CDW.com/netapp CDW.com/datacenter | 800.800.4239 IT’S WHO YOU KNOW: CDW + NETAPP DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION

WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION, IT’S NOT JUST WHAT YOU KNOW. IT’S WHO YOU KNOW. That’s why we partner with leading vendors like NetApp. They offer a wide range of optimization solutions to meet the performance, scalability and flexibility needs of your infrastructure. And as a FlexPod Premium Partner, CDW has the experts and the expertise to make them work for you. Together, we give our customers access to the latest innovations to help optimize their data centers for today and support the technological demands of the future.

NETAPP GETS DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION.

POWERFUL AND AGILE STORAGE SOLUTIONS THAT GROW WITH YOU A FIRST STEP TO THE CLOUD NetApp® Fabric-Attached Storage (FAS) NetApp Data ONTAP® 8 architecture off ers Th e FlexPodTM data center platform is a systems deliver powerful storage with the a storage operating system to help address prevalidated solution. It combines storage, availability, scalability and performance to drive the challenges facing growing organizations. networking and server components and integrates them into a single fl exible the most demanding Storage Area Network · Data ONTAP 8 adds massive scalability, architecture. Th e FlexPod data center (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) improved management for large-scale platform is designed to ease IT transformation workloads. FAS boosts agility with: deployments and nondisruptive operations to virtual infrastructure and cloud computing with support for FC, FCoE, iSCSI, pNFS, NFS INTELLIGENCE with minimal risk. Its architecture can scale and CIFS. Virtual storage tier technologies automatically up or out and can be optimized for a variety adapt to enhance performance while reducing · NetApp® FAS and V-Series storage solutions of mixed workloads in both virtualized and the storage footprint. can scale from a few terabytes to several non-virtualized environments. AVAILABILITY petabytes, all on a single storage platform. A reliable architecture protects hardware availability, eliminates planned downtime and prevents data loss.

SCALABILITY NETAPP HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF FORBES’ MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES. Storage infrastructure scales out to almost And they’re the only storage vendor on the list for the second year in a row. unlimited capacity, encompassing multiple media types for both SAN and NAS protocols.

CDW GETS NETAPP.

THE PEOPLE THE PRODUCTS THE PLAN We have teams of experienced data center CDW has expertise across the NetApp portfolio: We utilize NetApp storage in both our hosted solution architects who receive ongoing and managed data centers. And we can assist · We’re a FlexPod Premium Partner, a training on NetApp technologies. Along you with a variety of services at every phase designation given to only 10% of NetApp’s with your dedicated account manager, of your NetApp investment: partners, recognizing our expertise in CDW has pre- and post-sales experts deploying FlexPod solutions. · Installation and confi guration to fi nd the right solution for you. · Hardware and software upgrades · As a NetApp channel partner, we · Professional Services: · Data migrations can design your solution according 500 engineers and project managers · Health checks to NetApp best practices. · Performance, tuning and diagnostics · Managed Services: · CDW is a NetApp National Corporate · Jumpstarts and mentoring 150 engineers and project managers Reseller and Star Partner, the highest · Ongoing support and management partner designation. · Ad hoc support · Custom development

WE ARE WHERE CDW has data centers located around the U.S. that provide hosted environments to supplement or even replace existing infrastructure, allowing you to refocus resources YOU ARE. on more critical responsibilities. CDW.com/netapp CDW.com/datacenter | 800.800.4239 IT’S OFFICIAL.

CDW and NetApp are a winning team.

AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS & DISTINCTIONS

· FlexPod Premium Partner NETAPP TAKES NOTICE. · 100+ NetApp certifi cations and accreditations for pre-sales, post-sales and hosting, including: In 2011, two CDW engineers received NetApp awards for excellence in ensuring customer success. In 2012, another • NetApp Certifi ed Data Management Administrator (NCDA) CDW engineer was recognized for engineering excellence • NetApp Certifi ed Implementation Engineer (NCIE) in the NetApp partner community. • NetApp Certifi ed Solution Architect (NCSA) • NetApp Accredited Storage Architect Professional (ASAP) · NetApp Star Partner, the highest certifi cation from NetApp · NetApp Central Commercial Partner of the Year — 2010 · NetApp’s fastest-growing corporate partner · NetApp’s fastest-growing public sector partner (CDW•G) · NetApp’s top federal reseller (CDW•G) — 2011 · NetApp’s top Department of Defense reseller (CDW•G) — 2011

SEE FOR YOURSELF.

CASE STUDY: STORAGE SIMPLICITY “Today, we have both the scalability and the performance essential to supporting capacity-hungry applications.” ORGANIZATION: McKenna Long & Aldridge Bob Lamy | Chief Technology Offi cer HEADQUARTERS: Atlanta, GA EMPLOYEES: 900 (including 475 attorneys)

A large, national law firm was facing complexity in its storage environment. A wide variety of storage and server technologies that were in use had become a management headache. BYOD was adding to the complexity, and a large file server environment needed support. We worked with the client’s IT team to collapse the mixed storage environment into a single NetApp FAS 6000 environment. It subsequently became possible to SEE HOW WE DID IT >> run multiple mission-critical applications. CDW.com/data-center-redo

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