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CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), a leading provider of technology products
and services to business, government and education, today announced the
launch of ConduIT@CDW (www.cdwconduit.com),
an online community offering peer interaction to information technology
(IT) professionals employed by small businesses, which often employ only
one or two people for technical support. The site features technology
news, views and forums, as well as online technical resources and
contests for registered users. CDW was honored by the Information
Technology Services Marketing Association last November for innovative
use of online communities to strengthen customer relationships.
ConduIT@CDW is another advancement of the community concept by CDW,
underscoring its leadership in the small business IT marketplace with a
specific combination of valuable social networking features for this
largely cloistered audience.
“An ‘IT department
of one’ is not at all unusual in small
businesses. As such, these isolated IT professionals often miss out on
peer networking, which is an important source of education and technical
perspective,” said CDW Vice President of
Marketing Mark Gambill. “Without the informal
communication that happens at coffee machines and in lunch rooms at
larger companies, small business IT experts have no one to talk to who
understands their challenges.”
Key features of ConduIT@CDW include:
Tech Forums – Peer-to-peer correspondence on
topics ranging from technology to management to skills development
News & Views – A customizable,
interactive feed of articles on topics of interest to the user,
providing the opportunity to submit and comment on articles and rate
or recommend them to friends
CDW Connections – White papers, case
studies, podcasts and webinars on a wide range of technology topics
from CDW experts, manufacturers and software providers
Thought Leaders – Insider perspectives from
experts on what’s new in technology
Polls – Bi-weekly polls on technology,
technology-related business issues, technology news topics and other
matters, with real-time display of poll results for participants
Contests – Throughout 2007, ConduIT@CDW
will collect “user stories”
ranging from unusual or amusing technical support anecdotes to “hero
stories” about extraordinary IT support
accomplishments. Stories may submitted in written or digital video
format
“ConduIT@CDW was developed with input from
the people it serves, and it will help small business IT staff deliver
smart solutions with their limited resources,”
added Gambill. “It’s
another way that CDW can help its customers provide the ‘right
technology’ for their internal clients.”
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,
Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Quantum, Samsung, Sony,
Symantec and ViewSonic. 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 March 31, 2007, employed approximately
5,640 coworkers. In 2006, the company generated sales of $6.8 billion.
For more information, visit CDW.com.
CDW Corporation will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”), and
furnish to its shareholders, a proxy statement soliciting proxies for
the meeting of its shareholders to be called with respect to the
proposed merger between CDW and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. CDW
SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT IS
FINALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THEM BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. CDW shareholders and other interested parties will be able
to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement (when
available) and other relevant documents filed with the SEC from the SEC’s
website at http://www.sec.gov. CDW
shareholders and other interested parties will also be able to obtain,
without charge, a copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other
relevant documents by directing a request by mail or telephone to CDW
Corporation, 200 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061,
Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone: (847) 465-6000, or from CDW’s
website, http://www.cdw.com.
CDW and certain of its directors, executive officers and other members
of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be “participants”
in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders of CDW with respect to
the proposed merger. Information regarding the persons who may be
considered “participants”
in the solicitation of proxies will be set forth in CDW’s
proxy statement relating to the proposed merger when it is filed with
the SEC. Information regarding certain of these persons and their
beneficial ownership of CDW common stock as of March 31, 2007 is also
set forth in CDW’s proxy statement for its
2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on
April 16, 2007.
Statements about the expected timing, completion and effects of the
proposed merger between CDW and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, and all
other statements in this filing 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 to obtain shareholder
approval, the failure of financing or the failure to satisfy other
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.