Dot Hill's Brad Painter Recognized as One of CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs

LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a leading provider of SAN storage solutions, today announced that Brad Painter, the company's vice president of channel sales, has been named one of CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs.  This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization and helping to prove the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry.

Under Painter's leadership in 2011, Dot Hill strengthened its commitment to key channel partners by enhancing the Dot Hill Connections Partner Program through added field resources, value-add programs and solutions-based sales tools for its most loyal partners. Painter also marshaled additional partner resources to make it easier for all partners to do business with Dot Hill, such as amplified professional service offerings, demand-generation toolkits, marketing support, increased margin incentives, streamlined channel pricing, and improved access to technical support and services.

For the ninth consecutive year, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT Channel Sales.

"The Dot Hill Connections Partner Program offers attractive margins and deal registrations to all storage partners, but in 2011 we developed a strategy to work more closely with key partners to drive incremental and profitable sales growth," said Painter. "The 2012 Channel Chief designation signals that we are on the right track with this strategy. Our channel sales initiatives continue to gain momentum as we focus on building strong, mutually beneficial partnerships."

"The 2012 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace," said Kelley Damore, vice president, editorial director, UBM Channel. "Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution offerings. These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this year's Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the channel partner community."  Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2012 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.

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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 software with the industry's most flexible and extensive hardware platform and automated management to deliver best-in-class solutions. Headquartered in Longmont, Colo., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in China, Germany, India, 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, timing and any increase in 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 Brad Painter; the effectiveness of the program; the continued availability of any particular channel program feature. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: that either Dot Hill or Brad Painter may terminate their employment relationship at any time; Dot Hill's right to discontinue or modify its channel program 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.  Dot Hill is not responsible, nor does it have any control over, statements or predictions made by CRN.

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Lutz PR
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SOURCE Dot Hill Systems Corp.