ePlus Extends Partnership with LiveAction to Elevate Its Managed Services Portfolio

HERNDON, VA – March 22, 2017 – ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) today announced that it has expanded its partnership with LiveAction, a global leader in IT network management, visualization and analytics.  The collaboration integrates the power of LiveAction’s insight, assurance, and control of infrastructure and applications across ePlus’ Managed Services portfolio.

By leveraging LiveAction’s platform, LiveNX, in its existing Managed Services toolset, ePlus brings a heightened level of network visibility and troubleshooting to customers that will result in a better end-user application experience, increased uptime, and enhanced support.  The ePlus/LiveAction partnership allows organizations to:

• Rapidly identify and diagnose infrastructure performance issues through real-time visual traffic analysis
• Resolve network performance issues faster to minimize downtime and user impact
• Simplify WAN operations with integrated visibility, intelligence, and analytics

“We are pleased to extend our partnership with LiveAction.  Integrating LiveNX into our network management process optimizes troubleshooting and its enhanced analytics give depth to ePlus Software Defined Network (SDN) solutions, such as Intelligent Branch,” stated Wayne St.Jacques, vice president of managed and executive services at ePlus.  “We continuously align our capabilities with the best in the business, evaluating solutions with innovation and customer satisfaction top of mind.”

“LiveAction’s partnership with ePlus brings the powerful capabilities of LiveNX for network performance analytics and visualization to the demanding needs of customers in the ePlus Managed Service portfolio,” said Walter Scott, CEO, LiveAction.

About ePlus Managed Services

ePlus Managed Services help enterprises cost-effectively monitor, control, and proactively manage their IT infrastructure, and off-load a significant burden of day-to-day IT tasks to optimize internal IT operations and mitigate risk.  ePlus has delivered Managed Services for more than 10 years to a wide range of customers across multiple industry verticals through its 24/7/365 Managed Services Centers.  Visit www.eplus.com/managed-services for more information.

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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