In 2024, we saw a significant momentum of organizations moving their secondary storage to the cloud while a surprising number of organizations continued to anchor their data protection strategies to on-premises technologies and processes. Cybersecurity issues were top of mind for many organizations seeking to ensure protection of their data. The interest in cybersecurity insurance grew, with organizations discovering remote secondary copies were a requirement for coverage. AI (artificial intelligence) penetrated every tech sector.
At FalconStor, we stayed true to our commitment to optimize data protection for enterprises worldwide. Over the past year, we:
- Expanded StorSafe support to include SAP HANA, Oracle RMAN, and NAS, further strengthening compatibility with leading backup solutions.
- Enabled organizations to move from tape or disk to the cloud faster and more efficiently with our patented deduplication technology.
- Delivered air-gapped, immutable data protection, helping organizations defend against cyber threats.
- Continued to drive storage efficiency, helping customers reduce their overall storage footprint by up to 95%.
So, what’s next?
Organizations will continue their data protection movement to the cloud, as cloud providers continue to help organizations reduce data storage and management costs, while continuing to enhance their platform security for data protection.
Cybersecurity will continue to dominate the concerns of organizations given today’s digital economy. Disaster recovery and data protection from cyber-attacks will require every organization to be prepared to protect data from multiple points of failure. New EU regulations such as DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) for financial institutions have enforced new laws for organizations to be more vigilant. Features such as keeping one copy of data remote and providing air-gapped, immutable backups will continue to be important for organizations to implement.
The onset of AI is here. AI was built with the intent to help automate repetitive tasks and to use the past and human experience to improve processes and operations. In 2025, developers alike will need to forge ahead with building AI tools that can prove their trust and sustainability. AI can be used for many enhancements for data protection, from guiding implementation steps to helping improve data protection strategies, such as object storage which is challenging many organizations. The forecast of leveraging AI for data protection leaves nothing behind for imagination!
What’s coming from FalconStor in 2025?
We remain all-in on IBM and are preparing exciting new innovative offerings that will redefine efficiency, security, and resilience in hybrid cloud data protection. If you want to be among the first to see what’s next, you might want to attend IBM Think 😉.
The future of data protection is here. Let’s shape it together.
