AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — 08/06/13 — Crossroads Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS), a global provider of data archive solutions, today announced it signed a national channel partner agreement with Tallahassee, Florida-based Mainline Information Systems®, a leader in information technology solutions and consulting services.
Mainline will offer its customers the Crossroads StrongBox shared storage solution, the first-ever enterprise-level archive system to harness the power of Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology. StrongBox allows users to take advantage of the performance and accessibility of disk with the low-cost reliability of tape.
“Crossroads is pleased to partner with Mainline, one of the nation-s leading IT consulting firms,” said Heather Painter, vice president of channel sales at Crossroads Systems. “This partnership will further expand StrongBox-s market presence and strengthen our growth strategy.”
“Mainline is very excited to bring the unparalleled total cost of ownership (TCO) of Crossroads- Strongbox technology to our customers,” said Jeff Dobbelaere, vice president at Mainline Information Systems. “Unstructured data is growing very rapidly in most enterprises and the management, archive, backup and preservation of that data can be very costly. Crossroads provides a unique approach that allows customers to simplify data management, improve access times and reduce costs.”
StrongBox is a shared storage solution purpose-built for data archival and preservation. Using Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology and intelligent storage architecture with standard file systems (CIFS/NFS), StrongBox empowers online, all the time file availability with uncompromised data protection, full data mobility, non-proprietary file storage and significant cost-savings. StrongBox unifies your archive — past and present — while providing seamless scalability and reliability for the future. Visit .
Mainline, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, is an information technology solutions and IT consulting firm and has more than 500 employees nationwide. Mainline has received many industry accolades, including VMware Global Desktop Virtualization Partner of the Year, Red Hat North American Partner of the Year, multiple IBM Leadership Awards and an HP Virtualization Elite partner designation. Mainline provides solutions throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil. Visit .
Crossroads Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS) is a global provider of data archive solutions. Through the innovative use of new technologies, Crossroads delivers customer-driven solutions that enable proactive data security, advanced data archiving, optimized performance and significant cost-savings. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Austin, TX, Crossroads holds more than 100 patents and has been honored with numerous industry awards for data archiving, storage and protection. Visit .
This press release includes forward-looking statements that relate to the business and future events or future performance of Crossroads Systems, Inc. and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “targets,” “likely,” “will,” “would,” “could,” and similar expressions or phrases identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Crossroads Systems- ability to implement its business strategy, including the transition from a hardware storage company to a software solutions and services provider, its ability to expand its distribution channels, its ability to maintain or broaden relationships with existing distribution channels and strategic alliances and develop new industry relationships, the performance of third parties in its distribution channels and of its strategic alliances, uncertainties relating to product development and commercialization, the ability to obtain, maintain or protect patent and other proprietary intellectual property rights, technological change in its industry, market acceptance of its products and services, future capital requirements, regulatory actions or delays, competition in general and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein. Forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management-s beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made. Crossroads Systems does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances.
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Jennifer Crane
Crossroads Systems
512.928.6897 or 800.643.7148
Matthew Zintel
Zintel Public Relations
281.444.1590
Mark Hood
Crossroads Systems
512.928.7330
Mary Strauss
Mainline Information Systems
941.349.0394
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