{"id":728188,"date":"2026-08-05T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728188\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:52:26","slug":"tremendous-moment-cdw-to-take-second-swing-at-ryder-cups-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728188\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tremendous Moment\u2019 \u2013 CDW To Take Second Swing At Ryder Cup\u2019s IT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CDW has been named \u2018Official IT Services Supplier\u2019 to the 2027 Ryder Cup, this time with a \u201csignificantly expanded remit\u201d that will see it roll out a variety of HPE tech at the golfing contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what SVP &amp; Managing Director, CDW UK &amp; International, Penny Williams, branded a \u201ctremendous moment for CDW and for our suppliers\u201d, the VAR giant has been chosen to act as the prime IT infrastructure delivery partner across the full lifecycle of the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CDW was given the same title the last time the biennial competition was held on European soil in 2023, when Team Europe lifted the trophy in Rome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next showdown will take place in Limerick from 17 to 19 September 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NASDAQ-listed outfit \u2013 which ranked 4th in <a href=\"https:\/\/itchanneloxygen.com\/uks-top-resellers-and-msps-revealed-in-oxygen-250-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oxygen 250 2026<\/a> \u2013 has a wider remit this time around, it claimed, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CDW\u2019s role in Limerick will begin with the initial design and infrastructure build, before taking in live operations during match week and then full decommissioning and asset recovery once the winner has been declared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HPE will be its main vendor playing partner, with CDW rolling out an HPE high-density wired and Wi-Fi 7 network, as well as HPE cyber and infrastructure services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Atkinson, Chief Ryder Cup Officer at the European Tour Group, said CDW has the \u201cengineering depth, integration expertise and operational discipline\u201d necessary to take accountability for the event\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing named the Official IT Services Supplier of the 2027 Ryder Cup is a tremendous moment for CDW and for the suppliers we will be working alongside,\u201d Williams added in a canned comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn Rome in 2023 we showed what is possible when you combine best-in-class technology with deep services capability; in 2027 we are going further, taking prime responsibility for the entire technology platform that allows the event to run securely, reliably and at full global broadcast scale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CDW has been named \u2018Official IT Services Supplier\u2019 to the 2027 Ryder Cup, this time with a \u201csignificantly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-728188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}