On 12 October 2007, Chicago based private equity firms Madison Dearborn Partners and Providence Equity Partners completed a $7 billion acquisition of CDW. It was CDW's second major acquisition after purchasing Micro Warehouse in September 2003. In October 2006 CDW acquired Berbee, a top tier reseller of IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft products and services. The Vernon Hills, Illinois distribution center is roughly 450,000 square feet (42,000 m 2). In early 2006, CDW opened a 513,000-square-foot (47,700 m 2) distribution center in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It later became Computer Discount Warehouse and then simply CDW. The idea was born when Krasny took a small ad in a free-circulation newspaper to sell his computer and printer.

The company has a secondary division known as CDW-G, devoted solely to United States governmental entities, such as K-12 schools, universities, non-profit healthcare organizations, State & Local and the Federal government.ĬDW was originally incorporated in 1984 as 'MPK Computing' by its founder Michael Krasny.

CDW Corporation, headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois, is a provider of technology products and services for business, government and education.

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