MUNICH, Germany, Nov. 26, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dot Hill Systems Corp., (NYSE:HIL) a leading provider of carrier-class information storage and storage area network (SAN) solutions, will feature its SANnet(r) family of high-reliability storage solutions at the Storage Area Networks 2001 Europe Conference & Exhibition, November 26-29 at the Forum Hotel in Munich. Dot Hill is exhibiting in Booth No. 107.
The four-day, multiple-track SAN 2001 Europe conference program will present the world's leading experts on storage area networks. According to IDC, the SAN market worldwide is expected to grow to $13.8 billion by 2005. SAN 2001 Europe offers an extensive technical program and exhibition that includes a full day of in-depth tutorials and four days of technical papers and panel sessions.
On November 26, Bill Osborn, Dot Hill Technical Manager, will present a tutorial on "Storage Virtualization: Beyond SAN & NAS," delivering Dot Hill's perspective on the potential for reducing IT costs through storage consolidation by leveraging the unique capabilities of the company's new SANnet Axis intelligent storage appliance to create virtual storage pools across the enterprise. Osborn will address critical SAN industry issues and trends, including migrating to storage-centric architectures, carrier-class reliability and software stack consolidation and the role storage virtualization can play in solving the problems faced by virtually every enterprise IT manager.
Dot Hill is a leading independent provider of carrier-class data storage solutions and services. With SANnet solutions that include storage area networks, NEBS Level 3 certified systems for Telco and Internet operations, and world-class service capabilities, Dot Hill is uniquely positioned to address the storage requirements of mission-critical continuous computing environments. Dot Hill's customers include many of the world's leading Internet service providers, common carriers, service and equipment providers, advanced technology and telecommunications companies, and government agencies. Dot Hill is an ISO 9002 certified company, and its Web site is www.dothill.com.
Dot Hill, the Dot Hill logo, SANnet, and SANnet Axis are all trademarks of Dot Hill Systems Corp. All other products and names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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 such forward-looking statements. Such statements include the future availability of any particular Dot Hill product, the actual demonstrations to be made at SAN2001 conference, the actual size of the future SAN market, and the amount of revenue to be recognized by Dot Hill due to its presence at SAN2001 conference. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include: unforeseen technological, intellectual property, supply or engineering issues and changing customer preferences. 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 forms 10K and 10Q 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 events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. Dot Hill is not responsible for, and did not contribute to the research supporting, Frost and Sullivan's predictions regarding the size of the SAN market in the future.