read the complete release, including the Safe Harbor agreement, visit www.falconstor.com/intelxscale.asp.>

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