Compellent Joins the Green Grid to Promote Energy-Efficient Data Centers.Compellent Chosen to Showcase Storage Solutions in Oracle's Eco-Friendly Zone at Oracle OpenWorld Oracle OpenWorld is an annual Oracle event for business decision-makers, IT management, and line of business end users. It is held in major cities around the world. The 2007 event was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2007 EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn. -- Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca For other uses of "ARCA", see ARCA. NYSE Arca, previously known as ArcaEx, an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange, is an entirely online securities exchange on which both stocks and options are traded. : CML 1. CML - A query language. ["Towards a Knowledge Description Language", A. Borgida et al, in On Knowledge Base Management Systems, J. Mylopoulos et al eds, Springer 1986]. 2. CML - Concurrent ML. ) today announced it has become a member of The Green Grid. The Green Grid is a global consortium of technology leaders dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and computing computing - computer eco-systems. In addition, Compellent has been chosen to showcase its storage technology as part of the Eco-Friendly Zone in the Inside Innovation Pavilion at Oracle[R] OpenWorld 2007 taking place Nov. 11 - 15. "We are thrilled that Compellent's technology will be featured in the Eco-Friendly Zone at Oracle OpenWorld. In combination with our membership with The Green Grid, it shows Compellent's true focus on increasing energy efficiency in data centers," said Larry Aszmann, chief technology officer and co-founder of Compellent. "As a member of The Green Grid, Compellent will continue to contribute as an active participant creating and offering energy-efficient, virtual data center technology." Oracle OpenWorld attendees can see how Compellent storage technologies enable the "green" data center and meet with product specialists at Compellent's Eco-Friendly Zone booth (display no. 3) in the Moscone North-Upper Lobby Exhibition Hall at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Nov. 11 - 15, 2007. Compellent is also demonstrating its storage area network (SAN) validated with Oracle Unbreakable Linux at booth no. 1930 in the Partner Solutions pavilion in the Moscone South Exhibition Hall. Compellent's SAN can help companies enhance the efficiency of data storage and overcome the challenges created by unrestrained data center growth. By combining technologies such as automated tiered storage Automated Tiered Storage is a product from Compellent. It stores information in a database in such way, that information searched for more often is moved to a different tier, producing faster search results. , thin provisioning Thin provisioning[1] is a mechanism that applies to large-scale centralized computer disk storage systems, SANs, and storage virtualization systems. Thin provisioning allows space to be easily allocated to servers, on a just-enough and just-in-time basis. and storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. , Compellent helps enterprises better utilize capacity and decrease storage costs, and consequently minimize the costs of powering, cooling and housing equipment. As a result, companies can drastically reduce total data center costs while also slashing slash·ing adj. 1. Bitingly critical or satiric: slashing wit. 2. Dashing; pelting: a slashing hailstorm. 3. the environmental impact of running their data centers. Compellent is also a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork. For additional details about Compellent's support for Oracle, go to http://www.compellent.com/alliances/oracle.aspx. For more information about Compellent's industry partnerships and certifications, visit www.compellent.com/alliances. About Compellent Headquartered in Minnesota's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. (LEED)-certified building, Compellent is a leading provider of enterprise-class network storage solutions that are highly scalable, feature-rich and designed to be easy to use and cost effective. Compellent Technologies' principal offices are located in Eden Prairie, Minn. For more information, please visit: http://www.compellent.com. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve many risks and uncertainties. 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In evaluating these statements, you should specifically consider the risks described in Compellent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including risks associated with our expectations regarding our revenue, gross margin and expenses; our ability to compete in our industry; our ability to maintain and grow our channel partner relationships; our growth strategy and growth rate; and our ability to protect our intellectual property rights. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. |
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