ePlus Announces Suite of Cloud Hosted Services

HERNDON, VA – June 21, 2018 – ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS) today announced the general availability of its Cloud Hosted Services portfolio, including Cloud Managed Backup, Cloud Disaster Recovery, and Cloud Hosted Infrastructure.  ePlus’ innovative offerings have demonstrated success helping customers embrace an ongoing transformation from legacy IT systems to cloud and software-as-a-service models.  Featuring consumption-based pricing options and fully managed services, this customized suite of cloud services is another way that ePlus helps customers leverage cloud services as an extension of their existing IT capabilities.

ePlus Cloud Hosted Services leverage enterprise-class technology from top tier vendors and meet SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance requirements:

• ePlus Cloud Managed Backup provides a fully managed backup solution designed to meet customer-specific backup and retention policies with offsite backup copies stored in the cloud.
• ePlus Cloud Disaster Recovery is a customized disaster recovery approach architected to customer failover requirements to meet Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) featuring orchestrated failover and testing.
• ePlus Cloud Hosted Infrastructure is designed for applications requiring a customized live hosting platform. Tailored to an organization’s application, security, networking, and end-user access requirements, this platform is an optimal solution for the most complex of applications.

“We are passionate about helping guide our customers through their ongoing journey to the cloud,” said Darren Raiguel, COO of ePlus.  “These new offerings enhance our relevance to customers by complementing our existing best-of-breed solution offerings in the data center as well as hybrid and public clouds.  Our expanded portfolio will continue to help our customers address many of today’s most pressing challenges to better meet changing business demands, gain access to transformational technology quickly with limited upfront capital investment, and strengthen protection of critical data.”

“Supplementing our existing hybrid cloud managed services offerings with Cloud Hosted Services is significant, extending our ability to address the expanding multi-cloud footprint of our customers—from the customer data center to a variety of cloud platforms,” said Justin Mescher, vice president of cloud solutions for ePlus.  “These custom hosting solutions are designed to be an extension of the customer’s current capabilities and IT staff, providing the flexibility to scale up or down based on overall business needs.”

For more information about ePlus Cloud Hosted Services, visit https://www.eplus.com/services/cloud-hosted-services.

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 clients across multiple industry verticals through its 24/7/365 Managed Services Centers.  Visit www.eplus.com/ManagedServices for more information. 

About ePlus inc.

ePlus is a leading consultative technology solutions provider that helps customers imagine, implement, and achieve more from their technology.  With the highest certifications from top technology partners and expertise in key technologies from cloud to security and digital infrastructure, ePlus transforms IT from a cost center to a business enabler.  Founded in 1990, ePlus has more than 1,200 associates serving a diverse set of customers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pac.  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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