World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a

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technology services provider based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company has an annual revenue of $14.5 billion (the 27th largest private company in the US and the biggest black-owned company in the US) and employs over 8,000 people. WWT works in the areas of

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computer security Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, t ...

data center A data center (American English) or data centre (British English)See spelling differences. is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommun ...

s, data

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and

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech ...

computer network A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. The computers use common communication protocols over digital interconnections to communicate with each other. These interconnections are ...

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development,

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networking, and

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services.

History

World Wide Technology was founded by David Steward and

Jim Kavanaugh James P. "Jim" Kavanaugh (born 1963) is an American businessman. He is known as the CEO and co-founder of World Wide Technology. Early life Kavanaugh received his Bachelor of Science in business administration from Saint Louis University in 198 ...

in July 1990 as a reseller of technology equipment. In 1994, WWT entered into a partnership with

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to resell hardware and software. WWT also established partnerships with technology companies including

Dell Dell is an American based technology company. It develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas, United States. HPE was founded on November 1, 2015, in Palo Alto, California, as part of the splitting of the ...

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 ser ...

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, F5, Tanium and

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. WWT opened its first warehouse in 1996 and operates more than 20 facilities with two million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space. In 1999, Telcobuy.com, LLC, was founded as separate company, owned by WWT, Steward and Kavanaugh. In March, 2000, Telcobuy announced $27.5 million in venture capital, after revenue grew to $246 million. Telcobuy planned an

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of about $100 million, but as the

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burst, the plan was withdrawn in the early 2000s recession. Starting 2001 with 440 employees, the company reduced its workforce and its founders took 40% pay cuts, while it kept operating. In January 2003, it was merged back into WWT under a holding company. WWT created its first large-scale integration lab in St. Louis to increase capacity for secure system configuration. Additional integration labs were established in

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and

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, with locations in

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and

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opening in 2015, and

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in 2019. In 2009, WWT opened its Advanced Technology Center to allow engineers, customers and partners to evaluate hardware and software. The Advanced Technology Center was made accessible online. In 2015, WWT acquired St. Louis software company Asynchrony. In 2020, WWT received

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in the Health & Fitness and People's Voice categories for its

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Patient Care App. WWT has been named on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list from 2012 to 2022. In 2021,

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named WWT among the 100 Most Influential Companies, in the "Leaders" category.

Sponsorships

* In 2018, WWT signed a sponsorship agreement with Richard Petty Motorsports driver “Bubba” Wallace, Jr * In 2019, WWT announced a naming rights sponsorship of Gateway Motorsports Park, now known as the World Wide Technology Raceway * WWT also sponsors PGA golfer

Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell (born 30 July 1979) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. He has a total of eleven tournament victories on the European Tour, and four on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble ...

and

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golfer Billy Andrade

References

{{reflist Information technology companies of the United States Companies based in St. Louis County, Missouri Technology companies established in 1990 1990 establishments in Missouri Black-owned companies of the United States