If you're talking about companies that are run like sh-t, then maybe Boeing is Seedy W's only competition....maybe the fu--ing federal govt.
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@an+1jjwbpc4y and, as a partner, it's also way too many layers, unless you come with barrels of $$$! Pay to play...which is fine, that's life...CDW is huge!
Publicly traded:
Insight (NSIT), 6500 employees - Under Joyce, has pivoted to "become an SI", going sideways a bit, top Enterprise leaders and reps left for CNXN⬇️
Connection (CNXN), 2500 employees - Former PC Connection + MoreDirect - Focusing on adding services but otherwise traditional VAR
ePlus (PLUS), 1900 employees - Seems to bo-m and bust with large Govt contracts, Cisco focused
Not Public
WWT - Enterprise/Datacenter/Cloud/AppDev focused, "minority owned", $20BN+/year Rev? Seems to be the biggest and baddest when it comes to engineering, doesn't chase small stuff. Now going after CDW with their acquisition of Softchoice, primarily to boost SW business and Canadian business. Softchoice folks are getting the axe.
SHI - 6000 employees, $10BN+ rev, "woman owned", focused on hiring pretty girls as reps, and software overall. Not strategic, can't spell 💩 without them
Trace3 - Ankle biters but sometimes has a good services practice in your backyard. Founded by je-k looser exec from Insight. The like building up a little brick and mortar practice in NFL cities based around one or two "smart guys" and a key customer, then blow it up a few years later.
The vendors whose stuff we resell…
Former CDW Coworker here- on the partner side now. Working with CDW as a customer is beyond frustrating. Way too many layers within CDW now and too much red tape makes what on the surface should be great business often times not worth the hassle. I never saw it when I was at CDW- I too drank the proverbial Kool-Aid. But seeing it now? It's sad. My hope is that my few friends that still work there are not taken advantage of as things go from bad to worse.
CDW's biggest competitor is CDW...