Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. to Defend Innovation.Business/High Tech Editors LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. a leading provider of intelligent and high performance Storage Routers See data mover. and external RAID controllers for use in Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks today confirmed that a law suit had been filed against it in the United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. in Austin, Texas by Crossroads Systems. The suit alleges patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. by Chaparral. A spokesperson for the Company said, "Based upon its initial review of the complaint, it does not believe that Crossroad's allegations will be sustained." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gary L. Allison, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Chaparral, "We are prepared to vigorously defend our innovation and its product applications in whatever forums are appropriate and do not anticipate that this action will interfere with or deter our plans or those of our strategic partners." About Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. Chaparral is a leading provider of high performance products that facilitate the movement of data between networked storage devices. The Company is focused primarily on developing products for use in the emerging market for SANs. Chaparral's Intelligent Storage Routers facilitate the interconnection of SANs with existing SCSI-based servers and storage systems. Chaparral's external RAID controllers distribute data across multiple hard disk drives to increase data transfer speeds and deliver fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. . The Company's products are designed to provide a high level of performance, availability and functionality. For more information, visit Chaparral's web site at www.chaparralnet.com. Founded in 1998, Chaparral is headquartered at 1951 Fordham Street, Longmont, CO 80503 and can be contacted by phone at 303/684-3200. |
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