EMC Qualifies Crossroads Systems' Storage Router for Enterprise Storage Network Solutions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 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. Includes Crossroads' Bi-Directional Fibre Channel-to-SCSI Storage Routers for Highly Efficient, Flexible and Reliable Storage Solutions 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 Fibre Channel storage routers, today announced that EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMC), the world's leading provider of enterprise storage systems, software and services, has qualified Crossroads' storage router for use in EMC Enterprise Storage Networks. By employing the Crossroads' storage router in ESN (Electronic Serial Number) A unique identification number built into a cellphone for security purposes. environments, customers gain highly flexible and reliable information storage systems. The qualified Crossroads' router, now part of EMC's referenced solutions, will be sold through EMC's preferred value-added resellers and distributors for Fibre Channel ESN components and solutions. Polaris Network Services in the United States and ACAL ACAL Asociación de Archiveros de Castilla Y León (Castille and Leon, Spain) ACAL Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (Spanish: Academy of Sciences of Latin America, Venezuela) Microelectronics in Europe will be the premier suppliers of Crossroads' storage routers for EMC solutions. Crossroads will offer its 4200 Fibre Channel-to-SCSI Storage Router for attachment and migration of tape libraries in enterprise storage networks with existing Fibre Channel and SCSI-based RAID. In addition, the Crossroads 4200 storage router includes support for the FibreAlliance Management Information Base (MIB (1) (Management Information Base) The hierarchical database used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP) to describe the particular device being monitored. MIB objects are identified using ASN.1 syntax. See SNMP, RMON, OID and ASN.1. ). Crossroads is a member of the EMC-sponsored FibreAlliance, an open industry association that fosters development of Storage Area Network (SAN) management standards. "EMC's Enterprise Storage Network defines the highest standards for information availability, scalability and management," 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. "Crossroads' products are in sync with EMC's standards. With the inclusion of Crossroads' storage router in EMC's ESN solutions, data storage and retrieval will operate at peak efficiency to better manage Internet-driven growth." Crossroads' storage routers will enable seamless migration of 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. tape libraries to Fibre Channel networks allowing customers to expand storage capabilities incrementally while controlling initial costs. The storage router also enables LAN-free backup, which eliminates bottlenecks that plague enterprise network backup operations and allows remote serviceability and management across storage networks. "More and more customers are depending on the uncompromising quality and tested interoperability of ESNs to consolidate, share and protect their most valuable enterprise information," said Jim Rothnie, Senior Vice President of Product Management at EMC. "When EMC qualifies a partner's products for use in an ESN environment, we are assuring customers that the entire ESN will interoperate seamlessly and work together as a single, flexible, highly reliable solution. Crossroads today joins an elite selection of companies whose products meet EMC's rigorous testing regimen." In December of 1998, Crossroads announced an 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 agreement with McDATA to supply the Crossroads 4200 Fibre-Channel-to-SCSI Router. Through this OEM agreement McDATA's EB-1200, Enterprise Fibre Channel Bridge, has also been qualified for use in EMC Enterprise Storage Network solutions. About Crossroads' Storage Routers Crossroads' family of storage routers provide multi-protocol connectivity to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks for a wide range of devices, including servers, S/390 mainframes, and disk and tape storage systems. Crossroads' solutions deliver exceptional value to both small and mid-sized companies, as well as large Global 500 enterprises. About Crossroads Systems Inc. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems (Nasdaq:CRDS), is the leading provider of enterprise data center routing solutions for open system Storage Area Networks including S/390 connections. Crossroads' solutions enable key Internet, Intranet and e-commerce applications. By using Crossroads, customers can more effectively and efficiently store, manage and ensure the integrity and availability of their data in the Internet economy. Crossroads' products are in solutions from ADIC, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , 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) , McDATA, StorageTek, Bell Micro, Cranel, Datalink, and Tech Data. Employment opportunities of a lifetime and more information about Crossroads Systems are at www.crossroads.com or call 800/643-7148. This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are the dependence of the Company's business on the storage area network market which is new and unpredictable; the Company's ability to develop new and enhanced products that achieve market acceptance; the Company's ability to integrate or successfully achieve the benefits of the proposed acquisition of Polaris Communications and any subsequent acquisition or strategic relationship; and that the Company's stock price could be volatile regardless of the Company's actual financial performance and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . |
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