Ryan Argall

Ryan Argall is the manager of product and partner management for client computing. In the past, he served as a Microsoft partner specialist for CDW, where he provided pre-sales support of Windows, Windows Server, System Center, and Intune. He also worked directly with customers to answer technical questions around those solutions. Earlier in his career, Ryan was an account manager within CDW’s small business vertical, serving the Ohio Valley region. Ryan has served on SMB leadership committees and has received multiple recognitions of excellence for his support of CDW account managers. Ryan studied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has earned technical certifications from vendors such as Microsoft, Cisco, Symantec and HP.

Manager of Product and Partner Management

XP EOL – Why Move to Windows 8

By Ryan Argall

April 11, 2014

Data Center

Now that we are confronted with Windows XP’s end of support (April 8th, 2014), more and more organizations are beginning to realize the urgency in needing to move off of Windows XP. At the end of 2013, about 36 percent of respondents to a Spiceworks survey said they planned to have at least one XP instance…

XP End of Support: Why Should I Care?

By Ryan Argall

December 2, 2013

Data Center

April 8th, 2014 will bring a landmark change to the IT landscape with the end of support for one of the most successful operating systems in history: Windows XP. Most Microsoft products live on a 10-year support lifecycle, with five years of mainstream support followed by five years of extended support. XP has been supported…