CDW Corporation is an information technology solutions provider headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Founded in 1984, the company operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, supporting business, government, education, and healthcare customers. Christine A. Leahy is chief executive officer, and CDW has 14,800 employees.
The company supplies IT hardware, software, and integrated solutions for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its hardware offerings include servers, data storage, network communications equipment, desktop computers, notebooks, mobile devices, tablets, and collaboration equipment. Its software portfolio includes cloud offerings, security and virtualization tools, operating systems, application suites, and productivity and network-management applications.
CDW provides advisory and design work, software development, implementation, managed services, warranties, and software assurance. Its operations are organized around Commercial, Government, and Education segments. The company previously operated as CDW Computer Centers, Inc.; in June 2003, it adopted the name CDW Corporation.