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www.compellent.com - Compellent Technologies Liem Nguyen, 952-294-2851 liem.nguyen@compellent.com or Matter Communications Patty Barry, 978-499-9250, x231 patty@matternow.com Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) today announced that Duston Williams has been appointed to its board of directors. Mr. Williams will serve as an independent director on the audit committee.

Mr. Williams brings 28 years of senior financial management experience in the data networking and storage industry to his position on Compellent's board. Currently he is chief financial officer at Infinera, a leading provider of digital optical networking systems for telecommunications carriers worldwide. Prior to that, he served as CFO for more than a decade at a number of other publicly traded and privately held companies, including storage industry leaders Maxtor Corporation

and Western Digital Corporation.

"Compellent is a next-generation enterprise storage vendor with extraordinary revenue growth," said Williams. "It's an exciting and important time to be part of an innovative company making this kind of impact on the market; I'm looking forward to joining the team."

"Duston's business and strategic management experience and his 'storage DNA' are a great fit with our company," said Phil Soran, CEO and president of Compellent. "His counsel and input will strengthen the board and help guide our company as we move into our next phase of growth."

About Compellent

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: www.compellent.com.

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