Crossroads Systems Announces Agreement for Sun Microsystems to Offer SurePath(TM) ReadVerify(TM) Appliance in France.Sun Chooses Crossroads ReadVerify[TM] Appliance (RVA RVA rabies vaccine adsorbed; see rabies vaccine, under vaccine. ) as its Storage Verification Solution for Defense, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Governmental and Telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. Customers AUSTIN, Texas -- Crossroads Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CRDS CRDS Contribution pour Le Remboursement de la Dette Sociale (French: Social Debt Repayment Contribution) CRDS Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy CRDS Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies ), a global leading provider of data protection solutions, today announced its partnership with global provider of network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. infrastructure solutions, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . This partnership gives the opportunity for Sun to offer Crossroads ReadVerify Appliance in France as part of their data protection solutions. Sun France Chooses to Offer Crossroads SurePath RVA to Guarantee the Recovery of Data Stored on Tapes Corporations are obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to meet business, regulatory and compliancy com·pli·an·cy n. Compliance. Noun 1. compliancy - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others complaisance, obligingness, compliance, deference standards, which are driving ever-increasing data retention requirements in a cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. manner. The use of tape media is an integral part of corporate backup and archive strategies. Sun sought a powerful, flexible and reliable solution to help its customers gain visibility, understanding and pro-active pro·ac·tive or pro-ac·tive adj. Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory: proactive steps to prevent terrorism. alerts to ensure data recovery in a timely and cost-effective manner as well as to improve tape drive utilization and performance. Crossroads' SurePath ReadVerify Appliance (RVA) is a simple plug-and-play appliance that fully integrates with Sun's platform to ensure pro-active protection of business-critical information by monitoring, alerting and reporting on the performance, utilization, and health of tape libraries, drives and media. Already, Crossroads RVA has been successfully installed and is fully operational by Sun at various customer sites including a major airline manufacturer. "Capitalizing on our extensive market presence and business experience globally, Sun delivers a premier portfolio of innovative and advanced storage solutions," said Olivier Tordo, head of the Storage division at Sun France. "As many of the most sensitive high-tech, financial and defense organizations in France rely on Sun's products and solutions for ensuring access to critical business information, we feel confident that by offering Crossroads ReadVerify Appliance our customers will benefit from higher levels of data protection by addressing a problem area neglected by most storage integrators. Crossroads RVA benefits all companies and governmental organizations utilizing tape media by ensuring the protection of their critical data infrastructure in a unique, innovative and revolutionary manner." THE SOLUTION: Crossroads SurePath RVA Offers Simple, Reliable and High-Performance Data Protection Crossroads' SurePath ReadVerify Appliance (RVA) is a simple plug-and-play appliance that monitors and reports on the performance, utilization, and health of tape libraries, drives and media. RVA proactively alerts and provides detailed information on backup failure conditions, such as tape media error rates or poorly performing tape drives. Customers gain such high return-on-investments benefits that, within days, companies can gain visibility to critical tape infrastructure and system information which they did not have previously. Storage managers and backup administrators can then take measures to improve the backup environment and reduce costs substantially. "Gaining Sun as an official partner offering Crossroads ReadVerify Appliance is another example of our successful market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" in Europe," said David Cerf, Executive Vice-President of Corporate and Business Development, Crossroads Systems. "As Sun is a recognized leading provider of tape libraries globally, we view this announcement, Sun France's current installations of Crossroads RVA and our lead opportunities as a great market endorsement." Sun France Sells Three Crossroads RVA Solutions Sun is offering three models of ReadVerify Appliance in France: * RV50f offers alerting and reporting on tape libraries of 50 slots or less * RV100f proactively monitors mid-sized tape libraries of 100 to 1500 slots * RV200f verifies data readability read·a·ble adj. 1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface. 2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. on enterprise-class libraries of 2000 slots and more To select the right solution that matches your current and upcoming business needs, contact your Sun representative at: sales@fr.sun.com or Crossroads specialist at sales@crossroads.com / 49 7171 187-0 or 1-512-349-0300. For more information regarding RVA and its proven ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , please visit: http://www.crossroads.com/products/surepath/rva About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular SINGULAR, construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one, not plural. Johnson. 2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. vision - "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com. About Crossroads Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems is a global leading provider of data security, resiliency The ability to recover from a failure. The term may be applied to hardware, software or data. and connectivity solutions. Crossroads (symbol: CRDS) trades over-the-counter on Pink Sheets and posts its financial disclosure reports, press releases and other related documentation on the OTCIQ web service of the Pink Sheets website. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This release may include forward-looking statements. 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. (c) 2008 Crossroads Systems, Inc. Crossroads and Crossroads Systems are registered trademarks of Crossroads Systems, Inc. All specifications are subject to change without notice. |
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