CDW Announces Acquisition of Mission Cloud Services Inc., a leading US-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Partner
Acquisition expands cloud and AI technology services and solutions
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW), a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, today announced that it has acquired Mission Cloud Services Inc., a leading cloud professional services, managed services and consulting provider. The transaction complements CDW Digital Velocity – CDW's cloud, data, AI and software platform engineering organization – while bolstering CDW's existing cloud expertise, market scale and solution capabilities. Mission and CDW will come together as CDW's dedicated AWS practice.
Founded in 2017, Mission works closely to understand the unique needs of small business and mid-market AWS customers by offering customized solutions and strategic guidance for professional services projects, end-to-end cloud services, security, and innovative AI solutions and software. As an AWS-certified generative AI partner, Mission securely transforms customer data with AI and Machine Learning (ML) solutions and offers comprehensive protection for AWS-managed environments.
"The acquisition of Mission accelerates our three-part growth strategy by augmenting our cloud services and enhancing our ability to deliver customer-centric outcomes across the full technology solutions stack and lifecycle," said Christine A. Leahy, chair and chief executive officer, CDW. "We look forward to welcoming the talented Mission team to CDW and leveraging their robust cloud, security, and AI expertise to lead the market and deliver on our purpose – to make technology work so people can do great things."
"Joining CDW represents a pivotal moment to scale our dedicated AWS practice at all stages of the customer's cloud, security, and AI journey," said Simon Anderson, Mission chairman, founder, and chief executive officer. "As an AWS Premier Tier Partner, we are strategically positioned to help CDW's extensive customer network embrace and accelerate building on AWS and optimize their technology investments and AI-driven innovation."
"Both CDW and Mission are trusted advisors to our customers. Together we will deliver powerful, world-class cloud services to the market. By leveraging our combined technical and industry expertise across all end markets, CDW grows as an AWS Premier Tier Partner with a combined 17 AWS Competencies," said Bob Kirby, senior vice president, public sector & digital velocity, CDW.
About CDW
CDW Corporation is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. For more information about CDW, please visit www.CDW.com.
About Mission
Mission is a leading born-in-the-cloud managed services and consulting provider, offering end-to-end cloud services, innovative AI solutions, and software for AWS customers. As an AWS Premier Tier Partner, Mission helps manage technology investments, improve performance and governance, scale to meet demand, safeguard your data, and innovate fearlessly. Mission consistently earns Best Places to Work awards and is recognized across the technology industry for our commitment to closing the cloud skills gap and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
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