Compellent Issues Statement

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) released the following statements today regarding EMCs announcement of its refresh of the Clariion CX data storage arrays.

Phil Soran, president and CEO of Compellent, said:

"It’s good for the market that large competitors are finally reacting to customers’ storage needs. As a more agile company, Compellent was able to bring features like thin provisioning to customers in 2004; our innovation and flexibility has been the engine of our success, bringing us years of double-digit growth. We see this product news as affirmation of our vision of the future of storage architecture – and we will continue to lead the way in making storage easier, less costly and more power efficient."

Compellent Technologies Inc.