Dasher Technologies Hosts HP CEO Mark Hurd to Address Business Leaders at CIO Roundtable Event - Leading CIOs Gather to Hear Industry Strategy from Hurd

Half Moon Bay, CA, August 25, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Dasher Technologies Inc., one of only 45 HP Platinum Partners in the United States, today announced it hosted a CIO Roundtable Event at the Ritz Carlton resort in Half Moon Bay, California, with Mark Hurd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HP, and Adrian Jones, Vice President and General Manager of the Americas Solution Partners Organization at HP. The Roundtable was an opportunity for senior executives from Dasher Technologies and HP to meet with business leaders to discuss ways to drive business and create opportunities for business growth. Multiple C-level executives of regional public sector, healthcare and mid-market organizations attended. Attendees provided positive feedback about the event and said they enjoyed a unique opportunity to interface with a driving force in the IT industry.

“Dasher Technologies is honored and thrilled to have the opportunity to host Mark Hurd at this event, allowing him to provide his perspective on the economy, the direction HP is headed with its own IT, and to get direct feedback from HP customers and prospects,” said Laurie Dasher, President and CEO of Dasher Technologies. “Our attendees provided us with overwhelmingly positive response to the event and the opportunity to have direct interaction with Mr. Hurd. As the President and CEO of the largest IT company in the world, Mr. Hurd was gracious with his time, insight and opinions. We are very happy to be able to bring this experience to our clients, especially in this challenging economy when we’re all looking for support and additional ways to drive business.”

Serving as a forum to discuss strategies for addressing current challenges and other IT trends, discussion topics included HP’s overall strategy, data center transformation, IT consolidation, cloud computing and innovation – all relevant issues for today’s C-level decision makers.

“Through our Executive Connections program, HP executives are actively engaging with our channel partners to discuss how we can drive mutual profitable growth with the broad portfolio of HP products and services,” said Jones. “The result is better solutions for customers and better alignment with partners like Dasher Technologies that enable us to really deliver on our promise of better business outcomes.”

About Dasher Technologies
Dasher has been a trusted HP Platinum Partner for over 20 years with offices in California, Alabama, Oregon, and Florida.

#1 Provider of ProLiants (x86) in Northern California
#1 Regional Partner in HP BladeSystem sales
#3 Provider of HP Blades in the US
#1 Provider of High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions in the US
#1 Provider of Open Source & Linux solutions in the US

Dasher Technologies is one of only 45 HP Elite Partners in the U.S. with specializations and certifications in BladeSystem, Blade PC and Workstations, Business Critical Systems, Datacenter Solutions, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Higher Education, Office Printing, Open Source Solutions, Public Sector, ProCurve Networking, Thin Clients, and Virtualization Solutions. Dasher is also an HP Authorized Service Provider (ASP) providing repair and support services to customers across the U.S.

Dasher Technologies holds key partner alliances with HP, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Red Hat, VMware, Citrix, Novell and more. Dasher offers the sales and technical resources to help customers gain control of their technology acquisition cycle cost effectively.

For more information, visit www.DasherTechnologies.com.

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