Compellent Technologies, Inc. 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 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® 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, 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, thin provisioning and storage virtualization, 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 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.