CDW Berbee to Open New Data Center in 2008.To Break Ground in Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The 2006 population estimate of Madison was 223,389, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and Today MADISON, Wis. -- CDW CDW - data warehouse 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 Vernon Hill II (born circa 1946) is the founder and former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Commerce Bancorp and Commerce Bank of Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. , Ill.-based CDW Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CDWC CDWC Computer Discount Warehouse (stock symbol) ), 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 An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality 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 An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. 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 (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , 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[R], 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 (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. , Apple, Cisco, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , 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 Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and 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 Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the definitive proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. dated July 13, 2007, relating to the special meeting of shareholders that was held on August 9, 2007. |
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