Dot Hill Systems to Showcase Storage Solutions at MDB Capital's Bright Lights Conference in New York City on May 10, 2011

LONGMONT, Colo., May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: HILL), a leading provider of unified virtual storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced its selection for the prestigious NYC Bright Lights Conference at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City. Bright Lights is the only conference of its kind with an exclusive focus on publicly traded companies with disruptive and market changing intellectual property (IP). Dot Hill will present on May 10, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Dot Hill was selected from MDB's 2011 group of "Best and Brightest" small-cap companies, a group that is advancing some of today's most innovative and market-leading intellectual property (IP).  It is one of the 40 public companies ranking in the 90th percentile for its respective technology leadership from more than 1,500 small-cap companies with granted U.S. patents, as rated by PatentVest, MDB's proprietary IP business intelligence platform.

Christopher Marlett, CEO at MDB Capital Group, comments, "It's a rare and exciting opportunity to have so many key players that are driving IP asset monetization together under one roof and we look forward to sharing Dot Hill's unified virtual storage and SAN storage solutions with other innovators and investors at the Bright Lights conference."

Bright Lights also features high-profile speakers including the top IP experts in the nation, such as David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), who will be joining as a keynote speaker; in addition to Marshall Phelps, former head of Microsoft IP, and John Cronin, former head of IBM's Patent Factory, and Paul Ryan of Acacia Research.

The second annual Bright Lights Conference will take place on May 10 -11th at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City. To learn more about the event, please visit: http://www.mdb.com.

Investors and other interested parties may access an audio only webcast of the live presentation via the Investor Relations section of the Dot Hill corporate website, which is www.dothill.com or at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/mdb2/hill/. This webcast will be archived for 90 days following the live presentation.

About MDB Capital Group

MDB Capital Group, LLC is an institutional research and investment banking firm focusing exclusively on small and micro-cap companies possessing market changing, disruptive intellectual property.  For more information on MDB Capital Group, visit:  http://www.mdb.com

About PatentVest

PatentVest® is a proprietary intellectual property (IP) business intelligence platform developed by MDB Capital Group. PatentVest quantifies the appropriate valuation of IP and enables the emergence of IP as an investible asset class. For more information on PatentVest please visit: http://www.patentvest.com

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About Dot Hill

Offering enterprise-class security, availability and data protection, Dot Hill provides responsive and adaptive storage solutions to meet 24/7/365 business demands. With Dot Hill, businesses can proactively safeguard and manage business data, and leverage operational efficiencies to save time, effort and expense today, while meeting the evolving business needs of tomorrow, strategically and cost effectively. Headquartered in Longmont, Colo., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States.

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

Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts 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 such forward-looking statements. Such statements include statements regarding prospects for Dot Hill's projected future financial results, the effects of the 2010 Plan, and Dot Hill's anticipated timing for achievement of profitability. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include, among other things: the risk that Dot Hill's next-generation products may not achieve market acceptance; the Company's expense reduction and resource allocation plans may not have the anticipated positive effects on the Company's financial results; the risks associated with macroeconomic factors that are outside of Dot Hill's control; the fact that no Dot Hill customer agreements provide for mandatory minimum purchase requirements; the risk that one or more of Dot Hill's OEM or other customers may cancel or reduce orders, not order as forecasted or terminate their agreements with Dot Hill; the risk that Dot Hill's new products may not prove to be popular; the risk that one or more of Dot Hill's suppliers or subcontractors may fail to perform or may terminate their agreements with Dot Hill; unforeseen technological, intellectual property, personnel or engineering issues; and the additional risks set forth in the Forms 10-K and 10-Q most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

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Hanif Jamal
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