CDW Berbee Wins Global IP Communications Partner of the Year Award from Cisco Systems

Madison, WI - Thursday, April 07, 2005

CDW Berbee Information Networks Corp. (CDW Berbee), a leading Midwest provider of technology and data center solutions, was recently recognized at the Cisco Partner Summit as the Global IP Communications Partner of the Year. CDW Berbee is one of only nine global honorees and was selected from a list of more than 2,500 Cisco Certified Channel Partners worldwide for their outstanding performance in 2004. This is the fourth straight year that Cisco has recognized CDW Berbee with a partner award and the first year CDW Berbee has won a global award.

"I was honored to recognize CDW Berbee as our top global IP Communications channel partner for 2004," said Paul Mountford, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems. "CDW Berbee continues to deliver superior support service and has created an applications development team to deliver complete IP Communications solutions to our mutual customers."

James CDW Berbee, CEO and Chairman of CDW Berbee, accepted the award stating, "To be recognized out of nearly 3,000 Cisco partners globally is a great source of pride for us and validates the investment we've made in our Cisco partnership."

CDW Berbee has consistently held high satisfaction ratings on Cisco customer satisfaction surveys. This rating measures customer response levels, CDW Berbee's ability to provide pre- and post-sales support and their ability to deliver meaningful solutions for any customer environment. In addition, as more organizations realize the potential of VoIP (voice delivered using the Internet Protocol), clients look to partners like CDW Berbee to provide first-hand operational experience, employ best practices, and deliver and manage securely designed solutions. CDW Berbee has planned, designed and deployed hundreds of installations with tens of thousands of Cisco IP phones. With hundreds of experienced individuals on staff and six years of IP experience, CDW Berbee has a best-in-class project management methodology for implementing Cisco IP Communications technologies. CDW Berbee developers have created award winning IP telephony applications for hundreds of clients worldwide. These applications demonstrate the real power of convergence, enabling businesses to do things with 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. Pat Scheckel, CDW Berbee's Cisco Practice Director and an attendee at the Cisco Partner Summit notes, "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. Our partnership with Cisco is best-in-class, 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."

Award Announcement on Cisco.com

About CDW Berbee

CDW Berbee delivers the essential components for driving new and sustained business value into the digital marketplace including data center solutions, infrastructure, and high-value application services. CDW Berbee has two world-class data centers that provide 24 x 7 managed services to clients nationwide. The company is among a handful of companies worldwide to achieve top partner designations with IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft. CDW Berbee has offices in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Additional information about CDW Berbee is available at www.berbee.com.

For additional information contact:

CDW Berbee Information Networks Corporation
Sarah Hurley - CDW Berbee Cisco Practice
608.298.1263