Dot Hill Garners Storage Virtualization Kudos, Earns Spot on Everything Channel's CRN Virtualization 100 List

LONGMONT, Colo., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced it has been named to Everything Channel's CRN Virtualization 100 list. The CRN Virtualization 100 list identifies the vendors of virtualization solutions that are most compelling and best meet the growing needs of the channel.

The list, compiled by CRN's editorial staff, serves as a prime resource from which VARs can begin to evaluate the best virtualization products for their business. Vendors featured on the CRN Virtualization 100 were selected based on their ability to help VARs transform themselves into true service providers and help organizations and enterprises take advantage of the ease, flexibility, scalability, elasticity and cost savings that virtualization offers.

Dot Hill was named to the Virtualization 100 for its revolutionary portfolio of Unified Virtual Storage ("UVS") solutions. Dot Hill AssuredUVS™ solutions are designed to address a number of key challenges faced by organizations at all levels – from the data center to the CEO suite – by reducing storage costs, optimizing existing storage assets and streamlining management data growth. AssuredUVS brings the benefits of storage virtualization to the SMB and SME markets by combining the requisite software, servers and storage into a versatile appliance that consolidates an organization's multi-vendor storage assets.  It complements the server virtualization movement by paving the way for easier data migration and provisioning – creating a flexible, scalable system for managing diverse brands of storage, while serving as a platform for leveraging utility and cloud storage resources.

According to the CRN Fast Growth Study, virtualization is the number one technology that VARs will invest in over the next year.

"From server to storage to desktop, virtualization will become a mainstay for businesses large and small and one of the more profitable technologies for VARs to integrate and sell," said Kelley Damore, vice president, editorial director, Everything Channel. "The Virtualization 100 list showcases the best virtualization technology solutions to help VARs navigate the virtualization landscape and determine which vendor is best suited to meet their unique needs."

"The benefits of Unified Virtual Storage – which include reduced labor and infrastructure costs and increased productivity – can be substantial, and our AssuredUVS appliances, available through our Dot Hill Connections channel partners, deliver visible value today with built-in flexibility and the ability to accommodate growth for tomorrow," said David Zimmer, vice president of worldwide channel sales and marketing. "Being named to Everything Channel's CRN Virtualization 100 list is certainly an honor, and we're proud to work with our channel partners to deliver smart, simple solutions that impact the bottom line."

The Virtualization 100 list will be featured in the May 23rd issue of CRN magazine and online at www.crn.com.

About Everything Channel

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About Dot Hill

Leveraging its proprietary Assured family of storage solutions, Dot Hill solves many of today's most challenging storage problems – helping IT to improve performance, increase availability, simplify operations, and reduce costs. Dot Hill's solutions combine breakthrough virtualization software with the industry's most flexible and extensive hardware platform and automated management to deliver best-in-class unified virtual storage and SAN solutions. Headquartered in Longmont, Colo., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

For more information, visit us at www.dothill.com.

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Certain statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical fact are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the statements. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding: any improvement in Dot Hill's financial results due to its being named to the CRN Virtualization 100 List; the size and growth of the market for virtualization products; and the benefits or performance of any Dot Hill product in any particular environment. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: potentially limited visibility of CRN's Virtualization 100 List; changing customer and partner preferences in the open systems computing market; and unforeseen supply, technological, intellectual property or engineering issues. However, there are many other risks not listed here that may affect the future business of Dot Hill, as well as the forward-looking statements contained herein. To learn about such risks and uncertainties, you should read the risk factors set forth in the company's public filings with the SEC, including the Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q most recently filed by Dot Hill. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Dot Hill undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect any change in circumstances or events.  Also, CRN and Dot Hill are independent entities, and Dot Hill has no control over, and takes no responsibility or liability with respect to, predictions or statements made by CRN regarding the virtualization market or virtualization products.  

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