FalconStor announces EMEA Partner Conference in Venice

FalconStor announces EMEA Partner Conference in Venice

Hotel San Clemente, November 16-17th 2006

Le Chesnay, Paris – October 18th 2006 – FalconStor Software, the leading developer of proven data protection solutions, will host its 2006 EMEA Partner Conference at the Hotel San Clemente in Venice, Italy from November 16-17th. The event theme – ‘Revolution in Data Protection’ – reflects FalconStor’s leadership in delivering cutting edge solutions for data protection.

Bringing together all FalconStor’s EMEA reseller, integrator and business partners, the conference will focus on helping partners to extend FalconStor’s tally of 1000 European customers, achieved in just five years since the company launched in Europe.

Speakers at the conference include Arun Taneja of The Taneja Group, FalconStor Chairman and CEO ReiJane Huai and EMEA President & General Manager Guillaume Imberti, with topics including corporate and market directions and product suite roadmaps.

ReiJane Huai, FalconStor’s chairman and CEO, said: “After five years in Europe, our 2006 EMEA conference is an important opportunity for us to celebrate the achievements of our partners in Europe, and to show how we can help them to achieve even greater things in the years to come. With our most recent product announcements, Continuous Data Protection and Single Instance Repository, we bring solutions to our partners that protect all of their customer’s data from the data center to the remote office.”

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About FalconStor
FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC) is the premier developer of adaptive data protection solutions that optimize data center efficiency and business continuity for all IT infrastructures. The company’s innovative 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. Available from major OEMs, system integrators, and resellers, FalconStor products — including award-winning IPStor®, VirtualTape Library, and DiskSafe™ software — 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, New York, with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. FalconStor is an active member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). For more information, visit www.falconstor.com.

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