Storage Leader Dot Hill to Exhibit at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2011 Forum

LONGMONT, Colo., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, today announced it will be exhibiting its 3000 Series  MIL SPEC 810G compliant RAID storage solutions in booth 1610 at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2011 conference, Aug. 16-19 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the annual event is the world's largest unmanned systems exhibition, and draws more than 450 exhibitors and 6,500 government and user-organization attendees from around the globe to review, assess and discuss the current state of the unmanned systems market.

From the show floor, (Booth #1610), Dot Hill will exhibit its family of ruggedized, highly available, fault tolerant RAID storage solutions used to capture, manage and disseminate high resolution imagery and datasets for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) platforms.

UAVs, used for reconnaissance purposes and munitions targeting, leverage sophisticated infrared sensor systems to acquire real-time images of targets, as well as the position and speed of moving targets. The data is transmitted from the air vehicle over long distances to ground stations, to support real-time targeting of long-range artillery, intelligent artillery munitions, rockets and missiles.

Built to support mission-critical military and government applications, Dot Hill's Assured storage architecture provides unparalleled modularity, flexibility, maximum uptime and complete redundancy. These characteristics make it possible to deliver the security and performance required for 24-7-365 availability in stringent conditions, during stealth maneuvers and within challenging environments.

"Dot Hill consistently delivers the kind storage systems we need to meet our federal customers' expectations both for performance and ruggedness," notes Steve Travis, vice president of sales, Chassis Plans. Chassis Plans will exhibit its high performance integrated computing systems at booth 1744 at the AUVSI conference.  Chassis Plans has the ability to design and rapidly build prototype products that meet a client's unique environmental requirements in areas such as shock and vibration, storage and operating temperatures and air filtration.  

"Dot Hill's 3000 Series ruggedized storage technology has proven to be a good fit for a number of our partners who serve the UAV and Mobile Deployed Ground Station market," said Inese Lanka, senior director of sales – North America, for the federal sector at Dot Hill Systems. "As a veteran in the storage industry and a trusted partner for government and defense contractors, we are continuing to expand our footprint in the growing UAV and ruggedized storage markets."  Additionally, "Chassis Plans makes an ideal partner for Dot Hill as they have the ability to further build capabilities around our base solutions to meet even more rigorous specifications."  

Dot Hill – A Trusted Partner for Government and Defense Applications

Over the past twenty years, Dot Hill has led the industry in developing high-quality, commercial and military grade storage products supporting the mission-critical applications of government customers worldwide. Dot Hill's dedicated government and defense team holds the industry knowledge to quickly understand the unique and complex needs of government and defense environments. With a rapid product development pace, and a unique architecture, Dot Hill provides unparalleled modularity and flexibility to meet customer needs.

Dot Hill provides iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage solutions featuring NEBS Level 3 and MIL SPEC 810F/G compliance and certifications to meet the most rugged requirements. The company's storage arrays are used extensively for mobile C4ISR centers, ground stations, deployable command centers and video archives where scalability, reliability, and redundancy are essential. Dot Hill storage systems support interchangeable SAS, SATA and solid state drives (SSDs).

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 due to its participation at the AUVSI conference; increased orders due to its presence at the conference; 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 conference; 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.