Crossroads Systems Joins Future I/O Alliance; Crossroads Supports Future I/O In a Mission to Develop a New Input/Output Standard.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999-- Crossroads Systems Inc., the leading developer and manufacturer of Fibre Channel storage routers, today announced its participation in the Future I/O An input/output architecture developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that evolved into InfiniBand. Future I/O was expected to replace the PCI bus in high-end servers with a switching matrix, providing a high-speed data path between each pair of nodes. Alliance. The Alliance is an industry consortium for creating a new input/output (I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output ) standard to improve reliability, availability and scalability for communication between servers, storage and networks. Crossroads joins Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , Cisco, Adaptec and other participant companies in the effort to develop an open standard with end user value. These companies bring to the Alliance their best enterprise technologies to solve real customer needs as the industry begins to adopt serial I/O solutions. "Crossroads believes in supporting alliances such as Future I/O that are working towards standardized serial I/O solutions," said Brian R. Smith, 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 Crossroads Systems. "Crossroads' participation in the Alliance continues our dedication to provide powerful solutions to companies who must rapidly expand their storage and communication capacities." In the evolution of Fibre Channel and Storage Area Networks (SANs), Crossroads has played a key role in interoperability, 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 and server migration solutions. Now, with the development of serial I/O and participation in the Future I/O Alliance, Crossroads broadens its focus to provide additional solutions to the IT end user. About Crossroads Systems Inc. Over the next five years, the integration of networks and storage will deliver startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. advances in the way data is stored, retrieved and managed. Crossroads Systems Inc., the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in storage routing, is at the forefront of these efforts. Crossroads Systems is dedicated to delivering highly available, system-independent SAN solutions. The Crossroads Verified SAN Solutions Guide (CV-SAN), available on Crossroads' Web site, provides tested SAN configurations from Crossroads' Interoperability Labs which simplify systems design and installation for VARs, system integrators and end users. Industry-leading OEMs such as Compaq, Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM and StorageTek have elected to partner with Crossroads to provide these solutions to their customers. The company's headquarters are located in Austin, Texas. For more information on Crossroads Systems and its products, please call 800/643-7148 or visit www.crossroads.com. |
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