Crossroads Systems to Integrate Caringo's CAStor Fixed Content Technology into its Business Information Assurance Solutions.Crossroads and Caringo Work Together on Revolutionary Data Archival Solutions AUSTIN, Texas -- Crossroads Systems, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). 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 .PK), a leading provider of Business Information Assurance (BIA BIA abbr. Bureau of Indian Affairs ) solutions, today announced during the Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. Fall 2006 conference that it will integrate Caringo's CAStor content addressed technology into ground-breaking archival components of its suite of BIA solutions. Further answering the need for greater security, storage, risk management, audit and assurance, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities, the upcoming integration will allow the data archival component of Crossroads' BIA solutions to accomplish several complex, challenging records management tasks in a unified system - near-line replicated storage, primary system access, deep data classification, verifiable security at all points in the data lifecycle, and regulatory compliance. "As corporate data increases, and regulations requiring its lengthy retention become stricter, joint storage and archive security solutions are necessary to reduce complexity and costs," said Rob Sims Rob Sims (b. December 6, 1983) is an American football offensive guard, who currently plays for the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in round four, pick 128 of the 2006 NFL Draft. , President and 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 recognized a great opportunity in working with Caringo towards the delivery of robust, high-performance and cost-effective solutions that meet the escalating needs for companies and governmental agencies of all sizes." "Storage management and business security have evolved and converged to the point where it is a mistake to envision these functions as separate, unrelated goals," said Caringo CEO Mark Goros. "On-line storage of fixed content and reference information presents a different protection and retention requirement than active, transaction data. Crossroads' BIA solutions address the convergence of security and storage head on - realizing that data protection must take place at all links in the chain." Crossroads BIA solutions keep business-critical information secure, resilient and accessible at all times. Crossroads' innovative technology prevents database security breaches, storage access compromises, and guarantees the integrity of stored data, protecting business-critical information proactively and delivering regulatory compliance and business continuance. Crossroads product offerings include three suites: NearEdge for assured storage area network (SAN) connectivity, SurePath[TM] for guaranteed backup and data recovery, and StrongBox[TM] for secured information. "We've recently identified a 'Sea of Change' in how enterprises are adopting compliance strategies as well as overall data protection strategies to accommodate the different requirements of fixed-content information," said David Hill David Hill may refer to one of a number of people with this name:
Pricing and availability details are still to come, but Crossroads' integrated solutions are expected to be priced on a per-terabyte basis to be cost-effective for environments of all sizes. About Caringo Caringo, Inc. has re-imagined content addressed storage A storage technique from EMC for content that is in its final form (fixed content). CAS assigns an identifier to the files so they can be accessed no matter where they are located. software from the ground up. CAStor is third-generation technology that leverages the customer's choice of commodity hardware to dramatically improve the scope and economics of corporate fixed content storage. Caringo founders operate according to Einstein's belief that "Things should be made as simple as possible." Rather than make CAS complex and expensive, Caringo makes it affordable, scalable, fast and easy. More information can be found at www.caringo.com. Caringo's flagship product, CAStor, disrupts the traditional approach to CAS. CAStor offers key advantages for fixed-content storage, such as hardware and OS-independence, massive scalability, high performance, built-in disaster recovery, backup and continuous data availability, and guaranteed data integrity that is impervious to attack as well as auditable and independently provable for evidentiary purposes. CAStor is self-configuring, managing and healing, and features a standard HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. interface. Hashing algorithms may be updated during operation, without ever changing identifiers or reloading Reloading A term lenders commonly use to refer to the habits of borrowers taking out loans to repay the balance on other loans. Often reloading is done to take advantage of lower interest rates offered by other loans, and potential tax benefits. data, to protect against attacks and breaches that plague typical CAS systems. About Crossroads Systems, Inc. With headquarters in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems is a leading provider of Business Information Assurance (BIA) solutions. Solutions from Crossroads serve the growing needs of data storage, business continuity, disaster recovery, information protection, risk management and business information assurance markets. Crossroads' offerings are designed to help companies store, manage and ensure the security, resiliency and access to their critical enterprise information. Crossroads' products are embedded in solutions from companies such as 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. Crossroads (CRDS.PK) is currently traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). ) and is a member of several key industry associations such as 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 / 1-866-289-2737. [c] 2006 Crossroads Systems, Inc. Crossroads and Crossroads Systems are registered trademarks of Crossroads Systems, Inc. DBProtector and StrongBox are trademarks of Crossroads Systems, Inc. All specifications are subject to change without notice. Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Siebel are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Caringo and CAStor are trademarks of Caringo. |
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