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Dot Hill Systems announced it is a key sponsor of Campus Technology 2011, the industry's 18th annual education technology conference taking place July 25-28 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. During the event, Dot Hill will exhibit its family of affordable storage systems designed to enable campus IT departments to easily manage key educational applications such as distance learning, video production, research and administrative support. In use today by institutions of higher education such as The Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Colorado, and the University of Pennsylvania, Dot Hill's AssuredSAN 2002 and 3000 Series RAID systems provide campus faculty with scalable data storage that delivers both value and performance. Dot Hill storage is VMware- and Microsoft-certified, and supports all major operation systems. "We're proud to offer higher education and research institutions our certified, proven storage solutions at competitive prices, enabling this extremely important sector access to the industry's strongest storage product lines," said Jim Jonez, senior director of marketing, Dot Hill. "Dot Hill has made high-performance storage solutions–which previously were beyond reach for many higher education institutions – both affordable and attainable. Today education IT managers can leverage the benefits of Dot Hill's eco-friendly features and virtualization capabilities delivered through our best-in-class RAID storage solutions." Dot Hill AssuredUVS Appliances combine hardware and software into a complete solution that allows customers to unify and virtualize SAN and NAS, legacy and new storage equipment – enabling educational institutions to improve efficiencies while also extending the life of prior technology investments. All Dot Hill offerings are available on a GSA schedule – which translates to both the California CMAS and Ohio State purchasing vehicles – and can be configured to suit a variety of campus or department needs.