ePlus Named NetApp North America Flash Partner of the Year

HERNDON, Va., Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) today announced that it has been named the NetApp North America Flash Partner of the Year for NetApp fiscal year 2026 (FY'26). The award was presented to ePlus for strong growth, disciplined pipeline execution, deep technical expertise, and close alignment with NetApp priorities for flash.

The North America Partner Awards winners have exemplified NetApp's goal of being customer-centric and understanding and selling NetApp solutions across its cloud, flash, and NetApp Keystone^® portfolios.

ePlus works with NetApp to help drive the outcomes critical to modern IT. Flash storage provides faster speeds, higher durability, and lower power consumption compared to traditional spinning disks. For customers modernizing on NetApp all-flash storage, ePlus supports the entire lifecycle, from workload assessment and architecture design through migration, optimization, ongoing managed support, and future technology refreshes.

"Now more than ever, we must empower customers with AI-ready data that is secure by default and built for hybrid environments so they can achieve their business outcomes," said Alvaro Celis, Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial, Partner and Ecosystem Officer at NetApp. "I want to congratulate ePlus on being named our North America Flash Partner of the Year. Their use of the NetApp Platform to help customers simplify data ecosystems and solve complex problems exemplifies what it means to drive innovation in the AI era."

"With data center and storage solutions front and center of every modernization conversation, our work with NetApp has become increasingly relevant and important to helping customers achieve their goals in a rapid, efficient and cost-effective way," said Ken Farber, ePlus president of strategy, software and alliances. "Our services-led model helps customers move beyond the technology itself and focus on the business outcomes they want to achieve. We're grateful to NetApp for this recognition and are committed to continuing to bring modern, performance-based Flash solutions to customers as they navigate a fast-moving AI world with complex infrastructure requirements."

ePlus brings more than 100 NetApp certifications, deep professional services expertise, and more than a decade of experience delivering Keystone. To learn more about the ePlus and NetApp partnership, please visit: https://www.eplus.com/how-we-partner/netapp.

About ePlus inc.

ePlus is a customer-first, services-led, and results-driven industry leader offering solutions and services that lay the technology groundwork to help organizations transform and modernize.  ePlus brings a disciplined approach to delivering impactful business outcomes through expertise, consistent performance and world-class customer experience, as rated by 1,400 customer contacts in a 2026 net promoter score survey. With an expansive portfolio of AI, security, cloud and data center, networking and collaboration solutions – as well as managed, consultative and lifecycle services -- ePlus works with industry-leading technology partners to help customers achieve more. Founded in 1990, ePlus is headquartered in Virginia, with more than 2,130 employees and locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia‐Pacific. For more information, visit www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122, or email [email protected].  Connect with ePlus on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. 

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