CDW Corporation, a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, today released its 2008 Sapphire Partners. Of the approximately 1,000 partners that CDW has, only 64 bear the Sapphire designation, and they are deemed to be companies with innovative products and/or services driving emerging or breakthrough trends in the technology marketplace.
“CDW has always worked closely with our partners to increase the breadth and depth of products and technology solutions that we provide to our customers,” said Matt Troka, CDW vice president of partner and product management. “The Sapphire Partner Program recognizes that important product and service innovations often come from companies that would not qualify as top tier partners under conventional definitions. The Sapphire Partner Program provides a conduit to identify and bring those technologies to market.”
As an important part of the Sapphire Partner selection process, CDW segment leaders in each vertical have the opportunity to identify technology solutions important to the customers in their market. This process allows CDW to translate its understanding of its customers’ objectives and challenges directly to the selection of technology solutions. In the retailing industry, for example, CDW selected Chase Paymentech to be a Sapphire Partner, based upon merchant processing requirements uncovered during discussions with customers in that market segment. Companies designated as CDW Sapphire Partners work closely with CDW account managers and technology specialists to provide information, advice and support for products and solutions of increasing interest to CDW customers. Examples of technologies offered by CDW Sapphire Partners include:
- Enterprise storage systems supporting the highly evolved iSCSI protocol, as well as market needs for sophisticated data de-duplication and storage management
- Wired and wireless mobility solutions that increase network access and productivity
- Voice, data and video solutions that enable highly efficient, flexible and cost effective transmission across converged networks
- Innovative, Internet protocol-based physical security systems, such as IP cameras and networks to replace conventional CCTV
For the current list of CDW’s Sapphire Partners visit http://newsroom.cdw.com/sapphire.pdf.
About CDW
CDW®, ranked No. 39 on Forbes magazine’s list of America’s Largest Private Companies, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as Acer, Adobe, APC, Apple, Cisco, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Quantum, Samsung, Sony, Symantec, ViewSonic and Xerox.
CDW was founded in 1984 and as of December 31, 2007 employed approximately 6,300 coworkers. In 2007, the company generated sales of $8.1 billion. For more information, visit CDW.com.
Contacts:
Barbara Crystal
CDW Public Relations
847-968-0710
bcrystal@cdw.com
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Martin Nott, 315-857-7347
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