WWT Recognized as one of St. Louis' Best Places to Work
ST. LOUIS – March 15, 2011 – World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions, today announced it has been named one of St. Louis' Best Places to Work by the St. Louis Business Journal. More than 18,000 employees with 127 companies were surveyed with the Business Journal honoring only 20. The winners will be featured in the April 8 edition of the Business Journal and honored at an awards luncheon on April 7 at Windows Off Washington.
"We've always felt that WWT is a great place to work and it's nice to get some external validation on our company, culture and people," said Jim Kavanaugh, CEO of World Wide Technology. "This recognition can be attributed to the hard work, dedication and commitment of all our employees and I am proud of their accomplishments and all the things they do – day in and day out – to make WWT a great company and an employer of choice."
WWT specializes in delivering and supporting advanced technology solutions in the areas of data center and virtualization, mobility and borderless networks, unified communications and collaboration, and security. The company offers technology products from more than 3,000 manufacturers and maintains over 1,000 certifications to ensure it provides the latest in IT solutions and services to customers around the globe. WWT also offers a complete array of configuration and integration services and a full suite of advanced logistics, inventory management and supply chain solutions.
About WWT
World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to the commercial, government and telecom sectors. The company brings to market a powerful blend of knowledge, infrastructure and technology to help its customers manage the planning, procurement and deployment of IT products and solutions. Based in St. Louis, WWT works closely with industry leaders including Boeing (NYSE: BA); Dell (NASDAQ: DELL); Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO); EMC (NYSE: EMC); HP (NYSE: HPQ); AT&T Inc., (NYSE: ATT); VMware (NYSE: VMW); Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS); NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP); Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the U.S. Air Force. WWT employs over 1,400 people and operates more than 1.5 million square-feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in 20 facilities throughout the world. For more information on World Wide Technology, visit www.wwt.com.
Contact:
Edward Levens for WWT
(919) 346-5531