Dot Hill to Showcase AssuredSAN Storage Array Lineup at Midsize Enterprise Summit West 2011

LONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced it will showcase its lineup of award-winning AssuredSAN™ storage arrays –including its new 3000 Series with market leading performance – at Booth #310 at the Midsize Enterprise Summit West, to be held Sept. 11-14, at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, Calif. Dot Hill is also a key sponsor of the event.

Designed to assist midsize organizations faced with data storage growth and data protection requirements, Dot Hill's AssuredSAN storage solutions support businesses in meeting their IT needs by delivering breakthrough storage performance, efficiency, flexibility and scale. To date, Dot Hill has sold more than 500,000 storage systems worldwide. Supporting both random and sequential workloads, the 2U AssuredSAN 3003 systems deliver blazing performance in video post-production and virtualized environments, and store up to 36TB of data.

"Our affordable, innovative storage arrays offer the performance and reliability required to excel in virtual server and virtual desktop environments, in new media applications such as video on demand and cloud computing, and in traditional applications such as email and databases," said Jim Jonez, senior director of marketing, Dot Hill. "Midsize organizations staying ahead of the curve are utilizing proven products from reputable companies such as Dot Hill to ease the challenges of storage management and ensure business operations are protected and performing at the highest levels."

AssuredSAN storage solutions incorporate a number of eco-friendly features such as Dot Hill's patented EcoStor™ "green" battery-free alternative for cache memory – a technique that outlasts traditional batteries nearly fivefold.  Additionally, they feature drive-spin-down capability and 595-watt 80 PLUS-rated (greater than 80 percent energy efficiency) power supplies for reduced operating costs. Business benefits include lower maintenance and disposal costs, and reduced server and application down time due to scheduled battery replacement and maintenance.

Hosted by Everything Channel Events, the Midsize Enterprise Summit West is designed to help organizations restructure IT re-investment strategies by providing content that solves daily challenges, validates future plans and enables departments to maximize business capacity and competitive advantage – all while maintaining tight control over IT spending. The event's focus embraces midmarket-specific issues, solutions and trends from a horizontal and vertical industry perspective. Everything Channel Events anticipates 250 invitation-only CIO and IT decision makers will attend the September summit.

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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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: any improvement to Dot Hill's financial results or increase in product orders due to its participation and sponsorship of the Midsize Enterprise Summit West 2011; the number of actual attendees at the summit; and the performance or benefits of Dot Hill products in any particular environment.  The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include, among other things: limits on the visibility or influence of the Midsize Enterprise Summit West 2011; that actual attendance falls short of anticipated attendance; 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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SOURCE Dot Hill Systems Corp.