Our Partnership
As a Tier 1 Cisco Gold Partner, CDW is fully equipped to help create and deliver wholescale Cisco architectures. Our deep knowledge and expertise enable us to successfully scope the right technology to tackle any challenge, connecting the data, people, process, and things at the heart of every digital transformation.
With access to the most comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and resources, CDW can sell, deliver, and support Cisco solutions. Combining Cisco expertise with our own value-added services portfolio, we are uniquely positioned to serve as your trusted technology advisor.
Your Trusted Cisco Partner
With access to the most comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and resources, CDW can sell, deliver, and support Cisco solutions. Combining Cisco expertise with our own value-added services portfolio, we are uniquely positioned to serve as your trusted technology advisor.
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Scope
- Entire Cisco portfolio delivered through its whole lifecycle.
- Sourcing, deploying and supporting Cisco products made easy.
- Cisco innovation joins the CDW technology ecosystem.
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Scale
- With locations across the world, we can deliver Cisco solutions to over 90 countries in multiple currencies.
- We are experts in IT supply logistics: from our 30,000 sq. ft UK configuration centre, we can configure, image, asset tag, upgrade, quality control, and
pre-order for future rollout.
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Expertise
- Gold-certified excellence in navigating the complex process of building cloud environments. The specialisation is the result of a rigorous evaluation process in which CDW demonstrated master-level capabilities in designing, deploying, and supporting data centre cloud-ready infrastructure.
- An established record of success implementing the technology for our customers.
Cisco Security Architecture
CDW offers a holistic approach to cybersecurity, enacting layers of protection from network security to the cloud and from endpoint to the user. We are able to integrate Cisco security at every step, making sure you are doing everything possible to remain protected and compliant.
Our Cisco Security Practice will advise on the best layered Cisco security approach to protect against the ever-changing landscape, be able to look at multiple threat trajectories, and have the best ways to protect using technology from Cisco.
Enterprise Networks Architecture
The Cisco Enterprise Network Architecture specialisation allows us to drive everything from a simple network addition to building the wireless office of the future to maximise employee and asset productivity.
Whether you choose a traditional on-premise solution using Cisco DNA, a software-defined network utilising Cisco SD-WAN, or a cloud-managed architecture with Meraki, CDW can help install, configure and deploy to maximise your investment to enable you to achieve your business outcomes.
Featured Solutions
Cisco Security Solutions
Cisco Webex Teams
Cisco Mobility Solutions
Cisco Umbrella
Cisco Digital Network Architecture
Cisco SMART Accounts & Licensing
Case Studies
Here at CDW, we have the experience, partnerships, and resources needed to create a bespoke solution to your problems. Read our case studies to see how we’ve helped other customers.Â
Data Centre Architecture
The Cisco Data Centre Architecture Specialisation endorses CDW's ability to support a highly mobile workforce proliferation of devices as well as data-driven business models, and capability to seamlessly incorporate cloud applications and services.
Whether its a data centre refresh, enabling Application Performance Management with AppDynamics, or making the switch to hyperconverged infrastructure using Hyperflex and Intersight, CDW is best placed to advise on the right journey based on your desired outcomes.
Cisco Collaboration Architecture
As a specialised partner, we help customers look at how collaboration can help define the employee of the future, allowing a secure platform to work anywhere on any device. By doing this, we help drive adoption of new mobility tools such as Webex Teams and their integration to optimise the Cisco experience.
Why CDW?
CDW and Cisco’s partnership spans nearly a decade. Our unrivalled expertise in transforming the data centre and practical working knowledge of complementary technologies sees us well-placed to help our customers realise the true potential of digital-ready infrastructures powered by Cisco.
We’re proud that Cisco has recognised our exceptional know-how surrounding their technologies by accrediting us as a Gold Partner – their highest partner accreditation – a status we have held for more than 5 years.
As one of the Top 3 Cisco partners in the UK, we are:
- One of only 15 Shared Support Partners in the UK, enabling us to deliver Cisco’s Partner Support Service (PSS) and offer first and second-line support to our customers.
- An Authorised Technology Partner (ATP) for Data Centre, Security, Mobility and Enterprise Networking, we are granted the earliest insight into every Cisco development across these areas.
- One of only 5 partners on Cisco’s Partner Technology Advisory Board (PTAB). This is by invitation-only, and entitles us to have direct involvement with specific Cisco processes. We are also members of their Partner Organisation Advisory Board.
- An award-winning partner Cisco’s Global Partner of the Year and Data Centre Partner of the Year, and many more Cisco awards.
- At the forefront of Cisco technology thanks to further accreditations, including Cisco Master Cloud Builder, Meraki Managed Service Provider, Flexpod Partner, and Smart Solution Partner.
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Cisco Lifecycle Services
At CDW, we have integrated the deepest level of Cisco Lifecycle Services expertise into our offerings. Using our adoption services with our customer success managers, we can return measurably high levels of customer satisfaction, helping organisations to capitalise on the value of their investment using the finest Cisco technology.
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Expert Knowledge
A Cisco Gold Certified Partner, we've achieved the highest level of credibility and the broadest range of expertise across Cisco's four architectures. From sales experts to solutions architects and pre-sales consultants to support staff, CDW invests heavily in the expertise of our people. You get the benefit of Specialist Cisco technical support.
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Software Enterprise Agreements
As Cisco transition to a software organisation, we are moving with them on that journey. Building on our knowledge of different partners' enterprise agreements (EA), CDW has proved a valuable resource in educating Cisco of the benefits of these agreements. We have worked with numerous customers to assess the Cisco Software estate and to look at how to consolidate licences using an EA, helping to reduce administration overheads. We have all EA specialisations. so regardless of your needs, our solutions architects can help.
Connect Your Data, People And Processes
If you are interested in understanding further what Cisco solutions can do for your organisation or would like to organise a proof of concept demonstration, complete the form and a member of our Cisco Solution team will be in touch.Â
