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CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, today announced that it will deliver Oracle products through their newly streamlined SMB Technology order process, complete with pre- and post-sales assistance. The Oracle SMB Technology Order process is tailored to meet the needs of small- and medium-sized business customers. CDW�s Oracle Presales Specialists, supported by dedicated Oracle employees onsite, will help customers choose the best Oracle solution and keep track of all software assets. �Small- and medium-size businesses wrestle continually to improve their competitive footing against larger companies in their industries, and extracting good, timely information from their data is one way to do so,� said Ken Grimsley, CDW vice president of strategic sales. �CDW is now able to deliver the enterprise power of Oracle, quickly and effectively, to smaller customers on platforms from leading hardware vendors such as HP, Lenovo and IBM.� �Oracle is listening closely to what smaller businesses need, and we are making moves to broaden their access to our technology products,� said Judson Althoff, vice president, Global Platform & Distribution Sales at Oracle. �CDW�s active embrace of this program, with their national base of SMB customers, will help us keep our commitment to delivering new and better solutions for growing businesses.� Oracle SMB Technology products provide small- and mid-size organizations with scalable, secure and highly available applications that manage and capture the value of their data with the power of enterprise-strength systems at a fraction of the cost. Oracle SMB Technology products currently include Oracle� Database 10g Standard Edition and Standard Edition One, Oracle Application Server Standard Edition and Standard Edition One, and Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition and Standard Edition One. CDW engineers and advanced technology specialists in areas such as software licensing, servers, networking, security and storage can help customize solutions that include Oracle SMB Technology products to meet customers' complex technology needs. CDW is a Certified Advantage Partner (CAP) in the Oracle PartnerNetwork with expertise in Oracle�s Technology Products, including: All versions of Oracle Database Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Collaboration Suite and tools and options. CDW has full Oracle Database solution design, upgrade and scalability options available through all account managers in both public and private Sectors, regardless of customer size or project. All Oracle opportunities are assisted by on-site pre-sales engineers, helping to ensure complete database solution design, solution accuracy, license compliance and support initiatives to provide an all-around, one-stop shop for Oracle Database needs through CDW. About CDW CDW�, ranked No. 342 on the FORTUNE 500, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as APC, Acer, Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Quantum, Samsung, Sony, Symantec and ViewSonic. CDW's direct model offers customers one-on-one relationships with knowledgeable account managers and access to more than 760 on-staff engineers and advanced technology specialists who customize solutions for customers� complex technology needs. CDW also provides same-day product shipping and post-sales technical support. CDW was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 5,480 coworkers. In 2006, the company generated sales of $6.8 billion. For more information, visit CDW.com. Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. CDW Corporation will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the �SEC�), and furnish to its shareholders, a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the meeting of its shareholders to be called with respect to the proposed merger between CDW and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. CDW SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT IS FINALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THEM BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. CDW shareholders and other interested parties will be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other relevant documents filed with the SEC from the SEC�s website at http://www.sec.gov. CDW shareholders and other interested parties will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other relevant documents by directing a request by mail or telephone to CDW Corporation, 200 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061, Attention: Corporate Secretary, telephone: (847) 465-6000, or from CDW�s website, http://www.cdw.com. CDW and certain of its directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be �participants� in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders of CDW with respect to the proposed merger. Information regarding the persons who may be considered �participants� in the solicitation of proxies will be set forth in CDW�s proxy statement relating to the proposed merger when it is filed with the SEC. Information regarding certain of these persons and their beneficial ownership of CDW common stock as of March 31, 2007 is also set forth in CDW�s proxy statement for its 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 16, 2007. Statements about the expected timing, completion and effects of the proposed merger between CDW and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, and all other statements in this filing other than historical facts, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, each of which is qualified in its entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. CDW may not be able to complete the proposed merger because of a number of factors, including, among other things, the failure to obtain shareholder approval, the failure of financing or the failure to satisfy other closing conditions. Other risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements are described in the reports filed by CDW with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation CDW�s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.