FalconStor Optimizes Virtual Infrastructure for Swiss Telco While Overcoming Inflexible Cost Structure of Hardware Refreshes Marketwired FreeStor Maximizes Cost Efficiencies With a Unified Software-Defined Storage Platform Without Compromising Customer Value

#FalconStor Software ® Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), a 15-year innovator of software-defined storage solutions, today announced that #SunriseCommunicationsGroup AG has implemented its #FreeStor® single, converged, hardware-agnostic data service software platform to optimize its virtualized storage infrastructure while continuing to consolidate and reduce costs without compromising customer values.
Sunrise is the largest private telecommunications provider in Switzerland that covers the full range of telecommunications: mobile, landline network, Internet and digital TV. With a nationwide state-of-the-art fibre network backbone and full access to the most advanced next-generation access technologies, Sunrise is committed to delivering a best-in-class convergent experience at the best possible price to its 3.3 million customers.
As the availability of its systems has to satisfy the 24x7 requirements necessitated by a change in focus to selling via the Internet and through its online presence, Sunrise needed to find a way to do upgrades and testing while minimizing downtime and with minimal windows of opportunity. Sunrise looked for a solution that could quickly and easily meet its changing needs, migrate between commodity storage vendors and overcome the inflexible cost structuring of re-licensing business-critical applications when refreshing its hardware infrastructure. Having been a FalconStor NSS and CDP customer for nearly a decade, Sunrise decided to upgrade its system to one built upon the new FreeStor software-defined platform.
"The whole point of the FreeStor deployment is that we are looking at providing a complete solution," said Sandor Orban, Technical Lead Infrastructure Services at Sunrise. "FreeStor helps us to provide infrastructure services that support our business to provide the highest levels of availability and data security. It allows us to support the business by driving faster and lower-cost launches of new products and services. While the future is always changing, we know that FreeStor will be able to help us further optimize our environment, continuing the trend to consolidate and reduce costs without compromising our customer values."

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