CDW Announces Acquisition of Mission Cloud Services Inc., a leading US-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Partner
03 December 2024 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
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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