Dot Hill Authorized Partner Program Recognized for Excellence by Leading Channel Authority

Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), a provider of world-class storage solutions and software for OEMs, open storage partners and system integrators, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America's top information technology (IT) vendors for its Authorized Partner Program. Additionally, the Dot Hill Authorized Partner Program was recognized with a Five-Star rating, representative of an exceptional channel support program.

The Dot Hill Authorized Partner Program was awarded a Five-Star recognition in the Midsize category in Everything Channel's 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG), acknowledging its commitment and strength of its programs for storage reseller partners, which include IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants. The Five-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors that give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. The Five-Star rating is bestowed on programs whose overall rating is among the elite based on company size.

The Dot Hill Authorized Partner Program, which offers Authorized, Silver and Gold membership tiers based on revenues and certification, provides qualified VARs and solution providers with access to dedicated Dot Hill channel specialists who are committed to helping storage channel partners grow their business, as well as a secure and dedicated partner portal for access to Dot Hill channel program tools. The Dot Hill AssuredSAN(TM) family of disk-to-disk data protection products, designed specifically for channel partners, combines Dot Hill's robust storage capability with enhanced data protection software features that address many of today's disaster recovery, business continuance and regulatory compliance needs. AssuredSAN solutions are available with the company's suite of disaster recovery applications, creating self contained backup and recovery appliances for today's mission-critical applications that are fully independent of application or server operating system environments.

Research for the 2010 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and the Five-Star Partner Program rating was conducted by Everything Channel's research department. Everything Channel analyzed 130 vendor programs rating vendors' responses to in-depth questions about their partner programs in the five elements of sales support, partner profitability, partner ecosystem development/management, partner communication/marketing, and demand generation. To ensure fair comparisons, companies were placed in one of four categories based on company size (Enterprise, Midsize, Small and Emerging). Questions from each section were scored individually and weighted appropriately.

"We are pleased to deliver to the Channel an exclusive list of the leading vendor channel programs with details about key technologies, program opportunities, and information on the hottest new program offerings," said Kelley Damore, vice president, editorial director, Everything Channel. "The quality of a technology vendor's partner program determines how profitable its partners will be. For their commitment to their business partners and their efforts to build quality programs, we congratulate those recognized as this year's Five-Star Partner Program winners for helping to drive greater revenue in the channel."

"We have placed a major emphasis the past year on the development of our AssuredSAN(TM) brand of storage solutions and the Dot Hill Authorized Partner Program," said David Zimmer, vice president of worldwide channel sales and marketing, Dot Hill Systems. "It is gratifying to see Everything Channel and CRN, such strong voices in the reseller community, validate our efforts."