Crossroads Systems Expands Market Leadership Through New SAN Connectivity Solutions; Crossroads Releases 4GB Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Router and Introduces Full Line of Storage Bridges

Expanding on its storage routing heritage as the premierconnectivity solutions provider, Crossroads introduces the 4GB FCNearEdge 7120-b Bridge and the 4GB FC NearEdge 7120 Router.Crossroads' NearEdge FC storage bridges and routers are uniquelydesigned to provide seamless, enterprise-class and highly-reliableconnectivity solutions. Crossroads' NearEdge FC storage bridges androuters also offer high-performance protocol conversion from the FibreChannel Storage Area Network (SAN) to tape and disk storageinterfaces.

With Crossroads' new NearEdge 4GB storage bridge and router, SCSIdevices can connect to the emerging 4GB Fibre Channel storage areanetworks. These solutions provide organizations with a seamless methodof migrating their direct attached storage into the SAN. Corporationsand governments can then maximize their IT investments in existingstorage while still gaining additional benefits such as consolidationand resource sharing.

Entry-Level Bridging Solutions at Lowest Industry Price

Crossroads is also introducing entry-level bridging solutionsacross its entire NearEdge line. The NearEdge Fibre Channel storagebridges 6000-b, 6240-b and 7120-b are designed for customersinterested in using Crossroads' well-known inter-operability,high-quality and unbreakable networking solutions for basic protocolconversion at the lowest industry price.

Best-Of-Breed Storage Routing Roadmaps

Crossroads offers a complete line of storage routing solutionsthat expands upon protocol bridging products. The NearEdge 6000, 6240and 7120 storage routers offer complete "network-ready" servicesdelivering performance, security and manageability for storagedevices. These services can provide significant improvement in backupperformance and greatly reduce costs as well as data losses incurredby backup environment errors.

Additionally, Crossroads' unique access controls technologydelivers a powerful resource sharing feature that controls access tostorage targets from multiple hosts to the Logical Unit (LUN) level,ensuring that storage resources are securely allocated. Throughdynamic mapping, users can configure, secure and manage up to eightcustom device maps without rebooting the router. As Crossroads' accesscontrols are embedded into the NearEdge Routers, this feature deliversunmatched, enhanced security for the enterprise.

Crossroads' plug and play NearEdge FC Storage Routers save time,resources and management headaches through the Crossroads VisualManager (CVM). CVM is a Web-based management tool that providesintuitive graphical representation that quickly configures, controls,and manages all storage router elements.

By deploying NearEdge FC Storage Routers, enterprises benefit fromenhanced performance, usability, scalability, security at reducedcosts.

"Crossroads continues to expand its market leadership and deploynew solutions to meet specific customer requirements. Recognizing thatcorporations have different storage networking needs, we areintroducing a line of bridging products to complement ourindustry-leading routing solutions," said Greg Reny, executivevice-president of sales at Crossroads. "This complete line of storagerouting solutions gives our customers the option of an entry-level,cost-effective product while also providing solutions that deliverbest-in-class performance, accessibility and security. Crossroadsremains the #1 provider of data accessibility solutions and iscommitted to providing superior, complementary storage technology thataddresses organizations' ever-changing and ever-growing needs."

For detailed information on the NearEdge(TM) family of products,visit: http://www.crossroads.com/Products/NearEdge.asp

About Crossroads Systems, Inc.

With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems is aleading provider of Business Information Assurance (BIA) solutions.Solutions from Crossroads serve the growing needs of data storage,business continuity, disaster recovery, information protection, riskmanagement and business information assurance markets. Crossroads'offerings are designed to help companies store, manage and ensure thesecurity, resiliency and access to their critical enterpriseinformation. Crossroads' products are embedded in solutions fromcompanies such as EMC, HP, Quantum and SUN. Crossroads (CRDS.PK) iscurrently traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) and isa member of several key industry associations like the StorageNetworking Industry Association (SNIA). For more information aboutCrossroads Systems, please visit www.crossroads.com or call866-BUY-CRDS / 866-643-7148.

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