HERNDON, VA - March 7, 2013 - ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS - news) today announced that its subsidiary, ePlus Technology, inc., has been named the recipient of a VMware Partner Network Award in the Public Sector category.  The award was presented at VMware Partner Exchange 2013, VMware's annual partner event, on February 26 in Las Vegas.

 

"We are pleased to recognize the outstanding achievements made in 2012 by members of the VMware partner ecosystem, particularly those partners serving our global customers," said Colleen Kapase, senior director, Partner Readiness, VMware.  "VMware Partner Exchange is dedicated to educating and equipping our partner ecosystem with the resources and insights they need to help deliver first class solutions for the software-defined data center in the coming year.  We congratulate ePlus on winning a VMware Partner Network Award, and we look forward to our mutual success in 2013."

 

"We're honored to be named VMware's Public Sector Partner of the Year," said Darren Raiguel, senior vice president of sales for SLED at ePlus Technology.  "This award demonstrates our success in helping public sector organizations deploy VMware solutions, including end user computing; server, network, and desktop virtualization; management tools for private/public cloud delivery; and backup and recovery of virtual machine environments.  We look forward to continuing to empower SLED organizations to solve today's IT challenges and get more done with limited resources so they can maintain focus on their core mission."

 

ePlus is a VMware Premier Solution Provider Partner, focusing on private cloud enablement and end-user computing solutions.  Its national team of certified professionals provides pre-sales, sales, and delivery capabilities.  ePlus holds VMware competencies in Infrastructure Virtualization, Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery, and Desktop Virtualization (VIEW).  For more information about VMware solutions from ePlus, visit www.ePlus.com/partners/Pages/vmware.aspx.   

 

 

VMware Partner Exchange 2013 is the leading global event for virtualization and cloud partners, bringing thousands of members from the VMware partner ecosystem together to discuss the future of the industry.  With more than 200 sessions, including boot camps, breakouts, and workshops, as well as an extensive exhibitor pavilion, partners gain valuable insight on how to leverage new technologies to deliver the software-defined data center to customers.  To learn more about VMware Partner Exchange, visit www.vmwarepartnerexchange.com.

 

 

ePlus is a leading integrator of technology solutions. ePlus enables organizations to optimize their IT infrastructure and supply chain processes by delivering world-class IT products from top manufacturers, managed and professional services, flexible lease financing, proprietary software, and patented business methods and systems.  Founded in 1990, ePlus has more than 850 associates serving federal, state, municipal, and commercial customers nationally.  The Company is headquartered in Herndon, VA.  For more information, visit www.ePlus.com, call 888-482-1122, or email info@ePlus.com. Connect with ePlus on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ePlusinc and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ePlusinc.

 

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Statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements." Actual and anticipated future results may vary materially due to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, possible adverse effects resulting from the recent uncertainty in the economic environment and general slowdown of the U.S. economy such as our current and potential customers delaying or reducing technology purchases, increasing credit risk associated with our customers and vendors, reduction of vendor incentive programs, and restrictions on our access to capital necessary to fund our operations; our ability to consummate and integrate acquisitions; the possibility of goodwill impairment charges in the future; our ability to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; significant adverse changes in, reductions in, or losses of relationships with major customers or vendors; the demand for and acceptance of, our products and services; our ability to adapt our services to meet changes in market developments; our ability to reserve adequately for credit losses; our ability to protect our intellectual property; the impact of competition in our markets; the possibility of defects in our products or catalog content data; our ability to adapt to changes in the IT industry and/or rapid change in product standards; our ability to realize our investment in leased equipment; our ability to hire and retain sufficient qualified personnel; and other risks or uncertainties detailed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  All information set forth in this press release is current as of the date of this release and ePlus undertakes no duty or obligation to update this information.