While Everyone Else Chased Hype, FalconStor Built Resilience 

How do organizations modernize resilience and data protection without disrupting the systems they depend on every day? That question is becoming even more urgent as ransomware threats increase, regulatory expectations tighten, and IT teams face growing pressure to simplify operations while improving recoverability. 

A recent article from HyperFRAME Research asks an important question: “Is FalconStor the comeback story the IBM Power market needs?” And based on the latest momentum, it’s a fair one to ask.  

 

The analysis highlights several notable developments from FalconStor’s recent 2025 growth results, including: 

  • 61% Hybrid Cloud ARR growth 
  • 75% recurring revenue mix 
  • Continued expansion inside the IBM Power ecosystem  

(Since this HyperFRAME article was published, FalconStor has released the First Quarter of 2026 Results. Click here to check out FalconStor’s First Quarter of 2026 Results.) 

But the real story is bigger than financial metrics. 

 

Why This Matters to IBM Power Customers 

IBM i and AIX environments are some of the most stable and business-critical platforms in the enterprise. These systems run core operations across manufacturing, banking, healthcare, retail, and distribution. Yet many organizations are still relying on aging backup architectures that were never designed for modern cyber threats or cloud-connected resilience. 

That’s where FalconStor’s strategy is resonating. 

Rather than forcing customers into disruptive platform migrations, FalconStor has focused on helping IBM Power organizations extend and modernize existing environments with stronger cyber resilience, immutable offsite protection, and simplified recovery operations.  

HyperFRAME’s analysis captures this shift well: “Modernization does not always mean migration.”  

That single observation reflects a reality many IBM Power customers already understand. The goal is not replacing systems that still deliver enormous business value. The goal is improving resilience around them. 

 

A Different Kind of Growth Story  

The enterprise infrastructure market is full of vendors chasing broad “all things to all customers” messaging. FalconStor’s approach has been notably different. 

The company has stayed highly focused on the IBM Power ecosystem, and that specialization appears to be paying off. HyperFRAME points to expanding partner growth, recurring revenue maturity, and increasing alignment with hybrid resilience strategies as signs that FalconStor may be emerging from a long business model transition in a much stronger position.  

 

HyperFRAME also touches on the recently announced, FalconStor Habaneroa fully managed storage service designed to simplify secure offsite data storage for IBM Power, especially IBM i on-premises environments, delivering ransomwareresilient retention, disaster recovery, compliance, and longterm archiving at a cost model comparable to object storage and requiring no changes to existing backup infrastructures. 

In a market increasingly dominated by conversations around AI, cloud migration, and platform consolidation, there is still enormous value in solving real operational problems for organizations running mission-critical infrastructure. 

That’s exactly where FalconStor continues to focus. 

If you haven’t read the full HyperFRAME analysis yet, it’s worth your time: Read the HyperFRAME Research article 

Cathy Won
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Cathy brings her passion for technology and products to FalconStor with a background of leading teams in product marketing, product management and engineering for both software and hardware companies in storage, networking, finance, and healthcare. As a strategic and innovative thinker, she brings a unique blend of understanding the balance of business demands and technology in products. She has led key marketing initiatives for companies like HPE, NetApp, Dell EMC, Veritas, Juniper Networks and more, as a consultant and employee. She holds an MBA and B.S. in Information Systems.