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As the move to cloud computing continues to accelerate, so does the complexity. In fact, 84% of enterprises now have a multi-cloud strategy, using an average of nearly five public and private clouds.1 Identifying the best options, maximizing cost savings, migrating workloads and managing it all securely and effectively can challenge even seasoned IT professionals.

That’s why, at CDW, we offer the solutions and support you need to design, deploy and manage a hybrid environment that’s productive, agile and secure – while keeping your expenses down. We can advise you how to create a strategy that combines the best of the public and private cloud solutions to fit your organization’s unique needs and specific workloads.

NAVIGATING CLOUD COMPUTING COMPLEXITY

OUR COMPREHENSIVE EXPERTISE Whether you’re looking to build a secure hybrid environment, migrate more workloads to the cloud or lower your costs, we can help you achieve your cloud computing goals. CDW works with 250,000 organizations of all sizes in all verticals, providing comprehensive advice, customized planning and scalable solutions in all things cloud – from storage and security, to compute, backup and beyond.

So whether you’re in healthcare, government, financial services, retail, nonprofit or any other sector facing unique technology challenges, you can count on our experienced cloud client executives to deliver personalized support every step of the way from assessment and design to deployment and ongoing management.

CLOUD CERTIFICATIONS CDW undergoes third-party audits annually to demonstrate compliance with multiple regulatory and compliance frameworks.

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64%64% of IT professionals named cloud cost savings their top initiative for the 3rd consecutive year1

Source: 1RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera

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ASSESS DESIGN DEPLOY

CDW MAKES THE CLOUD RIGHT FOR YOU There’s no one-size-fits-all cloud solution, and it can be challenging to find the right mix of services and providers, to streamline the migration of your data and applications and to manage a complex hybrid environment with on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.

With CDW, you can say goodbye to overwhelming cloud complexity and hello to performance-enhancing cloud advantages. We bring simplicity, certainty, adaptability, scalability, connectivity and cost efficiency to every customized solution we create.

You can rely on CDW for:

• In-depth vendor solutions curated from the industry’s leading providers• Proven processes that uncover your specific needs and objectives• Expertise to make diverse technology work together seamlessly to meet

your goals• Multiple paths to cost savings with the flexibility of multiple solutions and

delivery options

OUR OFFERINGS INCLUDE:

SaaS is fast becoming the new normal, delivering a broad spectrum of software applications from productivity to security to storage via the cloud. Depending on your needs, SaaS applications can be hosted in a public cloud, or in a hybrid, private or on-premises option which offers more features, customization, control and security.

CDW’s SaaS solutions include:

OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWAREOur experts can help you select the productivity app – such as Office 365 or G Suite – that best matches your needs, and design a customized, scalable solution that grows with your business. In addition to increasing availability of applications, you can be confident that all locations are using the correct version, the format of the information being recorded and conveyed is accurate, and that all application transactions are logged for compliance audits.

SOLUTIONS: SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS)

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS)

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS)

PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS)

CDW CONSULTING SERVICES

CLOUD MIGRATION

MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES

SAAS SOLUTION BENEFITS• High scalability • Ease of integration • Long-term cost reduction • No-worry updating and patch management • Ability to better manage costs and

estimate budgets

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COLLABORATIONTake collaboration to the next level with on-the-go, anytime-anywhere-anyone communication and highly integrated web and videoconferencing, telephone, instant messaging and email. Simplify access to applications to increase business agility, offer expanded collaboration features throughout your enterprise, and reduce costs by shifting to an operating expense model, and consolidating and centralizing IT management.

ENTERPRISE FILE SYNC AND SHARETap into essential knowledge on-demand and share it easily across your enterprise with these solutions, encouraging productivity and innovation while maintaining data security. Streamline project management through access to version control, file logging, editing, messaging and report creation that offers visibility into document usage.

STORAGE AND BACKUPWith our solutions, you can prepare for unanticipated data loss with offsite backup, enable incremental cost structure that eliminates reliance on locally deployed and managed hardware and systems, and host backups in multiple locations to reinforce business continuity.

SECURITYProtect your data with anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall, intrusion detection and anti-spyware protection. Based on a simple pricing model, our cloud security solution protects and secures traffic entering and leaving your network, ensures only authorized access and is flexible enough to meet your unique security requirements. You can also count on CDW’s dedicated team of security experts to troubleshoot security issues 24/7, triage security alerts, notify you if incidents occur and act to block further attacks.

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IaaS provides the web architecture components vital to any business technology, including servers, data center space, storage, software and connectivity. This cloud infrastructure is a cost-effective, scalable way to minimize the burden on your IT team, freeing them to focus more on strategy and innovation.

Our IaaS offerings cover multiple managed IT services, including:

CONNECTIVITYWe work with more than 90 global telecommunications companies to keep our customers connected to critical communications, infrastructure, applications and workloads. We can help you optimize your WAN, deploy and manage your IP network, implement and integrate a Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solution and create balance across your network with low-latency data transportation.

SOLUTIONS: INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS)

IAAS SOLUTION BENEFITS• Reduce ownership and operating costs • Pay only for the service you need • Minimize non-strategic use of IT resources • Proactive maintenance, monitoring,

notifications and reporting• Focus on business growth vs. IT

maintenance• Easy infrastructure scalability• Access to advanced technology without

major capital cost investment

BACKUP AND DISASTER RECOVERY We work with cloud backup partners who provide reliable resource pooling, elasticity and network access for cloud-based alternatives to offsite data storage. Backup as a Service (BaaS) protects data, and allows you to recover a file or server back to your on-prem environment. Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) protects your network and data, allowing you to restore your system if necessary and maintain critical business continuity.

COLOCATION AND HOSTING SERVICESWith a network of more than 2,000 partners and facilities worldwide, we can ensure you choose a colocation facility that delivers a cost-effective, secure, efficient and scalable solution for your business, enabling you to capitalize on cloud computing whatever your network or geographic requirements. In addition to helping you select the right facility for your needs, we can help you deploy the infrastructure and manage the environment.

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PaaS provides a hybrid option between IaaS and SaaS that allows you to create and deploy applications. You get the IT infrastructure you need to host applications and development tools, and the environment to build and deploy cloud applications. Typically, a PaaS consists of an operating system, programming language environment, database and web server. These solutions work well for testing and development environments common with custom cloud solution developments, and offer a cost-effective alternative to investing in and managing the underlying hardware and/or software.

SOLUTIONS: PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS)

PAAS SOLUTION BENEFITS• Higher levels of agility for development operations • Significantly reduced management and maintenance overhead • Resources can be deployed or expanded quickly • Supports innovation • Devoted specifically to creating and running proprietary apps

DESKTOP AS A SERVICE (DAAS)Ensure consistent access to tools, minimize compatibility and security issues, and streamline client software licensing with DaaS, which delivers virtual desktops to end users from the cloud enabling them access to applications, data and resources through the device of their choice.

94%By 2021, 94% of workloads and compute instances will be processed by cloud data centers.2

Source: 2Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2016-2021; Feb. 1, 2018

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CDW CONSULTING SERVICES

CDW’s cloud experts can help you build a solution that delivers the business agility you need to strengthen your competitive edge, empower your workforce, accelerate business growth and realize cost savings. Our core services include:

• Micro Consulting Engagements (MCE) recognize that even small cloud implementations are complex and often require expert guidance. We offer flexible 8-hour, 24-hour and 48-hour blocks that you can use for any need including training, assisted guidance, assessments, design, governance, proof of concepts, integrations and implementations.

• Cloud Health Checks provide a quick assessment of the health of your public cloud environment to validate whether best practices are operational.

• Cloud Expert On-Demand (CEOD) provides a pool of resources ranging from traditional infrastructure to advanced cloud architects to consult, troubleshoot, develop or produce solutions.

• Custom program building to create a cloud roadmap with a business case, integration plan, infrastructure review, planning analytics, adoption strategy, and implementation and migration services.

MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES

Our cloud experts have extensive experience assessing, designing, deploying and managing Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments. Whether you plan to move a single workload or an entire data center, we can support you.

• Microsoft Azure: We can help you optimize identity, storage, computing, site recover, dev/test and IoT benefits. Our Azure professional services include: • Governance • IaaS design assessment • Migration assessment • IaaS architecture workshop • Advanced Identity and Authentication workshop • Onboarding • IaaS foundation jumpstart • DevOps assessment and automation • Migration workshops and support

SERVICES

CLOUD MIGRATION

Moving your data efficiently and securely from your existing infrastructure to the cloud can be daunting. CDW offers comprehensive professional services to help you:

• Create a migration strategy and safely transition your IT assets and data to the virtual environment

• Integrate cloud infrastructure processes and applications into your current infrastructure or business processes and test them post-migration

• Move between cloud providers, ensuring you are never locked into a particular one

• Protect your data throughout the migration and beyond

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We work with carefully chosen world-class cloud partners so that we can offer you the broadest portfolio of cloud solutions customized to meet your business needs, now and in the future. We make sure that you’re working with the best in the cloud so that you can be confident your cloud solution is the best for your unique requirements.

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Get Started on the Path to Cloud Clarity. To cut through the complexity of designing and deploying the right cloud environment, contact your CDW account manager or visit CDW.com/cloud

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