Crossroads Systems Announces Restructuring Plans.Focusing on Customers and Corporate Growth 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 leading provider of data protection and Business Information Assurance (BIA BIA abbr. Bureau of Indian Affairs ) solutions, today announced its restructuring plans following an analysis of the company's growth opportunities, prospective customer needs and standard financial efficiency practices. Over the last 24 months, Crossroads Systems has transitioned its business model from delivering SAN connectivity products through exclusive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationships to offering data protection solutions through expanded direct and indirect sales channels. In order to accomplish this substantial transition, Crossroads invested heavily into product and corporate development. From a product development perspective, Crossroads succeeded in meeting its objectives by deploying 2 new lines of products and launching several new products -- which now constitute nearly 70 percent of Crossroads' entire product portfolio. From a corporate development perspective, Crossroads completed several successful acquisitions including GRAU GRAU Government Records Access Unit and Tape Laboratories as well as nearly doubled its workforce. Crossroads has now gained substantial corporate momentum and is equipped with several unique, award-winning products. Yet, to keep on expanding its momentum, the company is realigning its workforce and operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. to match the needs of its customer-base and its future corporate growth opportunities. As a result of this new corporate focus, normal business attrition activities, improvements in labor efficiencies and unnecessary organizational redundancies, Crossroads is performing job and expense reductions. In both cases, the reductions are coming largely from the product development area where the company had invested heavily. In terms of jobs, Crossroads is reducing back its workforce by approximately 8 percent. From an expense reduction perspective, one noteworthy area of expense reduction taking place is related to the redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. of product development and product support activities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. as opposed to sub-contracting in India. This outsourcing change reduces the overhead of managing a remote development team and enables the company to engage field resources locally for direct access and support of our customer-base. For more information about Crossroads, please visit our website at: www.crossroads.com. About Crossroads Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems is a leading provider of Business Information Assurance (BIA) solutions. Crossroads' solutions serve the growing needs of data storage, business continuity, disaster recovery, information protection, risk management and BIA markets. Crossroads' offerings help companies store, manage and ensure the security, resiliency and access to their most important asset -- critical data. Crossroads' products are embedded in leading industry companies' solutions including EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , HP, Quantum and Sun Microsystems. Crossroads (CRDS.PK) is traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). ) and is a member of key industry associations including the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ). For more information about Crossroads Systems, please visit www.crossroads.com or call 1-866-BUY-CRDS / 1-866-643-7148. Forward-Looking Statements 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) 2007 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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