New eras aren’t just for stadium tours. With the release of FalconStor Habanero™, IBM i on-premises users enter a new era of secure, fully managed offsite data protection.
For years, IBM i environments have relied on proven, stable backup practices to safeguard business critical data. Those practices still matter. But the landscape has changed. Ransomware attacks are more frequent. Compliance requirements are tighter. IT teams are leaner. And the tolerance for downtime is lower than ever.
Traditional offsite backup approaches like manual tape rotation, secondary infrastructures, or custom cloud integrations, add cost and operational complexity. They also introduce risk. FalconStor Habanero addresses these challenges by delivering offsite data protection as a managed service, without forcing changes to existing IBM i workflows or infrastructure.
Backup that aligns with today’s threats
High availability solutions are designed to address hardware failures and localized outages. They are not designed to protect against ransomware, data corruption, or accidental deletion. When bad data is replicated, high availability simply ensures that the problem spreads faster.
Backup is different. Backup creates independent, recoverable copies of data that can be isolated, retained, and restored when needed. In today’s threat landscape, that distinction matters. Habanero strengthens IBM i data resilience by extending backups offsite into secure, immutable storage, providing a true safety net when incidents occur.
Designed for IBM i, not rebuilt around it
IBM i environments are often deeply integrated into business operations. Backup processes, tools, and schedules are well established, and for good reason. Replacing them is disruptive and risky.
Habanero is designed to work with existing IBM i backup practices, not replace them. It integrates cleanly into current workflows while adding managed offsite protection in the background. There is no need for your team to deploy additional hardware, redesign processes, or retrain teams. FalconStor provides and manages both on-premises appliances and offsite infrastructure, with end-to-end accountability for recoverability. What works today continues to work, with stronger protection layered on top.
Simplified Operations, Predictable Costs
Managing offsite backups traditionally requires ongoing attention such as monitoring transfers, managing media, testing restores, and maintaining infrastructure. Habanero shifts that responsibility to a managed service model.
FalconStor handles the operational complexity while customers gain predictable, consumption-based costs aligned with modern storage economics. This approach reduces administrative overhead and allows teams to focus on higher-value work, without sacrificing control or visibility.
Faster Recovery When It Matters
Backup is only as valuable as the ability to restore. Habanero includes options for accelerated recovery, enabling IBM i users to restore data quickly when downtime is not an option. Whether responding to ransomware or a site-level disruption, organizations can recover with confidence and minimal business impact.
Moving Forward
FalconStor Habanero reflects a shift in how offsite data protection should be delivered for IBM i environments. It recognizes that backup, not high availability alone, is the foundation of modern data resilience. And it delivers that foundation in a way that is secure, managed, and operationally simple.
For IBM i on-premises users, Habanero offers stronger protection against today’s risks, without disrupting what already works. That is what a new era of data protection should look like.
