FalconStor today announced a collaboration with Kyndryl to utilize its cloud modernization solution, Skytap on Azure, to bring the StorSafe solution to IBM Power environments in Microsoft Azure. This collaboration will help optimize data protection for IBM Power applications. By integrating FalconStor’s backup optimization solutions with Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure, customers can save up to 60% storing backup and archive data, while modernizing their cloud infrastructure and maximizing the value of their IBM Power systems.
The Future of Specialized Mission-critical Workloads on Cloud
As organizations pivot toward cloud-first strategies, there’s a growing need to seamlessly integrate these trusted systems into modern cloud environments. Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure bridges the gap between traditional IBM Power applications and the agility of the cloud. Customers can now utilize Azure’s rich ecosystem to modernize their IT landscape, enhance security, and innovate without overhauling their specialized mission critical workloads.
Why Kyndryl’s “Skytap on Azure”?
Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure solution provides a seamless, efficient pathway to modernize specialized mission-critical workloads. Here’s how the solution can benefit customers:
- Agility and Efficiency: Quickly adapt to changing business demands, scale on the fly, and tap into the latest applications without the need for extensive rewrites or replatforming.
- Enhanced Security: Protect your workloads with cutting-edge cloud safeguards, helping to ensure that your applications and data remain secure and compliant.
- Innovation and Future-Proofing: Gradually connect and migrate workloads to Azure’s advanced services like AI, machine learning, and data analytics, helping business stays ahead of the curve.
- Migrate and run mission critical AIX and IBMi applications in Azure natively.
FalconStor Use Cases for IBM Power in Azure
FalconStor’s collaboration with Kyndryl provides opportunities for customers to optimize their backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies, including:
- On-Premises Backup Optimization: Significantly reduce backup data storage requirements while improving existing on-premises backup processes.
- Hybrid Cloud Backup: Leverage Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure for on-premises backup optimization that leverages Azure for offsite cloud object storage.
- Migration from On-Premises to Cloud: Seamlessly migrate workloads and legacy tapes to Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure.
- Cloud-Resident Backup: Enable backup and restore capabilities for IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads in Azure.
- Cloud Disaster Recovery: Replicate workloads in Azure for a fail-safe disaster recovery solution.
Customer Success Stories
“With FalconStor and Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure, we seamlessly integrated our IBM Power applications with the cloud,” said Todd Smith, Systems Administrator at a nationwide insurance provider. “Thus enhancing our disaster recovery capabilities and modernizing our IT infrastructure.”
A Word from Our CEO
“Our collaboration with Kyndryl provides customers with the power of choice for cloud destination,” said Todd Brooks, CEO, FalconStor. “Building on our support for enterprise data protection and migration solutions for IBM Power environments wherever they reside, whether on-premises or in any cloud.”
Available Now
This powerful solution is available today through our network of authorized partners. It’s an exciting time for IBM Power users looking to embrace the cloud without compromising the reliability and performance of their mission-critical workloads.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to innovate and expand our cloud offerings. We’re shaping the future of data protection and modernization for IBM Power applications.
For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or www.kyndryl.com.