1. Meet your CDW
Storage Specialist
The Right Technology. Right Away.
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Organizations of all sizes store vital data on a daily basis. As businesses adapt to high-bandwidth
applications, data storage requirements increase, along with green project initiatives. Meeting with
your storage specialist can help you with the daunting task of addressing projects, including:
• Archival, backup and restore of file servers and database servers
• Consolidation of datacenters through virtualization and blades technology
• Datacenter efficiency
• Disaster recovery and business continuity – testing, planning and implementing solution that meet
required SLAs
• E-mail management and file server management
• Multi protocol storage solutions (Fibre, iSCSI, CIFS/NFS) from a range to Tier 1 vendors chuck Mcewen
You may have one or several of these objectives in mind as you search for solutions. But which one should Manager, CDW Storage
you tackle first, and do you need to start and finish the project? Specialist Team
Get started today by contacting
your CDW account manager
Getting started is easy — just contact your cDW account manager. to set up a discovery call.
Your CDW account manager is backed by a team of certified storage specialists available to assist you with 800.800.4CDW
the selection of solutions to address your business challenges. Whether your objective is to reduce your
company’s data foot print with data de-duplication, or implement a clustered storage solution, we can help.
certifications
A unique, vendor-neutral approach to addressing your storage challenges. CDW storage specialists hold a variety
of certifications. Here’s a sample:
CDW has established strong partnerships with many of the leading manufacturers and vendors in the
• Comptia Server+ Certified
virtualization and data storage industry. We’ve done the research, we’ve compared the
• EMC Technology Architect (EMCTA)
solutions and we’ve built a comprehensive lineup of best-of-breed solutions.
• HP APP Network Storage Solutions
When you work with your CDW storage specialist, you can be confident that we are committed to taking
• LeftHand Certified
a best-of-business approach when recommending the unique features and advantages of each solution
• Microsoft Certified Systems
that we offer.
Engineer (MCSE)
Our comprehensive approach includes: • NetApp Accredited Storage Architect
• An initial “discovery call” to understand your • Detailed price proposals Professional (ASAP)
objectives, requirements and budget • Proofs of concept/product evaluations • VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Workflow analysis • Solution implementation, training and
• Solution design ongoing support
• Vendor evaluation and recommendations
online resources
CDW has resources to increase your understanding of the storage solutions that your company can
implement to protect valuable data and save energy. Prior to working with your storage specialists,
we encourage you to invest some time reviewing a few resources which can be accessed by visiting
CDW.com/solutions.
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