ePlus Named Opengear’s Partner of the Year in North America

HERNDON, VA – March 7, 2017 – ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) today announced that it has been selected as Partner of the Year in North America by Opengear, a leading provider of critical infrastructure management solutions.  

This designation reflects ePlus’ achievement in 2016 as Opengear’s top partner by revenue, tallying the highest overall Opengear sales growth rate for the year.  ePlus has proven especially successful implementing out-of-band infrastructure management solutions into large enterprise environments.

“ePlus is an excellent technology partner for Opengear, and they are committed to providing the best solutions to their customers,” said Todd Rychecky, VP of sales at Opengear.  “Over the last year, the ePlus team has worked closely with us to ensure that the resilience of their customers’ networks is protected by the best in out-of-band management.  We look forward to growing Opengear’s technology partnership with ePlus in the future.”

“We are proud to be designated as Opengear’s Partner of the Year,” said Mark Melvin, CTO of ePlus.  “Opengear continues to pave the way in intelligent out-of-band management solutions, and provides technology that directly fits our customers’ need for automated network resilience.  We look forward to continuing to provide our clients a variety of remote access management solutions, with a number of connectivity options from cellular to Ethernet, as well as port options for data centers of all sizes.”

About ePlus inc.

ePlus is an engineering-centric technology solutions provider that helps organizations imagine, implement, and achieve more from their technology.  With the highest certifications from top technology partners and expertise in key technologies from data center to security, cloud, and collaboration, ePlus transforms IT from a cost center to a business enabler.  Founded in 1990, ePlus has more than 1,000 associates serving a diverse set of customers nationally, and in Europe.  The Company is headquartered at 13595 Dulles Technology Drive, Herndon, VA, 20171.  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/ePlus.   ePlus. Where Technology Means More^®.

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