HERNDON, Va., Sept. 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ePlus inc. (Nasdaq:PLUS) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, ePlus Technology inc., has been recognized by HP for the first HP BladeSystem Matrix sale through the reseller channel in the United States. HP presented the Sales Excellence Award to ePlus Technology during VMworld 2009 on September 1, 2009.
Through the HP BladeSystem Matrix, ePlus is able to deliver a converged infrastructure platform to its customers. The benefits of this approach include the ability to simplify the deployment of applications and business services by delivering IT capacity through pools of both physical and virtual resources.
"We're proud to be recognized by HP with this award, which validates our concentration on blades and virtualization in the data center and complements the VMware Americas Solutions Provider of the Year award we received in June at the VMware partner summit," said Eric Lamp, HP national practice manager at ePlus Technology. "Our customer is very pleased with the HP BladeSystem Matrix solution, allowing the organization to deploy customized physical and virtual infrastructure resources in minutes, rather than days. We look forward to the opportunity to assist additional clients to accelerate provisioning, optimize IT capacity across physical and virtual environments, and ensure predictable delivery and service levels with this powerful solution."
"IT sprawl is taking business to the breaking point. Our customers cannot afford this overload. Converged infrastructure can unleash true IT potential without starting over. HP is the only company with the breadth, depth, expertise, and vision to bring it all together with our partners," said Frank Rauch, vice president, Technology Solutions Group channel sales - Americas, HP. "We are pleased to recognize ePlus not only as a strategic partner in delivering HP converged infrastructure solutions, but as the first HP solution provider in the United States to sell our next-generation solution, the BladeSystem Matrix."
As a leading HP business partner and HP PartnerONE Solution Elite partner, ePlus delivers enterprise solutions to corporations, state and local government, education, and healthcare organizations. Its team of engineers holds more than 70 collective HP certifications, consisting of certified blade engineers in all regional offices, HP Master SAN architects, VMware certified engineers, and many other advanced technical resources. ePlus also holds HP PartnerONE Elite status in Virtualization Solutions, Microsoft Unified Communications Solutions, Oracle Solutions, BladeSystem Solutions, HP Services, Enterprise Storage, ProCurve, Datacenter, and Office Printing. For more information about HP solutions from ePlus, visit http://www.eplus.com/hp.
About ePlus inc.
ePlus is a leading provider of technology solutions. ePlus enables organizations to optimize their IT infrastructure and supply chain processes by delivering world-class IT products from top manufacturers, professional services, flexible lease financing, proprietary software, and patented business methods. Founded in 1990, ePlus has more than 625 associates in 20+ locations serving federal, municipal, and commercial customers. The Company is headquartered in Herndon, VA. For more information, visit http://www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122, or email info@eplus.com.
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