Cisco Systems Recognizes CDW Berbee as the U.S. IP Communications Partner of the Year

Madison, WI –Thursday, March 16, 2006 – CDW Berbee Information Networks Corporation (CDW Berbee), a leading Midwest provider of technology and data center solutions, was recently recognized as the U.S. IP Communications Partner of the Year for 2005. The award, given to Cisco partners for outstanding achievement, was presented to CDW Berbee on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at the Cisco Partner Summit in San Diego, California.

“This award is a tremendous honor for CDW Berbee and our staff, as it represents the fifth straight year of national recognition,” said Pat Scheckel, vice president of the Cisco Practice at CDW Berbee.

The award recognizes CDW Berbee for its customer satisfaction levels, revenue growth and technical leadership around Cisco’s IP Communications solutions, including business voice systems, contact center technologies and collaboration software solutions. In 2005, Cisco presented CDW Berbee with the “Global IP Communications Partner of the Year” award for 2004.

“CDW Berbee continues to deliver superior design, implementation and support of IP Communications to our mutual customers, and has demonstrated leadership in developing applications that create business value,” said Chuck Robbins, vice president, US/Canada Channels at Cisco Systems.

CDW Berbee has consistently earned high ratings on Cisco’s customer satisfaction surveys, which measure CDW Berbee’s ability to provide pre- and post-sales support for IP Communications clients. With hundreds of experienced individuals on staff and seven years of Voice over IP experience, CDW Berbee has completed more than 1,000 Cisco IP Communications projects.

“To be recognized as one of the leading Cisco partners in the U.S. validates the investment we’ve made in our Cisco partnership,” said Paul Shain, CDW Berbee chief executive officer. “This award highlights the deep engineering talents CDW Berbee has built around Cisco IP Communication solutions.”

CDW Berbee also has talented software developers who have created IP telephony applications in use by more 750 clients worldwide. These applications demonstrate the real power of convergence, enabling businesses to leverage features on their IP communications systems that simply aren’t possible on traditional platforms.

Cisco is committed to collaborating with its partners to achieve profitable revenue growth for mutual success.

“We view ourselves as a go-to partner for Cisco voice and for all Cisco technologies. Cisco consistently delivers the training, personnel, and technology needed to maintain our efforts,” said Scheckel. “Our partnership with Cisco is an integral part of our business strategy and our customers are the real winners from this partnership because we can deliver quality solutions that give them a competitive advantage in their business.”

About CDW Berbee

CDW Berbee is a proven partner for IT solutions, including network infrastructure, server and storage infrastructure, productivity applications, communication and collaboration, application development and security. CDW Berbee's data centers deliver hosted applications, co-location, and managed services to clients nationwide. CDW Berbee is a leading Midwest provider of technology for business is among a handful of companies worldwide to achieve the highest level of partnership with our strategic partners Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft. CDW Berbee has offices in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

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CDW Berbee Information Networks Corporation
Pat Scheckel – Vice President, Cisco Practice at CDW Berbee
608.298.1227
pat.scheckel@berbee.com