Crossroads Systems Demonstrates New Class of Storage Routers At COMDEX.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Crossroads Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: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 ), the leading developer and manufacturer of storage routers See data mover. for use in Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs), today announced plans to demonstrate early releases of its third generation, Crossroads 4x50 line of high-performance, Fibre Channel storage routers at Fall COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). . The new class of routers enables benefits including storage migration from SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. to Fibre Channel, Third Party Copy, existing SCSI hardware and software compatibility and full Target Mode functionality. "Crossroads' new 4x50 storage routers offer key benefits to maximize the true flexibility and bandwidth a Fibre Channel SAN can provide," said Bob LiVolsi, senior vice president of Crossroads Systems Inc. "We have designed a class of high-performance storage routers that are not only interoperable within thousands of SAN configurations, but also provides data storage consolidation, centralization cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , increased distance capabilities and faster performance with the reliability and scalability customers have come to expect from Crossroads." COMDEX will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. November 15-19. Demonstrations will take place in Crossroads' booth No. LS205. Crossroads' 4x50 storage routers are scheduled to be released in the first half of next year, however some units are currently available to existing partners and customers. About Crossroads Systems Inc. Crossroads Systems is the leading provider of storage routers for Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs). Crossroads' storage routers enable key SAN applications including LAN-free backup A LAN-free backup is a backup of server data to a shared, central storage device without sending the data over the local area network (LAN). It is usually achieved by using a storage area network (SAN). , storage migration and consolidation and server migration. These solutions scale from small and medium companies to the largest Fortune 1,000 enterprises. By using storage routers and SANs, customers can more effectively and efficiently store, manage and ensure the integrity and availability of data. Crossroads developed its Crossroads Verified SAN (CV-SAN) solution guide in 1998 to simplify SAN design and installation, accelerate SAN adoption and verify interoperability of SAN solutions. The more than 2,500 verified configurations in CV-SAN are available on the Web using the Crossroads online configurator at www.crossroads.com. Industry-leading OEMs such as ADIC, ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up , Compaq, Dell, Exabyte, Hewlett-Packard, McDATA, Siemens and StorageTek as well as top resellers and distributors including Andataco, Bell Microproducts, Cranel, Datalink and Pinacor have partnered with Crossroads to provide these solutions to their customers. For more information on Crossroads Systems and its products, please call 800/643-7148 or visit www.crossroads.com. |
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