WWT History | World Wide Technology

History

1400 employees
March - Cisco Partner Summit 2011 Award Winner in the Categories of U.S./Canada Theater Partner of the Year, U.S. Data Center Partner of the Year, U.S. Cisco Capital Partner of the Year, U.S. Theater Partner of the Year, Enterprise Partner of the Year - Central Region, Enterprise Partner of the Year - West Region, National Services Partner of the Year, Public Sector & Technology Solutions - Public Safety Partner of the Year, Public Sector & Technology Solutions - Federal Partner of the Year
February - VMware Global Government Partner of the Year Award
January - National Minority Business Council "Outstanding Technology Partner of the Year"

1205 employees
October - EMC Enterprise Partner of the Year
June - VAR500 Best Partnership Award
May - #53 Washington Technology Top 100 Government Contractors
May - #201 Forbes America’s Largest Private Companies
April - Cisco Partner Summit 2010 Award Winner in the Categories of US/Canada - Technology Excellence Partner of the Year, US Regional - Central - Enterprise Partner of the Year,US Regional - National - Technology Excellence Partner of the Year - Vertical and US Regional - Public Sector & Technology Solutions - Public Sector Partner of the Year.
April - WWT received HP partner in Excellence Award for Personal Systems Group Top Revenue Growth
January - WWT acquires Performance Technology Group

$2.53 billion sales, 1008 employees
Opened new facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada and Tempe, Arizona
August - reached $1 billion in sales with Cisco Systems
June - received 2008 Supplier Recognition Award for Customer Service from AT&T
May - hosted President George Bush at St. Louis headquarters
May - VAR Business 50 ranks WWT No. 36
April - awarded Enterprise Partner of the Year, DVAR of the Year and Mobility Partner of the Year from Cisco Systems
February - achieved Master Unified Communications and Security Specializations from Cisco Systems

$1.8 billion sales, 900 employees
WWT bought out venture capital firms ($27.5 million) Highland Capital Partner and Summit Partners
Opened new facilities in Phoenix, Ariz.; Granite City, Ill.; Earth City, Mo.; Greensboro, N.C.; Westchester, Ohio; and Virginia Beach, Va.
Facilities were expanded in Compton, Calif.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Austin, Texas
October - Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List ranks WWT No. 248
June - VAR Business 50 ranked WWT No. 45
May - Washington Technology Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors - Ranked No. 58
April - SBC 2005 Supplier Recognition Award for Customer Service
April - Cisco named World Wide Technology its Federal Direct VAR of the Year

$1.4 billion sales
August - WWT achieved Cisco® Metro Optical Transport Advanced Technology Certification
June - WWT acquired Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III (SEWP) Contract from ECS Technologies, Inc.
January - opened warehouse in Detroit, Mi
January - SDE Business Partnering became World Wide Technology - Automotive
Black Enterprise Magazine - WWT named largest black-owned business in United States
Washington Technology Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors - Ranked No. 51
SBC Communications Inc. - Outstanding Supplier Customer Service Award
Hewlett-Packard PartnerOne Platinum

$714 million sales
November – opened offices in Nashville, TN
October – opened offices in Austin, TX.
January – created SDE Business Partnering
RCGA Fast 50 Technology Company
Washington Technology Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors – ranked No. 42
Black Enterprise BE Industrial/Service 100 – WWT ranked No. 7
Black Enterprise BE Industrial/Service 100 – Telcobuy ranked No. 2
St. Louis Business Journal - World Wide Technology Inc. ranked the No. 2 diversity-owned business in the United States by Div2000.com

$924 million sales
January – opened offices in Livermore, CA
April – opened offices in Aberdeen, MD
August – opened offices in McLean, VA
RCGA Fast 50 Technology Company – ranked No. 10
Washington Technology Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors – ranked No. 51
VAR Business 500 – ranked No. 67
Black Enterprise BE Industrial/Service 100 – ranked No. 1
SBA "Hall of Fame" – David L. Steward
St. Louis Business Journal – In Depth: 2001 e-business Awards, 1st place: Telcobuy.com

$202 million sales
Installed Oracle Release 10.7
Purchased buildings 58, 60, 62, 64 and 131 Weldon Pkwy in St. Louis to create WWT/Telcobuy Campus
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award – David L. Steward
US SBA Region VII Minority Small Business Person of the Year – David L. Steward
RCGA Fast 50 Technology Company
Washington Technology Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors – ranked No. 64
VAR Business 500 – ranked No. 109