Crossroads Systems Names New Vice President of Sales and Business Development.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003

Crossroads Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDS), a leading global provider for storage networking solutions, today named John Cummings as its vice president of sales and business development.

Prior to joining Crossroads, Cummings served as the worldwide senior vice president of sales and business development for ProvisionSoft Inc., a leading provider of application-driven automated storage and server provisioning software. Cummings previously worked for Sun Microsystems Inc., (Nasdaq:SUNW) where he held the title of Director of Sales for Financial Services (North East U.S.). While at Sun, Cummings played a central role in moving the sales focus to enterprise solutions for the insurance, securities and banking industries. Cummings has also held executive sales management and operations positions at such companies as SunGard Business Integration (formerly Mint Communication Systems), an operating group of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), and Sangate Systems Inc., a developer of data replication solutions for the enterprise data center. Cummings holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts.

"We are pleased to welcome John to the Crossroads executive management team," said Brian R. Smith, Crossroads chairman and chief executive officer. "Crossroads stands to benefit significantly from John's 24 years of experience in sales, operations, and business development roles."

About Crossroads Systems Inc.

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, Hewlett-Packard and StorageTek, 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.

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