Moving enterprise workloads to the cloud can feel a lot like switching gyms. You know it’s the right move, the new place has better equipment, more flexibility, and free smoothies (okay, maybe not smoothies). But you still have that old gym bag full of stuff you’re not sure you need to take over to the new gym and you have no idea which machines in the new gym are going to work the best!
That’s probably how many IT teams feel when dealing with updating their data environments. The good news? You don’t have to choose between starting over or staying stuck. Thanks to the integration of FalconStor StorSafe and Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure, you can bring your traditional mission-critical IBM Power workloads and data into Microsoft’s trusted cloud, Azure, with minimal friction and optimized data protection.
Skytap on Azure allows businesses to run traditional workloads such as IBM i, AIX, and Linux on Power natively in the Microsoft Azure cloud. No re-platforming. No rewriting. Skytap extends IBM Power platform to the Microsoft Azure cloud.
FalconStor StorSafe is a software-defined, enterprise-grade data protection optimization solution purpose built for hybrid and cloud environments, such as Azure. StorSafe ensures your data is ready for anything, from routine recovery to meeting the strictest compliance and governance policies. It delivers secure, deduplicated backup and archival, fast recovery and cloud-native replication, security features like WORM for regulatory compliance demands and works with any leading backup software.
The integration of Skytap on Azure and FalconStor StorSafe creates a powerful solution for enterprises operating critical workloads on IBM Power Systems that want to migrate or have already migrated to Azure. Together, StorSafe and Skytap on Azure provide centralized, cloud-optimized data control and protection of your IBM Power workloads.
Multiple optimized data protection use cases with one solution
- On-premises backup optimization for IBM Power environments
- On-premises migration to Skytap: Backup on-premises, recover to Skytap on Azure
- Hybrid cloud backup for IBM Power environments and Azure
- Skytap Cloud resident backup to protect cloud native workloads
- Skytap Cloud Disaster Recovery: Delivers fast and easy disaster recovery with Active replication between sites
Migrating enterprise systems to the cloud doesn’t mean starting from scratch. With FalconStor StorSafe and Kyndryl’s Skytap on Azure, you can modernize your environment while keeping full control of your applications, data, and compliance needs, all inside Microsoft’s Azure cloud ecosystem.
So, getting to that new gym is probably much more seamless than you think!
