FalconStor Delivers Innovative ''Network Assisted'' Storage Applications Through Cisco MDS 9000 Series SANTap Service and FalconStor IPstor Software

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2005--

First Public Demonstration of FalconStor Solution Using Cisco MDS Switches and SANTap Service Scheduled for CeBit in Hannover, Germany, March 10th - 16th

“Cisco's SANTap Service helps facilitate the deployment of 'network assisted' storage applications”

FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), a leading developer of network storage software solutions, today announced that IPStor(R) Enterprise Edition, its flagship software product, fully supports and leverages the Cisco MDS 9000 Series SANTap Service (SANTap), to deliver network assisted storage services, such as continuous data protection and replication, backup consolidation and acceleration, and data migration and cloning to optimize the availability of mission-critical applications.

The first public demonstration of the combined FalconStor IPStor/Cisco SANTap solution will be held at the upcoming CeBit exhibition in Hanover, Germany, scheduled for March 10th - 16th at Stand # C 58 - Hall 13.

"Cisco's SANTap Service helps facilitate the deployment of 'network assisted' storage applications," said Ed Chapman, Cisco senior director of product management. "Applications such as FalconStor IPStor that take advantage of the SANTap service can provide their customers with best-in-class solutions for data protection and business continuity."

Cisco's SANTap functionality allows the deployment of third party application appliances without compromising the integrity, availability, and performance of the primary data path. SANTap enables third party applications to provide functionality including data continuity, data protection, online data migration, storage performance and SLA monitoring. Through the IPStor Storage Connector for Cisco SANTap Service, IPStor provides protection for application servers, with data consistency and application-aware snapshot agents to quickly recover to a known good point-in-time for specific database applications such as Oracle, and Microsoft Exchange Server and SQL Server.

IPStor plugs into the Cisco MDS 9000 Series through SANTap, without affecting the data flow. With IPStor seamlessly connected in the data path, businesses can effectively leverage the extensive set of storage services offered by IPStor, including:

-- Continuous Data Protection - takes advantage of delta-based, application-aware snapshot agents to guard against deletions, file corruptions and virus attacks while enabling file-level recovery quickly and efficiently without the need to restore from tape;

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