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Proven Value: Area-Wide as V.A.R.

As the region's premier full-service business technology solutions provider for more than a decade, Area-Wide Technologies has delivered to customers of all sizes the cost-savings, superior service, knowledge, and experience that only a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) of the industry's leading solutions can offer. Since 2008, in fact, Area-Wide has built upon the company's status as one of just two Microsoft Gold Certified Partners headquartered in Champaign County by continuing to diversify strategic alliances with the specific goal of offering an unmatched variety of professional, high-performance business solutions.

Ultimately, Area-Wide is proud to represent SonicWALL as one of the company's Silver Solution Provider partners, specific to the following competencies:
  • Network Infrastructure
  • Advanced Infrastructure
  • Security Solutions
Area-Wide Technologies has been a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner since 2007. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner must pass Microsoft's most demanding partner requirements and has demonstrated the robust, efficient and scalable implementation of Microsoft's leading technologies. The Gold Certified Partner designation requires years of sustained organizational excellence, as well as documented customer deployment and on-site assessment by Microsoft.
  
  
  
  
» What is a Value-Added Reseller?

A value-added reseller utilizes vendor relationships and alliances to obtain high-level pricing discounts on the hardware and software necessary to compete in today's increasingly digital business world, then transforms these individual components into customized, turn-key business solutions. In addition to the aforementioned cost savings, added value can also come from bundled professional services such as integrating, customizing, consulting, training, and implementation of the solutions offered.

Furthermore, Area-Wide's many vendor relationships allow us to provide you with an unbiased and thorough analysis of the solution that would make the most financial and organizational sense for your company. Indeed, instead of being forced to rely on the goodwill of industry sales teams under increasing pressure to move units and further brand recognition, your company can take advantage of both Area-Wide's strategic alliances and more than 10 years of experience deploying the channel's leading brands and products.

Value-added resellers such as Area-Wide Technologies are also able to transform disparate items from a warehouse--such as, for example, the individual components of a desktop workstation--into highly-customized solutions built to fulfill a very specific need identified by your business. Our custom-built line of business-class servers, workstations, and laptops allow your company access to the industry's leading technology while also ensuring the powerful machines we build to suit accomplish very tangible goals for your business or organization.