FalconStor Operates on Emmen Hospital's Storage System to Deliver Vital Healthcare Benefits

FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:FALC), the leading developer of proven data protection solutions, and their business partner Systems 4U, today announced a major improvement in the storage infrastructure health of Scheper Ziekenhuis Emmen (SZE/Emmen Hospital) through the deployment of FalconStor's IPStor solution. IPStor now guarantees SZE the highest possible availability of access to patient records and other crucial hospital I.T. systems. IPStor also provides storage virtualisation, complementing SZE's virtual server environment and maximising overall flexibility. Like many modern organizations, SZE had already invested in a fully integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) environment providing storage to two separate server centres located in the same hospital building. With plenty of capacity in the storage subsystems, SZE intended to use the SAN not only for the core hospital administration systems but for additional applications including email. At the same time, SZE faced a 2007 deadline to set up an entirely new system that guarantees - to authorized healthcare personnel only - access to patient records at all times; to provide, in effect, the highest possible levels of availability of those records. This was achieved through two steps. First, SZE's application servers were virtualized using VMWare®, enabling failover in the event of a server failure and load-balancing at peak times. While this ensured that systems and processing power were always available, it would not ensure that the data was always available. To address this, an IPStor Platform server was deployed in each server room with its failover option enabled, and a mirror option that enables the creation of a mirror image of data created by either IPStor server. This solution meant that SZE not only acquired the mirroring option it wanted, but also created a high availability solution at the same time: if a storage subsystem or IPStor server was to fail, the second IPStor server – or the mirrored data – would be accessible automatically. SZE particularly prized the fact that the deployment could be completed without physical alteration to the incumbent infrastructure. Marcel Meijer, system engineer at SZE, said: "The success of this deployment lies in our decision to virtualise our resources, both server and storage. There is now always sufficient processing power to run the applications, there is always access to the data, and we have also eliminated the poor storage management associated with having direct-attached storage for each application server.” The deployment was performed by FalconStor partner Systems4U. Product Manager Robert Wilhelm said: "Being able to advise the customer that we could do the integration without physically changing the infrastructure was a very powerful advantage. It's actually possible to shut down one entire server room now, without any downtime for either clients or servers. It has helped SZE to meet a very important objective regarding patient record accessibility.” Wim Brosens, Storage Architect BeNeLux , FalconStor, said: "SZE's set up has created a mirror, but has also created in the same environment a disaster recovery, high availability solution, perfectly illustrating the flexibility and advantages of IPStor. It's changed very little physically, but has changed everything conceptually.” The Scheper Ziekenhuis Emmen (SZE) employs 1500 people, who deliver healthcare services to patients from across the region of Drenthe in the northeast of The Netherlands. More than 20,000 patients per year are admitted to the 381-bed facility, with a further 182,000 outpatients visiting clinics. About FalconStor FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:FALC) is the premier developer of proven data protection solutions that optimize data center efficiency and business continuity for all IT infrastructures. The company's award-winning storage virtualization, continuous data protection (CDP), disaster recovery, and virtual tape library (VTL) solutions integrate seamlessly to ensure rapid data recovery and simplified storage management. Its products are available from major OEMs, system integrators, and resellers, and are deployed worldwide by governments, educational institutions, and Fortune 1000 enterprises across industries including aerospace, energy production, financial services, healthcare, law, manufacturing, and telecommunications. FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific regions including Paris, Tokyo and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com. About Systems 4U Since 1998, Systems 4U has been providing leading edge IT infrastructure solutions to a wide range of EMEA technology dealers and corporate end-users. Solutions are often complex, but they are dedicated to providing systems and storage solutions by using a consultative approach to solving IT problems. They supply their customers with superior systems and storage solutions that are designed to take advantage of newer technology as it emerges. They pride themselves on Quality, Price, and Service. Their focus and ethic is targeted towards removing the technological pitfalls that can be found when operating with multiple hardware and software manufacturers. This enables their clients to implement diverse technologies through a single source supplier whilst maintaining overall quality of interoperability, maintenance and support procedures. Systems4U is a privately held company. FalconStor and IPStor are trademarks or registered trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of the respective holders.