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CSK FIELD SERVICES FORMS ALLIANCE WITH FalconStor

FalconStor Software Inc, a leading provider of network storage infrastructure software, recently announced an alliance with the Field Services Co of CSK Corporation, a leading provider of information technology services, to deliver enterprise storage services enabling high data availability and business continuity.

As a leading provider of total support for various IT systems, CSK Field Services has extensive experience in servicing the business community, and through this alliance, will incorporate FalconStor's IPStor software for storage management in the development and design of IT systems for their customers. With this announcement, CSK clients can now leverage network-based storage services such as on-line snapshots, remote disaster recovery, synchronous/asynchronous mirroring, and ultra-fast backup/restore.

"Storage is becoming an increasingly critical function in today's IT environment, where efficient and productive systems can make a difference to an organization's top and bottom-line performance," said Keisuke Nakajima, president of CSK Field Services. "CSK recognizes the importance of storage in the enterprise, and our strategic relationship with FalconStor reflects our commitment to meet the growing corporate demand for storage systems with high reliability, performance and manageability."

CSK Field Services integrates all of a company's system-related maintenance work by utilizing its network support experience in multi-vendor environments. CSK Field Services has accumulated this expertise through transactions with more than 3,000 corporate customers, and by forming alliances with major domestic and overseas vendors.

"In today's data intense environment, FalconStor and CSK are enabling Japanese businesses to leverage enterprise storage services such as mirroring and remote replication, keeping important corporate data highly available," said Alex Jiang, FalconStor vice president of Sales and Marketing for Asia Pacific. "CSK's extensive IT service experience enables them to effectively leverage IPStor to build a robust and highly available network storage architecture."

About IPStor

IPStor Software delivers an intelligent SAN/NAS infrastructure across heterogeneous environments by providing a comprehensive set of storage services for enterprise applications -- simplifying management, ensuring data availability and recoverability, and maximizing performance.

About CSK Corporation

CSK Corporation, established in 1968, is one of Japan's leading IT professional service providers. The CSK Group offers a full spectrum of customer-focused e-services covering solutions, IT consulting, system development, system management, and business process outsourcing such as call centers and help desks. CSK Group companies include BellSystem24 Inc, NextCom K.K. and SEGA Corporation. For details regarding CSK, please visit www.csk.co.jp/index_e.html.

About FalconStor

FalconStor Software Inc offers network storage infrastructure software that dramatically reduces storage operating costs by aggregating and provisioning storage capacity and management services over Fibre Channel and IP-based storage networks. With unprecedented reliability, performance, manageability, and availability, FalconStor's flagship product, IPStor, enables leading IT organizations and Service Providers to deploy a highly available network storage infrastructure to ensure business continuity.

Founded in 2000, FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, NY. International offices include Paris, Tokyo and Taichung, Taiwan. FalconStor is a voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA). For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 631-777-5188.

Contact: Christine Rogers, Public Relations for FalconStor Software, 631-962-1160, christine.rogers@falconstor.com .