Crossroads, Plasmon Announce Interoperability of Storage Routers and Storage Automation Libraries.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2003

Support of Optical and Tape Storage by Current Portfolio of Storage

Routers

Crossroads Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDS), a leading global provider for storage networking solutions, and Plasmon, the leader in professional data archive solutions, today announced support of Plasmon's optical, DVD and tape libraries by Crossroads current portfolio of storage routers, including the Crossroads 10000 and 6000.

"Plasmon is pleased with the performance and compatibility of the Crossroads products when integrated with our libraries. It is critical to provide reliable, robust storage connectivity for today's SAN environments, and we value Crossroads collaboration throughout this qualification effort," said Michael Brooks, Director of Strategic Alliances at Plasmon.

"As leaders in storage routing, it is essential to ensure industry leading interoperability and this validation from Plasmon demonstrates our continued commitment to provide our customers with the best storage networking solutions available," said Bob Griswold, Crossroads chief technologist.

The current family of Crossroads storage routers were subjected to a rigorous qualification plan for the validation of connecting Plasmon Libraries into Enterprise SAN environments. Crossroads storage routers performed exceedingly well with Plasmon's D-Series DVD, G-Series Optical and V-Series AIT/LTO Tape libraries. The combination of Crossroads and Plasmon storage automation and connectivity products improves manageability and provides both channel partners and end-user customers with an exceptional choice of SAN integration options.

About Crossroads

With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems (Nasdaq:CRDS) is a leading global provider of data routing solutions for Storage Area Networks (SANs). Crossroads solutions serve the growing storage connectivity and data storage markets, and are designed to help companies store, manage and ensure the integrity and availability of their data. Crossroads' products are in solutions from companies such as Fujitsu-Siemens and Hewlett-Packard (including Compaq) and are distributed through partners such as ACAL, ARROW, XIOtech and Tidal Wire. Crossroads is a voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). For more information about Crossroads Systems, please visit www.crossroads.com or call 800/643-7148.

About Plasmon

Founded in 1987, Plasmon is an international business specializing in the design and manufacture of high-end removable data storage solutions and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1996 (LSE:PLM). Worldwide, Plasmon has over 500 employees and annual sales revenues in excess of $100m.

Plasmon's world-wide headquarters are in Cambridge in the U.K. where the company develops and manufactures 12-inch optical disk products at its ISO-9001 certified facility and provides specialist technology consulting to the CD-R and DVD rewritable manufacturing industry. Storage management software and network attached storage products are also developed in the U.K. European regional sales offices are located in Munich, Paris, Milan and Antwerp. Plasmon also manufactures optical disc masters in Caen in northern France. In Europe, contact Plasmon at: Whiting Way, Melbourn, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 6EN; tel: [phone] fax: [phone]. Internet: http://www.plasmon.co.uk. e-mail: [e-mail].

In the USA, Plasmon develops and manufactures magneto optical, CD/DVD and tape libraries and optical disk drives at its ISO-9001 certified facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Plasmon is the leading manufacturer of 12-inch optical disk drives and media and also supplies a wide range of storage solutions based on 5.25" MO, CD/DVD and LTO/AIT tape storage technologies. Typical end-users of Plasmon products include banks, hospitals, insurance companies and government departments where the secure archival of large amounts of data are primary requirements. In North America, contact Plasmon at: 400 Inverness Drive So, Englewood, Colorado; tel: [phone] or 303/925-1855. Internet: http://www.plasmon.com e-mail: [e-mail].

Forward-Looking Statements

This release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" and similar phrases as they relate to Crossroads are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Crossroads, and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are the acceptance by our existing customers of our products; the deteriorating economic environment, including, in particular, related expense reductions by organizations affecting their IT spending and budget which could impact sales of our products; the effect of competition; the effect of undetected software or hardware errors, which may affect the company's results or reduce demand for Crossroads' products in the long term; Crossroads' inability to protect its intellectual property rights, as well as other factors detailed in Crossroads' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on 10-Q. Crossroads expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to the information contained in this press release or with respect to any future distribution of its stock by investors, or to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in expectations, or any change in events or circumstances on which those statements are based, unless otherwise required by law.