Crossroads to Showcase the StrongBox Data Protection Solution at GEOINT Symposium
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Crossroads to Showcase the StrongBox Data Protection Solution at GEOINT Symposium

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwired) -- Apr 08, 2014 -- Crossroads Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS), a global provider of data protection solutions, today announced it will highlight its newest release of the StrongBox® solution during the GEOINT Symposium in booth 3061 April 15-17 at the Tampa Convention Center.

As a member of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), the only organization dedicated to promoting geospatial intelligence innovation, Crossroads will display StrongBox as a part of the USGIF new member showcase.

StrongBox provides a unique, cost-effective combination of data protection and long-term data storage capabilities for fixed content and unstructured data, such as video. With its current release, StrongBox offers new enhancements for self-healing functionality to ensure that data is accessible, resilient and available today, tomorrow and 50 years from now. Additionally, a new unlimited vaulting capability allows organizations to create infinite copies of information for data protection as well as create portable copies for disaster recovery and data migration.

With unmatched cost savings, StrongBox meets stringent budget requirements so that government organizations can meet mission objectives. StrongBox starts at $21,950 and is offered in flexible configurations, including a complete solution (StrongBox appliance with an LTO 6 library and drives) for one petabyte starting at $125,000. Several unlimited capacity options are also available.

"We are pleased to participate in this year's GEOINT Symposium, as it's the perfect venue for showcasing StrongBox's ability to assist geographic information systems (GIS) and the geospatial intelligence communities by offering scalable data storage that is always online and available," said David Cerf, executive vice president of strategy and business development at Crossroads Systems. "Through the innovative use of storage technologies, StrongBox helps the nation's security leaders cost-effectively meet mission requirements in the field as well as in the data center."

For more information on the GEOINT Symposium, visit www.geoint2013.com.

About Crossroads StrongBox®
Crossroads StrongBox is a network attached storage (NAS) appliance that is purpose-built to lower the cost of long-term storage and protection for unstructured, fixed content such as video. By pairing a flexible, policy-driven disk cache with Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology, StrongBox allows organizations to gain unmatched control of storage costs without sacrificing availability of stored content. It provides the data protection and reliability that is needed in firms where digital content is the key ingredient in their business. Visit www.crossroads.com/strongbox.

About Crossroads Systems
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 has been awarded more than 100 patents and has been honored with numerous industry awards for data archiving, storage and protection. Visit www.crossroads.com.

Important Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that relate to the business and expected 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, changes in the fair value of its derivative instruments and its ability to achieve or maintain profitability. The future performance of Crossroads Systems may be adversely affected by the following risks and uncertainties: uncertainties relating to product development and commercialization, uncertain market acceptance of Crossroads Systems products, including StrongBox, intense competition in the data protection and storage markets, variations in quarterly results and a consequence of unpredictable sales cycles and other factors, the ability to obtain, maintain or protect patent and other proprietary intellectual property rights, technological change in the industry, future capital requirements, regulatory actions or delays and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described or anticipated by these forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of these factors and risks, investors should review Crossroads Systems' reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC's website or by clicking "SEC Filings" on the company's Investor Relations website at http://investors.crossroads.com. Forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made. Crossroads Systems undertakes no duty to update this information to reflect future events, information or circumstances.

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