TechData Kicks Off TechSelect Conference -- Vegas Style!

A convincing Elvis Presley got the crowd going with a raucous rendition of "Viva Las Vegas."

Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton followed up with his hit "Danke Schon."

Ol' Blue Eyes took the stage for "The Lady Is a Tramp."

Aretha Franklin, the 1960s version, bellowed out "Respect" and had the solution providers in attendance clapping along.

The entertainers were followed by Murray Wright, senior vice president of sales at Tech Data. Wright promised he would not try to sing.

Wright brough on stage Dan Normal, president of 7 Layer Solutions, a Saxonburg, Pa.-based solution provider, to yell out "It's all about TechSelect, baby!" It was a phrase he screamed several times while under hypnosis at the last TechSelect meeting in Orlando.

Reggie Wass, vice president of Penbay Computer Systems, a Hampden, Maine, solution provider (2nd from left) was presented the award for Outstanding TechSelect Program Member by, from left, Tech Data's director of TechSelect Pat Olson, Sam Ruggeri, president of the TechSelect advisory council, and Murray Wright.

Puzant Ozbag, president of based Pricon, second from left, received the award for Fastest Growing Member. The Anaheim, Calif.-based solution provider grew its Tech Data business more than 412 percent in the 12-month period that ended April 30. Olson, Ruggeri and Wright also presented the award.

Pat Olson joked that Curt Jacobson, president and CEO of Corporate Technology Group, second from left, brought along his "Missoula, Montana, tan" to Las Vegas.

The TechSelect Advisory Council poses with Tech Data executives. From left, Pat Olson; Gary Sims Jr., CFO of Advanced Technology Solutions, Scott Depot, W.Va.; Allan Walters, vice president of Saratoga Technologies, Johnson City, Tenn.; Angela O'Donnell, director of W. O'Donnell Consulting, New York; Jonathan Register, vice president of operations at Alphanumeric Systems, Raleigh, N.C.; Curtis Jacobson; Rory Sanchez, president and CEO of SLPowers, West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Murray Wright.

Murray Wright installs a leg bracelet to Sam Ruggeri, advisory council president and president of Advanced Vision Technology Group, a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based solution provider, to "make sure he doesn't get into any trouble" in Las Vegas.

The Vegas entertainers took the stage for one more song. Only this time, they were joined on the big screen by a trio of backup singers...