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London UK and CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: HILL) a market leader in providing flexible storage offerings and responsive service to OEMs and system integrators, today announced it has extended its European partnership agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions, a leading distributor of enterprise computing products, software and services.
Under the terms of the agreement, Dot Hill's high performance, modular enterprise storage platform based on the company's Rapid Evolution (R/Evolution) architecture will be incorporated into the product portfolio of Avnet Technology Solutions to address the needs of its mid market customers.
Ideal for a broad range of applications, the Dot Hill R/Evolution series features a choice of 4Gb Fibre Channel, 1Gb iSCSI or 3Gb SAS host interfaces and both Serial-ATA (SATA) and Serial attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives with industry-leading uptime. The series offers scalability and flexibility, enabling customers to expand up to 108 high-performance SAS, low cost SATA II drives or any combination of the two for tiered storage implementations.
Dick Borsboom, president of Avnet Technology Solutions, EMEA, commented, "One of the reasons we chose to extend our partnership with Dot Hill was because of its commitment to deploying IT solutions that address environmental concerns in the areas of power consumption and reduction in the use of hazardous waste. "
Dot Hill uses EcoStor, an environmentally friendly, battery free alternative for cache back up in the event of a power failure. If this were to happen, the cache in the storage unit is powered by super capacitors; the cache is then transferred to compact flash ensuring it is saved safely and indefinitely. This is a far more resilient solution than traditional battery based designs. With up to a 10-year life span, EcoStor eliminates the need for battery replacement or charging, and the issues of battery disposal and also the periodic replacement downtime associated with batteries. The array operates in high performance write-back cache mode within minutes of installation versus hours with batteries. Several further environmentally responsible technologies are planned for release through Dot Hill's EcoStor initiative.
"Avnet Technology Solutions are setting the standard for IT solutions delivery across Europe and their product strategy to focus on a few key vendors' results in product knowledge that is second-to-none. We believe that the Dot Hill R/Evolution platform will provide unique competitive advantage through innovative technologies such as EcoStor. Dot Hill is highly selective of its routes to market and I am confident that by working with Avnet we will be able to widen our channel base without any impact on our existing reseller base," said Stefan Kollar, managing director, Dot Hill Systems EMEA.
About Avnet Technology Solutions
Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. As a global technology sales and marketing organization, Avnet Technology Solutions has sales divisions focused on specific customer segments and a select line card strategy enabling an exceptional level of attention to the needs of its customers and suppliers. For fiscal year 2008, the group served customers in more than 30 countries and generated US $7.6 billion in annual revenue. Visit: www.ts.avnet.com/emea/
About Avnet
Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2008, Avnet generated revenue of $17.95 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
About Dot Hill
Delivering innovative technology and global support, Dot Hill empowers the OEM community to bring unique storage solutions to market, quickly, easily and cost-effectively. Offering high performance and industry-leading uptime, Dot Hill's RAID technology is the foundation for best-in-class storage solutions offering enterprise-class security, availability and data protection. The company's products are in use today by the world's leading service and equipment providers, common carriers, advanced technology and telecommunications companies as well as government agencies. Dot Hill solutions are certified to meet rigorous industry standards and military specifications, as well as RoHS and WEEE international environmental standards. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., Dot Hill has offices and/or representatives in China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information, visit us at http://www.dothill.com/.
Press Contact:
Amy Redhead
Strategic PR
Email: amyr@startegicpr.net
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 434 434
Avnet Technology Solutions, EMEA:
Kirsten Klatt
European Marketing & Communications Director
Email: Kirsten.klatt@avnet.com
Tel.: +49 (0) 2153-733 328
Dot Hill Systems
Warren Reid
Director Marketing Communications
Email: warren.reid@dothill.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1844 273515
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