ePlus CTO Participating in 12th Annual Pacific Crest Emerging Technology Summit Panel

HERNDON, VA – February 28, 2017 – ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) today announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Mark Melvin, will be participating in a panel discussion at the Emerging Technology Summit, being held February 28-March 1 in San Francisco, CA.

During the Cloud, Security, and Communications Infrastructure panel entitled, The Resellers: State of the Enterprise, Mr. Melvin will share his views on:

• Vetting emerging vendors
• How Public Cloud will shape the data center in 2017
• Transforming to leverage the emergence of DevOps teams with end customers
• The state of the Software Defined Data Center (“SDDC”)

“I’m pleased with the opportunity to share my insights on cloud and software defined networking (SDN), the emergence of Dev Ops, and how we look at and work with emerging vendors at the summit panel,” said Mr. Melvin.  “These topics are top of mind for so many of our customers and the vendors that we work with today.”

Mr. Melvin is an IT veteran with a career spanning more than 20 years.  He has worked on projects such as the Space Station Freedom, Army RCAS Global Network, and numerous Enterprise LAN, WAN, IP Telephony, wireless, data center, and virtualization designs.  Mr. Melvin has held positions with Boeing, SAIC, Northrop Grumman, and Apptis during his IT career.

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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