CDW Case Study Sample

To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Specifically, GFT and CDW concentrated on key areas of:

• Security
• Optimizing the infrastructure for scalability and reliability through virtualization
• Implementing a converged IP network
• Backup and recovery with IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

CDW was brought in because of the expertise they could offer across the IT spectrum. Rasoul continued, “We certainly don’t have a shortage of IT experts inside our organization. We’re not unused to doing things ourselves. But what I like about CDW is that it is an independent organization I can go to, to get an unbiased opinion on what we should do and how we should do it.”

Security

Because almost all of GFT’s business is conducted online, they must be diligent about identifying threats that would try and interrupt business. For Rasoul, the challenge has become apparent: “We attract a lot of attention online. Online trading, most of the time, if not 99.9%, is done through some type of online interface, so we’ve dealt with our share of cyber terrorism over the last 3 years.”