HERNDON, VA - November 15, 2012 - ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS:
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news) today announced that its subsidiary, ePlus Technology, inc., is authorized to sell, implement, and support the new FAS3220 and FAS3250 midrange storage systems recently introduced by NetApp. These new platforms deliver significant performance improvements and storage capacity increases, helping organizations to scale flexibly and handle their rapidly-changing business needs as well as simplify and accelerate improvements of their IT infrastructure.
The Flash and cluster-enabled FAS3200 platforms serve as the foundation for an Agile Data Infrastructure. Enhanced features and benefits include:
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Deliver up to 80% higher performance and up to twice the capacity over previous systems
- Reduced complexity across operations, providing the ability to take on new projects regardless of size and turn IT's speed, capacity, and reliability into a competitive advantage
- Nondisruptive operations help eliminate planned and unplanned downtime and improve service levels through transparent technology upgrades and refreshes, all with zero disruption to users
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Ability to be tailored to virtualized, cloud, or traditional environments, requiring only a few terabytes of storage to over 2PB
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Support for Clustered Data ONTAP, enabling organizations to deploy an infrastructure that scales seamlessly from two to 24 storage nodes without ever having to bring the system down
"NetApp is committed to providing organizations with the performance and scalability required to meet their current requirements and future growth objectives," said Julie Parrish, senior vice president of Global Partner Sales, NetApp. "We're pleased to team with ePlus Technology as a trusted advisor to assist customers in simplifying and accelerating their agile data infrastructure deployments built on our new FAS3200 series products."
"As a NetApp Star Partner and FlexPod Premium Partner, ePlus has demonstrated experience enabling customers to lower cost and complexity, improve storage utilization, and quickly respond to changes in their business environment," said John Reckner, national practice manager, ePlus Technology. "We look forward to continuing to help customers boost IT efficiency and flexibility by leveraging innovative storage and data management solutions from NetApp, including the FAS3200 platforms."
ePlus is a NetApp Star Partner, FlexPod Premium Partner, and NetApp Authorized Professional Service Partner. Through its team of NetApp Certified Storage Engineers, NetApp Certified SAN Architects, and NetApp Certified Sales Executives, ePlus offers storage assessment, design, and implementation services. For more information about NetApp solutions from ePlus,
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About ePlus inc.
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 825 associates serving federal, state, municipal, and commercial customers nationally. The Company is headquartered in Herndon, VA. For more information, visit
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