MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CDW Berbee, a proven partner for IT solutions, announced today it will open a new cutting edge Enterprise Data Center and office building in 2008. The new structures will collectively total 70,000 square feet of additional space, doubling CDW Berbee’s data center capabilities to serve clients and providing offices for its growing work-force.
The company will break ground today at the future site of the data center in the Fitchburg Technology Campus, near CDW Berbee’s corporate headquarters.
“Since CDW Berbee opened its doors in 1993, they have brought more than 500 new jobs to the state of Wisconsin,” noted Fitchburg Mayor Tom Clauder. “I am excited to see them on a path of continued growth and look forward to their sustained investment in our workers, and our community.”
“The ground-breaking for our new enterprise data center comes as we approach our first anniversary with CDW. It testifies to our tremendous growth in the last year and highlights strong growth prospects for 2008,” said Paul Shain, senior vice president, CDW.
In October 2006 Berbee Information Networks Corporation was acquired by Vernon Hill, Ill.-based CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education.
The new Enterprise Data Center will be CDW Berbee’s third and is expected to begin serving clients next spring.
“The new facility will be built with more than twice the power and cooling specifications of our existing data centers,” said Phil LaForge, director of CDW Berbee’s Hosting and Managed Services Practice. “When combined with Managed Services, it will provide our customers with a robust and resilient hosting platform that will help grow their business, reduce cost and achieve regulatory compliance.”
CDW Berbee’s portfolio of Hosting and Managed Services customers include enterprise brand names across all industry sectors. “We have been providing hosting services for mission critical IT environments for more than seven years,” LaForge noted. “Our new Enterprise Data Center will enable us to meet the growing demand for top-tier hosting facilities and allow our customers to continue to grow their business on our reliable infrastructure.”
About Berbee:
Berbee, a CDW company, is a proven partner for IT solutions, including unified communications, security, remote managed services, information worker solutions, and virtualization and optimization. Berbee’s data centers deliver hosted applications, co-location, and managed services to clients nationwide. Berbee is a leading provider of technology for business and is among a handful of companies worldwide to achieve the highest level of partnership with our strategic partners Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft. Berbee has offices in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Additional information about Berbee is available at www.berbee.com.
About CDW:
CDW®, ranked No. 342 on the FORTUNE 500, 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’s direct model offers customers one-on-one relationships with knowledgeable account managers and access to approximately 820 on-staff engineers and advanced technology specialists who customize solutions for customers’ complex technology needs. CDW also provides same-day product shipping and post-sales technical support.
CDW was founded in 1984 and as of June 30, 2007, employed approximately 5,880 coworkers. In 2006, the company generated sales of $6.8 billion. For more information, visit CDW.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements about the expected timing, completion and effects of the proposed merger between CDW and a subsidiary of VH Holdings, Inc. and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, each of which is qualified in its entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. CDW may not be able to complete the proposed merger because of a number of factors, including, among other things, the failure of financing or the failure to satisfy the remaining closing conditions. Other risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements are described in the reports filed by CDW with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation CDW’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the definitive proxy statement dated July 13, 2007, relating to the special meeting of shareholders that was held on August 9, 2007.
