Wistron: "As A Manufacturing Partner For Leading Brands, Including A Major Video Game Console, We Have Zero Tolerance For Any Downtime In Our Production System."

TAIPEI, TAIWAN and MELVILLE, N.Y., October 24, 2002—FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), a leading provider of network storage infrastructure software, today announced that Wistron Corp., formerly Acer Inc.'s Design, Manufacturing, and Services (DMS) department, has implemented IPStor at its South China factory located in the city of Zhongshan, to consolidate data in their production flow control system, and to maintain high availability of critical data to reduce production downtime.

Wistron’s Zhongshan facility focuses on the production of mainboards, graphic cards, desktop computers, servers, set-top boxes, DVD players and CD-ROM players for international technology companies. They are also providing manufacturing services for a future-generation video game console from parts to final packaged product, including parts procurement, assembly and integration, testing, and final box build (see biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020902/sfm001_1.html).

Wistron’s newly installed production flow control system monitors the progress of each component at each stage of the manufacturing process, increasing ordering, tracking and overall manufacturing efficiency. System downtime was not acceptable for any length of time. Wistron needed a data consolidation solution that worked its existing hardware and software infrastructure, and provided 24 x 7 data availability for its Oracle-based production system. Already working with Wistron, AnexTEK Global Inc., a storage networking solutions provider and FalconStor OEM partner, proposed its IPStor-powered IPSNS High Availability SAN storage solution to solve Wistron’s data protection concerns.

"The data held on our production system servers is essential to the daily operation and business continuity of the Zhongshan factory. As a manufacturing partner for leading brands, including a major video game console, we have zero tolerance for any downtime in our production system," said Jerry C. Huang, Wistron’s Global MIS Department Technology Director. "By providing increased server performance, existing system interoperability and increased data availability, FalconStor technology met our objectives."

"High data availability is becoming a requirement for manufacturing organizations like Wistron to sustain business operations and run mission-critical applications continuously," said Alex Jiang, FalconStor vice president of Sales and Marketing for Asia Pacific. "In today's data intense environment, FalconStor and AnexTEK are providing Wistron a comprehensive solution to leverage enterprise storage services such as mirroring and active-active failover to maximize data availability."

Previous to AnexTEK’s IPSNS High Availability SAN storage solution powered by IPStor, the downtime when failure of a server occurred until shifting it to another backup server, lasted 30 minutes, greatly impacting the productivity of the production line. Now, the recovery time of the system is in minutes, increasing system uptime significantly.

About Wistron
Wistron Corp. is a leader in the OEM and ODM marketplace. With worldwide site capabilities meeting or exceeding the most demanding customer requirements, and an impressive track record of relationships with customers across the entire spectrum of OEM business, Wistron carries a proven reputation for manufacturing and service superiority. Wistron has more than two decades of experience in manufacturing, design, and service for the IT and ICT industry and is focused on providing global leadership in design and OEM manufacturing within the electronics and communications fields. While operating as Acer Design and Manufacturing Services, Wistron achieved US$3B in OEM business revenue in 2000, ranking the company as one of the top global ODM/OEM suppliers for the PC industry. The Wistron Group is composed of an integrated family of companies totaling over 10,600 employees, and providing worldwide service and support with 8 manufacturing sites, 6 regional service centers and 3 R&D centers. Wistron Corp. works closely with other affiliated companies in the Group, such as AOpen Inc., Wistron NeWeb Corp., Wistron Nexus Inc., AnexTEK Global Inc., Wistron Softel Inc., Wistron Software Corp. and PlayCoo Corp. For more information on Wistron and its affiliated group of companies, visit www.wistron.com.

About FalconStor
FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), 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 1-631-777-5188.