Please direct your media and public relations inquiries to: mediarelations@cdw.com 800-800-4CDW CDW Enhances Server Offerings Vernon Hills, Illinois, April 3, 2003 - CDW (Nasdaq: CDWC), a leading provider of technology products and services for businesses, government agencies and educational institutions, builds on the company's success in the server market by expanding its offerings with a selection of new server products and technologies. CDW recently earned distinction as HP's No. 1 reseller of servers for 2002 in the North American Direct Response Channel. This is the fourth consecutive year that CDW has led sales of HP's (and previously Compaq's) Intel-based servers. CDW is selling a new line of four processor capable blade servers, the HP ProLiant BL40p. These Intel Xeon based blade servers offer high performance and high availability, allowing data center managers to more effectively handle demands on their server farms through rapid deployment and automated provisioning. The servers come standard with dual processors and are upgradeable to four. HP is the No. 1 worldwide manufacturer of Intel-based servers. "Customers needing rapid scalability in their data centers benefit from these new HP ProLiant blade servers," said Harry J. Harczak, Jr., CDW's executive vice president - sales. "As a premier source of servers and other mission-critical technology, CDW meets customer needs with product selection and knowledgeable account managers who help our customers find the right products for their needs." CDW is also offering multiple levels of HP Priority Services for ProLiant servers, which can provide customers with flexible, around-the-clock integrated hardware and software support for their server systems. These comprehensive services provide an on-site response to minimize downtime and can help achieve high availability and performance by addressing both hardware and software. "Companies like CDW are vital to extending and augmenting HP technology to our customers," said David Petts, vice president, Americas region, HP Industry Standard Servers. "The combination of HP ProLiant servers and CDW's renowned customer service is of great value to our small- and medium-sized business and enterprise customers." CDW also offers a wide range of business and enterprise server software applications such as Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000, an enterprise firewall and Web cache server application. In addition, CDW offers all customers a wide-selection of hardware, software, support services, custom configuration services, and same-day shipping. Additional information about the HP ProLiant BL40p blade servers is available at CDW.com/hpblade. For Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 and other Microsoft software solutions, customers can visit CDW.com/microsoft. About CDW CDW® (Nasdaq: CDWC), ranked No. 381 on the Fortune 500, is a leading provider of technology solutions for businesses, government agencies and educational institutions nationwide. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as Cisco, Computer Associates, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba. CDW distributes contracts to end users for customized and standardized on-site services supplied directly by providers such as HP Services and Unisys and for training programs provided by firms such as KnowledgeNetvand Productivity Point International. CDW was founded in 1984 as a home-based business and today employs 3,000 coworkers whose efforts generated net sales of more than $4.2 billion in 2002. CDW's direct model offers one-on-one relationships with knowledgeable account managers; purchasing by telephone, fax, the company's award-winning www.cdw.com Web site or customized CDW@work™ extranets; custom configured solutions and same day shipping; flexible financing solutions; and pre- and post-sales technical support, with more than 100 factory-trained and A+ certified technicians on staff.