Crossroads Systems sets up shop where business and information intersect. The company provides storage networking equipment and business information assurance (BIA) systems used to manage and protect critical data. Its products include Fibre Channel Storage Bridges and Routers (connectivity and protocol conversion from storage area networks to tape and disk storage interfaces), ReadVerify Appliance (monitoring tape media and the condition of disk drives), and SPHiNX (protecting data by working as a network attached storage device or virtual tape library). Crossroads Systems sells directly to manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard (49% of sales) and EMC, and through distributors. The company was founded in 1996.