Lifecycle asset management offers organizations a robust set of solutions designed to effectively manage their IT assets so that they can optimize use while controlling costs and enhancing security. CDW views LAM as a strategic practice that spans product lifecycles, backed by offerings that position you for success. Our common goal in building out a…

“A place for everything, and everything in its place.” You’ve probably heard this familiar idiom encouraging tidiness. It also sums up the basic concept of hybrid storage. Enterprises seeking better ways to manage and organize their data, and the associated costs, can find new flexibility in hybrid solutions, which extend on-premises arrays into a hyperscale…

There’s a lot for organizations to like about hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). To start with, it creates an environment where IT staff can easily automate and manage deployments, upgrades and updates. These types of capabilities, delivered with scale and flexibility, provide the kind of agility and responsiveness that the lines of business within companies expect from…

Misery loves company. If you want plenty of both, don’t bother developing a disaster recovery plan. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about a quarter of businesses do not reopen after suffering a disaster. That’s a lot of closures when you consider how many hurricanes, wildfires and floods have swept the country over the past couple…

Digital transformation occurs when enterprises fundamentally change their business model, creating a shift in technology that affects IT culture and how value is being delivered to customers. Scale, referring to additional connected devices increasing data growth, is one of those technological changes. The Internet of Things, for example, is often a key component of digital…

Just how solid are brick-and-mortar stores? For every brand that closes a store, two others open a new one, according to an August 2018 IHL Group study. And certain segments — such as food and grocery, drugstores, convenience stores, and superstores and warehouses — see almost four openings for every closure. Increasingly, what separates the…