Crossroads Announces Data Mover Appliance for SAN Backup Solutions; Da

Crossroads Announces Data Mover Appliance for SAN Backup Solutions; DataMover 240f Complements Information Lifecycle Management - ILM - Storage Strategies

    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--Crossroads Systems(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:CRDS), a leading global provider for storage networking solutions, today announced the DataMover 240f Appliance that will complement Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) storage strategies through a range of advanced features supporting automation of policy-based storage management, enterprise class performance, and system monitoring of hosts, drives, and media for improved utilization and management of storage resources. The DataMover 240f will work with leading data protection applications for Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) backup solutions.
    "The DataMover 240f will be ideally suited to address current trends in networked storage where increasingly intelligent network solutions are required," said Rob Sims, Crossroads president and chief executive officer. "As the first product for our Network Storage Controller family, the DataMover will be a Fibre appliance designed for a high level of storage functionality that increases backup and recovery performance, reliability, security and manageability of storage resources at a lower solution cost, as compared to traditional backup choices."
    "The Crossroads DataMover 240f will help to make backups more measurable, manageable and repeatable," said Jerome Wendt, a storage analyst specializing in the field of open-systems storage and SANs, and who has managed storage for small- and large-sized organizations in this capacity. "It is one of those technologies that, when used in combination with other emerging technologies, will give companies a solid avenue to address their backup woes. Capitalizing on existing infrastructure investments and juxtaposing itself next to snapshots and inexpensive disks, the DataMover 240f will present a significant new solution that can help organizations heal their long broken backup processes."
    Evolving from Crossroads Storage Routing platforms, the DataMover 240f will represent the next step in intelligent appliances from Crossroads with advanced support for automated backup solutions for disk-to-disk, disk-to-tape, or combinations of these scenarios in which data protection applications can leverage the DataMover 240f as the work horse for moving data. With the DataMover 240f, ILM strategies can benefit from improved data transfers between primary to secondary or nearline storage, such as needed for virtual tape library systems, or to archival storage for long term data protection. Overall performance is improved over traditional methods because the DataMover 240f can handle larger data sets while also enhancing data streaming to ensure that processes can be completed in a fraction of the time. Packaged in an affordable offering, the DataMover 240f can provide robust performance for any size organization.
    Supporting Crossroads corporate strategy for Intelligence At The Edge, the DataMover 240f will provide a powerful combination of intelligent networking capabilities, including:

--	Enterprise Class Performance - Optimized performance with error recovery for data path conditioning will ensure reliable data movement and minimal stop-and-go backup jobs, avoiding "shoe shining" of tape resources;
--	Ease of Use to Reduce SAN Management Costs and Complexity - Simple "point and click" configuration choices and a convenient "store and forward" capability will reduce redundant setup tasks for service professionals and end-users;
--	Automated Management Capabilities - Improved management of SAN configurations, performance and reliability with features that will include dynamic storage allocation, target reset, enterprise custom mapping, and server-free backup; and,
--	Access Controls for Security - Increased security with Access Controls will enable sharing of storage resources among multiple hosts while also protecting those resources from spurious inquiries that would otherwise slow performance;

    Availability

    The Crossroads DataMover 240f is available immediately for order from Crossroads Systems and will be sold through the company's distribution channel network.
    For more information about Crossroads products and solutions, visit www.crossroads.com.

    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 EMC, HP and StorageTek, and are distributed through partners such as ACAL, Bell Micro, DLT Solutions, Info-X, and Promark. Crossroads is a voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) in both the United States and Europe. For more information about Crossroads Systems, please visit www.crossroads.com or call 800-643-7148.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" and similar phrases as they relate to Crossroads are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Crossroads, and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are those detailed in Crossroads' filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Crossroads expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to the information contained in this press release, or to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in expectations, or any change in events or circumstances on which those statements are based, unless otherwise required by law.

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CONTACT: Crossroads Systems, Inc., Austin Rob Robinson, 512-349-0300 or 800-643-7148 info@crossroads.com

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