Growing Global Leader in Enterprise Storage

At Compellent, we've created a revolutionary enterprise storage solution that automates the movement and management of data, enabling organizations to constantly adapt to change and growth. We call it Fluid Data, and it's the future of data storage.

Only a Fluid Data architecture can actively, intelligently manage your data at a more granular level to cut cost, time, and risk for your business.

About Compellent

• Compellent is a publically traded, NYSE-listed (CML) company with no debt
• Compellent has more than 3,000 systems installed in 35 countries in every type of industry
• Compellent pioneered and patented automated tiered storage and has the only solution that dynamically migrates data at the block level to the optimal storage tier based on frequency of access
• Compellent has won the InfoWorld "Technology of the Year" award 3 consecutive times
• An independent survey of storage professionals found 100% of Compellent customers would purchase Compellent again
• We sell our enterprise storage solutions through a 100% all channel model
• Compellent delivers a fully virtualized foundation for your entire IT stack with key technology partnerships in place for your entire infrastructure
• Compellent delivers the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry – slashing the time and cost of storage up to 80%
• Compellent Acquired by Dell - Dec. 13, 2010
  • ROUND ROCK, Texas, EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Dec. 13, 2010 – Dell (NASDAQ: Dell) and Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Compellent, a rapidly growing provider of highly-virtualized storage solutions with automated data management features, including tiering and thin provisioning, for enterprise and cloud-computing environments. The acquisition is the latest strategic investment by Dell as it expands its portfolio of enterprise-class storage solutions and is consistent with Dell's strategy to help customers better manage data growth, reduce storage costs and dramatically simplify the management of IT infrastructure.

    The acquisition of Compellent will deliver on Dell's commitment to provide its customers solutions that are open, capable and affordable. Dell delivers an open and integrated approach to data management that drives efficiency and dramatically reduces costs by streamlining operations.