FalconStor Software
American data management software company
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FalconStor Software, Inc. is a data management software company based in Austin, Texas.[2][3]
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2000 New York City, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
Key people | Todd Brooks[1] (President and CEO) Vince Sita (CFO) Ron Morita (Vice President, Engineering) Abdul Hashmi (VP of Customer Success) Clark Liddell (VP of Operations) Victoria Grey (Head of Marketing) |
| Website | www |
History
FalconStor was co-founded in 2000 in New York by Computer Associates veterans[4] ReiJane Huai[5] and Wayne Lam.[6] In 2007 the company started a joint-venture with the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the Blue Whale file system.[7] The joint venture was named Tianjin Zhongke Blue Whale Information Technologies Company, located in Tianjin, China.[citation needed] FalconStor was listed at #5 in the Forbes 2008 list of 25 fastest growing technology companies.[8] In August 2009, FalconStor, in a joint-venture with Nexsan to create the co-branded DeDupe SG.[9][10] In 2011 CRN added FalconStor to their List of 25 “Need to Know: Storage Vendors”.[11]
Founder ReiJane Huai resigned in September 2010 over "certain improper payments" and committed suicide September 26, 2011 aged 52.[12] He had been due in a U.S. district court the day with the intention of pleading guilty.[13]
In 2012, the company agreed to pay $5.8 US million as part as a federal investigation settlement, after it has admitted that its employees gave more than $300,000 in bribes to executives at JPMorgan Chase with restricted stock shares and golf memberships in exchange for contracts.[14] The company was further charged with falsifying its corporate books and records associated with the bribery.[15]
On September 25, 2017, FalconStor was delisted from Nasdaq Capital Market.[16] The company's stock is traded on OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB Venture Market.[17]
In June 2020, FalconStor partners with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) to provide end-to-end data management and backup solutions.[18]
Personnel
Products
In 2019, FalconStor launched its Data Mastery software platform (a rebrand of its FreeStor product).[19]
In May 2020, FalconStor Software announced a new tool named StorSafe, an enterprise-class permanent data storage container that combines with existing recovery applications and archive processes.[20]