D&H Distributing To Host Mid-Atlantic Fall 2014 Tech Show

A Central Server Demo Zone, a New Lenovo Server Line and a Sennheiser Demo Room Highlight D&H’s Final Live Trade Event of 2014

D&H Distributing, the leading North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, will conduct its Mid-Atlantic Fall 2014 Technology Show on November 5, 2014 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, PA. The show will feature exhibits, demo zones and cutting-edge technology from more than 100 vendors, offering seven seminar sessions. It is expected to attract close to 1,000 reseller, integrator and dealer attendees.

The fall event will (literally) center around an extensive Server Refresh Opportunity Booth and demo zone located in the middle of the exhibit hall. This 40 by 40 square-foot area is designed to help resellers learn how to migrate their customers to new server technologies, in light of Microsoft 2015’s end-of-service date for the Windows Server 2003 products. In addition to Microsoft’s major contribution to this exhibit, it will boast several racks running live servers from Cisco, HP, Intel and Lenovo; plus additional complimentary products from APC, Buffalo, Crucial, CyberPower, D-Link, NETGEAR and Tripp Lite. The booth will familiarize resellers with the Microsoft Server 2012 R2 solution, plus will offer up information about Lenovo’s newest server products, the System X line (formerly IBM), which offers a powerful and affordable option for SMB networks powered by Intel’s Xeon processors. Members of D&H’s Solutions Lab and Server Specialist Team will be at the booth to offer their expertise.

Seminars will be presented by Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, HP, Lenovo and WD, spotlighting technologies such as Intel Xeon, Cisco SMB solutions, HP Enterprise Group products, Microsoft Server 2012 and Azure, WD NAS solutions, Lenovo System X and more. Other attending vendors include Acer, ASUS, Brother International, Canon, CODi, Epson, Dell, Lexmark, Linksys, Motorola, McAfee, SanDisk, Toshiba and Samsung; plus accessory and peripheral manufacturers such as Kensington, Logitech, Targus, Thecus and more.

Attractions include Lenovo’s “News Now” booth, at which five attendees will win $500 off the purchase of a System X server (void where prohibited); plus visitors have a chance to win one of three Lenovo Yoga tablets. And Sennheiser will host a demo room where attendees can be recorded live to demonstrate its new Speakerphone model and its PRESENCE Bluetooth headset.

As always, this event is an active “selling” show, where D&H customers will receive special one-day-only pricing for merchandise ordered on the floor. Door prizes include a Grand Prize $700 Home Depot gift card sponsored by Intel; seminar prizes consisting of Case Logic rolling bags (1 awarded at each session); and a “Passport” prize consisting of a Brother MFC J6720-DW color inkjet multifunction printer and ink accessories, for one of the lucky resellers who has their show-day “passport” stamped by qualifying booth personnel.

“We are going all-out when it comes to offering engaging, essential tutorials and demos at this event, especially around server upgrades,” said Mary Campbell, vice president of marketing at D&H. “This opportunity stands to increase business for our resellers at a robust pace, even more so than the XP end-of-service issue has, and is still doing. We hope to prepare our customers on how to prosper from this trend, in addition to presenting state-of-the art solutions in areas like mobility, wireless technologies, business communications, wearables and more.”

The distributor’s “D&H Cares” employee-run charity foundation will be accepting donations for the Ronald McDonald House Charities during the show. For every food item or $5 cash donation, supporters will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of three prizes: an ALPS Mountaineering tent, a Fitbit Flex wireless activity and sleep wristband, or a Ninja Professional tabletop blender. Suggested donation items include cereal, chips, crackers, candy, cookies, microwavable foods, fruit juice, toaster pastries and breakfast bars. All donations must be new and unused.

The Agenda for the D&H Mid-Atlantic Fall 2014 Technology Show is as follows:

• 11:30 a.m.: Registration Opens
• 12:30 p.m.: Cisco Mega Trends and How They Affect SMB
• 1:30 p.m.: Intel’s World Record Breaking Server Platform
• 2:15 p.m.: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Azure
• 3:00 p.m.: Exhibits, Buffet Open
• 3:15 p.m.: HP Enterprise Group
• 4:00 p.m.: HP PCs
• 4:45 p.m.: System X Joins Lenovo – Creating New Possibilities for the Future of Your Business
• 5:45 p.m.: WD - Know NAS Inside and Out
• 8:30 p.m.: Exhibits close

About D&H Distributing
As the nation’s leading technology distributor, D&H provides a wealth of resources to empower solution providers and consultants, delivering a broad selection of SMB categories, products and applications. The company’s offerings span server and infrastructure, SOHO and mobile applications, consumer electronics and gaming. D&H’s multimarket expertise, account-dedicated sales teams, sterling service and flexible financing options are unmatched in the industry.

With an impressive 96-year history serving as a trusted advisor to the reseller channel, D&H has been able to consistently reinvent itself based upon changing market conditions. The company prides itself on creating business partnerships with an astute focus on ease-of-doing-business, relationships, value, performance and service.

D&H ships out of five separate locations in North America, including its US headquarters in Harrisburg and its Canadian headquarters in Brampton, Ontario. For more information, visit www.dandh.com.