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Egenera announced the signing of its latest value added reseller, Dasher Technologies, a leading information technology solution provider. Dasher, named HP's Enterprise Server Storage and Networking Partner of the Year in 2011, is the largest high performance computing and open source/Linux HP reseller in the US.

Dasher is also hosting its 7th Annual User Technology Forum for IT individuals seeking to be educated on innovative solutions and to engage with top-of-the-line manufacturers. The event will be held on March 1st in the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA, and will include presentations, debates, open forums and live demos. The event is the first opportunity to showcase the new partnership and attendees will learn about the proven benefits for their customers.

Egenera's PAN Manager is the industry's only open converged infrastructure system, with the ability to work with any hypervisor, network, storage or blades from HP, Fujitsu, NEC and Dell. Egenera's solution provides customers with rapid server deployment and provisioning, high availability with physical or virtual servers, robust disaster recovery automation and multi-tenant support.

"There is an increased demand from our customer base for a converged infrastructure solution that is easy to install and uses a single interface," said Al Chien, VP Sales & Marketing, Dasher Technologies. "Through our partnership with Egenera, our customers can be confident knowing they maintain a performance profile that greatly exceeds industry standards."

"We are thrilled to welcome Dasher as a global partner and are looking forward to starting a long-term partner relationship," said Chris Cleary, VP Channels, Egenera. "The partnership will allow Dasher to deliver end-to-end management and recovery solutions to their customers while providing opportunities for further growth within their business and ours."