CDW’S CISCO ACCREDITATIONS & CAPABILITIES

1 CISCO Solutions CDW'S CISCO . ACCREDITATIONS . & CAPABILITIES . CDW's CISCO ACCREDITATIONS & CAPABILITIES CDW are a tier one CISCO Gold Certified Partner, which means we have achieved the highest level of credibility and the broadest range of expertise across CISCO 's three new architectures, Borderless Networks, Collaboration and Data Centre. CDW has also integrated the deepest level of CISCO Lifecycle Services expertise into our offerings and can demonstrate a measurably high level of customer satisfaction. As a CISCO Gold Certified Partner, CDW CISCO Recognises CDW as Global CDW continue to be one of our most has access to world-class products and Partner of the Year successful and consistent Partners in service programs, technical support, CDW, has been honoured with multiple terms of innovation, execution and growth. productivity tools and training and are awards over the years. Building on our These awards are a testament to CDW's prepared to deliver intelligent, integrated existing accreditation as a CISCO Gold customer first' approach in delivering network solutions that meet your business partner, CDW has now been recognised for first class Architecture and business needs.

2 As a CISCO Gold Certified Partner, its CAPABILITIES in delivering CISCO solutions practices, demonstrating the highest levels CDW can provide: on a UK & Ireland, EMEAR and Global basis. of competence and expertise, and their ability to develop strong and impactful UK & I Partner of the Year 2016 alliances with our Eco-Partners to deliver Value: Access to the most comprehensive UK & I Cloud Partner of the Year 2016 the very best outcomes, regardless of the sales, technical, and lifecycle services size, complexity or financial models of our training and resources helps CDW sell, Global EMEAR Partner of the Year 2016. customers.. deliver, and support CISCO solutions. EMEAR Cloud Builder Partner of the Year Combining CISCO expertise with our own 2016 And in terms of the Global Commercial value-added services portfolio uniquely Award: positions Gold Certified Partners to serve CISCO awards are given to exemplary as your trusted technology advisor.

3 Channel partners, and are used to recognise It was also excellent to see CDW. Proven technical expertise: Maintaining best-in-class business practices. They recognised on a Global level, for their the multiple technology specialisations acknowledge innovative practices, continued success in accelerating growth required for Gold Certification means application successes, unique programs, within the Commercial customer market CDW can integrate technologies to problem solving and sales approaches. as a key proponent of our Partner Plus deliver the more sophisticated solutions CDW, a long-standing CISCO Gold Partner, Program. CDW are an exceptional your business demands. uses such innovative deployments of CISCO Partner, and I have no doubt that they Focus on customer satisfaction: With technology to help its customer achieve will continue to deliver growth and access to the same online customer their unique business objectives.

4 Innovation with CISCO and our customers satisfaction evaluation tools CISCO uses to in this critical customer segment . evaluate its own performance, CDW can identify strengths and develop targeted What CISCO Richard Roberts - Managing Director, plans to serve your needs. CISCO , UK Partner & Commercial Sales 1 | 020 7791 6000. CISCO Solutions ACCREDITATIONS cloud-ready infrastructures which The CISCO Borderless Network Architecture CISCO Master Cloud Builder: CDW has integrate solutions from CISCO and is the technical architecture that allows become one of only a handful of CISCO our ecosystem partners to provide organisations to connect anyone, partners to achieve the Master Cloud Builder leadership in networking, storage, anywhere, anytime, and on any device Specialisation in the UK. This specialisation virtualisation, cloud management - securely, reliably, and seamlessly. It is recognises CDW as having the CAPABILITIES and virtual desktop offerings without the foundation for the CISCO Intelligent to build and deploy cloud-ready integrated compromising upon functionality or Network, providing optimisation, scale, and infrastructures based on CISCO solutions security.

5 CISCO is fully committed to security to collaboration and virtualisation. and technology ecosystem partner cloud working with CDW to leverage their The architecture is built on an infrastructure offerings across storage, virtualisation, expertise and reputation to deliver of scalable and resilient hardware and cloud management and virtual desktop and market-leading business outcomes software. recognises CDW's excellence in navigating for our customers . the partner cloud offerings across storage, Components of the architecture come virtualisation, cloud management and Rob Price - Head of Technical Strategy, together to build network systems that virtual desktop and recognises CDW's CISCO , UK Partner & Commercial span your organisation from network excellence in navigating the complex access to the cloud. The borderless network process of building cloud environments. Collaboration Architecture architecture infrastructure components The CISCO Collaboration Architecture consist of Wireless, Routing & Switching, The specialisation is the result of a Specialisation recognises partners for Application Networking/Optimisation and rigorous evaluation process in which CDW their knowledge and expertise in selling, Security.

6 Demonstrated master-level CAPABILITIES in designing, installing, and supporting the designing, deploying and supporting data Collaboration Architecture. The elements Data Centre Architecture centre cloud-ready infrastructure, as of the CISCO Collaboration Architecture CISCO Data Centre Architecture well as an established record of success establish a collaboration core that powers Specialisation recognises partners for implementing the technology for its compelling experiences both within and their knowledge and expertise in selling, customers. Evaluation for the specialisation among organisations. Working together designing, installing, and supporting the concludes with an audit of the partner's in a modular fashion, these CAPABILITIES Data Centre Architecture. CAPABILITIES by a third-party firm. allow you to develop an investment plan that helps ensure interoperability with Today's Data Centre architecture must The CISCO Master Cloud Builder your existing assets.

7 By implementing support a highly-mobile workforce, Specialisation is granted to a specific collaboration architecture, you can also gain proliferation of devices, data-driven group of partners that possess in-depth CAPABILITIES that provide: business models, and be capable of technology and architecture skills. These seamlessly incorporating cloud applications partners have also demonstrated customer Highly secure and reliable access from any and services. To meet these diverse success in providing sophisticated, value- location requirements, CISCO offers the Unified Data added CISCO Data centre and Cloud solutions A consistent user experience on any device Centre platform, a unified Data Centre including sales, deployment and services for Delivery of any type - video, voice, data for architecture that combines compute, CISCO data centre and cloud solutions. immersive interaction storage, network and management into a platform designed to automate IT as a service What CISCO The CISCO collaboration architecture offers across physical and virtual environments, you significant competitive advantages.

8 It resulting in increased budget efficiency, With IT consumption models breaks down the barriers to collaboration more agile business responsiveness, and constantly changing, and with more that traditionally exist between different simplified IT operations. and more customers requiring as content formats, tools, devices, companies, a service' offerings rather than and people working towards a common CISCO 's Unified Data Centre provides a traditional on premise' solutions, goal. As a result, it provides the architectural complete architecture platform including many of CISCO 's partners are flexibility and organisational agility you products and solutions in three critical adjusting their business models to require to quickly respond to the changing areas: accommodate these requirements. needs of your business. CDW, as a long standing CISCO Gold Partner, have been quick Borderless Networks Architecture to recognise these changes, and The CISCO Borderless Network Architecture have moved to address them.

9 Specialisation recognises partners for CDW's recent award of CISCO 's their knowledge and expertise in selling, Master Cloud Builder certification designing, installing, and supporting a is a strong endorsement of this comprehensive Borderless Network strategy. Recognising CDW's proven Architecture. CAPABILITIES of building and deploying 2 | 020 7791 6000. CISCO Solutions Unified Management: The Unified Flexpod Partner Management component of CISCO 's Data Flexpod is collaboration between NetApp Awards Centre architecture features automation, and CISCO and provides a validated orchestration and lifecycle management architecture based on CISCO UCS and Nexus UK & I Partner of the Year 2016 to simplify deployment and operation and the NetApp range of Fabric Attached UK & I Cloud Builder Partner of the of physical/bare metal, virtual and Storage (FAS) and a unified support Year 2016 cloud infrastructure. CISCO assists IT function.

10 The Flexpod validated architecture Global EMEAR Partner of the Year departments with developing a self- provides a base for Validated Designs for 2016 service portal and service catalogue to key applications, including VMware, Citrix, quickly deliver on-demand IT services to Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. EMEAR Cloud Builder Partner of the support business initiatives. Year 2016. Advanced Technology Program (ATP). Unified Fabric: The Unified Fabric for Identity Services Engine component of CISCO 's Data Centre CDW has become one of only a handful of architecture delivers high-performance CISCO Gold Partners in the UK accredited data and storage networking to simplify to sell, design and implement CISCO 's new deployment, help ensure quality of Identity Services Engine. experience, and reduce operating costs. CISCO 's integrated network services A core component of CISCO TrustSecTM, provide high-speed connectivity and the CISCO Identity Services Engine (ISE).