Two Compellent customers, the University of North Texas (UNT) and Gaston County, North Carolina, were chosen as finalists for the "Best Practices in Storage" awards, sponsored by Storage Networking World (SNW) in conjunction with Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).

UNT was selected as a finalist for the "Innovation and Promise" category, which recognizes successful "pioneering" of leading storage networking technology. Gaston County was chosen as a finalist for the "Storage Reliability and Data Recovery" category for implementation strategies and programs that ensure highly available information and data access.