Dot Hill's David Zimmer Recognized as a Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN for Second Consecutive Year

LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced that David Zimmer, vice president of worldwide channel sales and marketing, has been named a Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers. They consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies.

Under Zimmer's leadership in 2010, Dot Hill grew channel revenue 54 percent year over year, expanded distribution coverage into France, Germany and Italy and launched the Dot Hill AssuredUVS line of unified virtual storage appliances. With the ability to reduce storage complexity, improve efficiencies and support cloud infrastructures, Dot Hill's AssuredUVS appliances offer resellers the ability to expand professional service offerings and bring the numerous benefits of storage virtualization to SMB and SME markets.

This year's Channel Chiefs were chosen by Everything Channel editorial based on various criteria including: policy and program innovations made during the past year, the amount of revenue their company generates through partners, their willingness to speak out publicly on behalf of the channel, and the number of years they have dedicated to channel activities.

"Our portfolio of Dot Hill Assured channel products and partner programs continued to expand in 2010 with the addition of our new AssuredUVS solutions," said David Zimmer, vice president of worldwide channel sales and marketing. "We take this year's Channel Chief designation as a strong indicator that Dot Hill is making the right moves with our channel partners, including the addition of dedicated appliances that consolidate and virtualize storage across mixed server and storage environments. By working closely with our resellers, Dot Hill is empowering organizations with the ability to transform their storage environments into strategic assets."

"Being named a Channel Chief is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry.  This year's Channel Chiefs offer tremendous insight into the who's who of the Channel," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.  "Top channel executives consistently ensure that the Channel's voice is heard when strategic decisions are being made and continually nurture mutually profitable relationships.  We applaud this year's Channel Chiefs for their successful partner programs and strategies."

For additional information on the CRN Channel Chief list, visit www.crn.com. The Channel Chief list was published in the February 21, 2011 issue.

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

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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: the size and timing of orders received by Dot Hill through channel partners; the continued growth of channel sales for Dot Hill; any improvement in Dot Hill's financial results due to its channel program or the employment of Dave Zimmer; the effectiveness of the program; the performance of the AssuredUVS line in any particular environment, and; the continued availability of the AssuredUVS line, through the channel or otherwise.  The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: Dot Hill's continued employment of Dave Zimmer, which may be terminated by either Zimmer or Dot Hill at any time; changing preferences of channel partners, customers, and the data storage market in general; 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.

SOURCE Dot Hill Systems Corp.