World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a privately held American technology solutions and services company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in July 1990 by David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh, it began as a reseller of technology equipment and developed into a large systems integrator and technology-services provider. Its work spans cloud computing, cybersecurity, data centers, data analytics, artificial intelligence, computer networking, application software development, telecommunications networking, and consulting. WWT’s business model combines product distribution, infrastructure integration, professional services, and technology evaluation. The company works with major technology vendors, including Cisco, Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, F5, Tanium, and VMware. Its relationship with Cisco, established in 1994, was an important early expansion of its reseller and integration activities. WWT later built physical warehousing, distribution, configuration, and integration capabilities, allowing it to prepare and deploy complex technology environments for business and government customers. The company opened its first warehouse in 1996 and subsequently expanded to more than 20 facilities, with millions of square feet of warehousing, distribution, and integration space. It also developed large-scale integration laboratories designed to configure secure systems at greater volume. International laboratory expansion included facilities in Amsterdam and Singapore in 2015 and Mumbai in 2019. These sites complemented WWT’s St. Louis operations and supported the company’s ability to work with customers and partners across regions. A significant part of WWT’s innovation and customer-engagement model is its Advanced Technology Center. Opened in 2009, the center gives engineers, customers, and vendor partners a setting in which hardware and software can be evaluated and integrated. WWT also made the center accessible online, extending its demonstration and testing capabilities beyond visitors physically present in St. Louis. The company’s technology portfolio has consequently broadened from equipment resale into architecture design, validation, implementation, managed and professional services, and strategic consulting. WWT has remained private. A related venture, Telcobuy.com, LLC, was established in 1999 with ownership involving WWT, Steward, and Kavanaugh. Telcobuy planned an initial public offering, but the plan was withdrawn during the early-2000s downturn following the collapse of the dot-com boom. The business was merged back into WWT under a holding company in January 2003. WWT has also expanded through acquisitions, including Performance Technology Group in 2010, St. Louis software company Asynchrony in 2015, and Softchoice Corporation, whose acquisition it completed in 2025. Beyond its core technology business, WWT has invested in corporate visibility and community-facing sponsorships. It holds naming rights for the World Wide Technology Raceway and hosts the World Wide Technology Championship on the PGA Tour. The company has also sponsored motorsports and professional golfers. Its workplace and innovation profile has been recognized through recurring Fortune workplace-list appearances, a 2021 Time recognition, and a 2024 Fast Company workplace award. In 2025, however, WWT was named in litigation alleging that Missouri state officials improperly favored the company in the award of information-technology contracts. The allegations were reported as claims in a lawsuit and do not establish wrongdoing by the company.

World Wide Technology was established in July 1990 by David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh as a reseller of technology equipment. Its initial business centered on supplying hardware and related products, but the company gradually developed capabilities beyond resale. In 1994, it formed a partnership with Cisco Systems to resell Cisco hardware and software. It subsequently built relationships with other major technology companies, including Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, F5, Tanium, and VMware. These partnerships gave WWT access to a broad portfolio of enterprise infrastructure and software while supporting its evolution into a value-added technology provider. WWT opened its first warehouse in 1996. Over time, its logistics and integration footprint grew to more than 20 facilities and millions of square feet of warehousing, distribution, and integration space. The company also created large-scale integration laboratories in St. Louis to increase its ability to configure secure systems and prepare complex technology deployments. International laboratories were later opened in Amsterdam and Singapore in 2015 and Mumbai in 2019, extending the company’s integration model into Europe and Asia. In 1999, Telcobuy.com, LLC, was created as a separate company owned by WWT, Steward, and Kavanaugh. Telcobuy planned an initial public offering of approximately $100 million, but the proposed offering was abandoned as the dot-com bubble burst and the early-2000s recession took hold. In January 2003, Telcobuy was merged back into WWT under a holding company. The episode preserved WWT’s private-company structure while ending the planned public-market route for the related business. WWT expanded its technology-evaluation capabilities with the opening of the Advanced Technology Center in 2009. The center was designed for engineers, customers, and technology partners to test and assess hardware and software in practical configurations. Making the center available online allowed a wider audience to use its demonstrations and evaluation resources. This facility became an important expression of WWT’s positioning as an integrator able to validate technology architectures before deployment. The company pursued acquisitions as another means of expanding its capabilities. It purchased Baltimore-based Performance Technology Group in January 2010. In 2015, it acquired Asynchrony, a St. Louis software company, strengthening its software-development and application capabilities. In 2025, WWT completed the acquisition of Softchoice Corporation, broadening its technology-services platform. WWT’s public profile also developed through sports, workplace, and innovation activities. It hosts the World Wide Technology Championship on the PGA Tour, a tournament that began in 2007 and is played at the El Cardonal golf course at the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort. From 2018 through 2021, it sponsored Richard Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace Jr. In 2019, it announced naming rights for Gateway Motorsports Park, which became World Wide Technology Raceway. The company also sponsors golfers in PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions, and LPGA contexts. The company has appeared on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list from 2012 through 2025. It was included in Time’s 2021 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies and was named by Fast Company among the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2024. In March 2025, a lawsuit alleged that Missouri state officials unlawfully favored WWT in the award of state IT contracts and bypassed competitive-bidding laws. The matter should be treated as an allegation reported in litigation, not as a proven conclusion.

• 2025

  Softchoice acquisition completed

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  WWT completed its acquisition of Softchoice Corporation.

• 2019

  Mumbai integration laboratory opened

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  WWT expanded its integration-laboratory network to Mumbai.

• 2015

  Asynchrony acquired and international laboratories expanded

  [1]World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  WWT acquired St. Louis software company Asynchrony and opened integration laboratories in Amsterdam and Singapore.

• 2010

  Performance Technology Group acquired

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  WWT acquired Baltimore-based Performance Technology Group for an undisclosed amount.

• 2009

  Advanced Technology Center opened

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  WWT opened its Advanced Technology Center for hardware and software evaluation by engineers, customers, and partners.

• 2003

  Telcobuy merged back into WWT

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  After its planned IPO was withdrawn, Telcobuy was merged back into WWT under a holding company.

• 1999

  Telcobuy.com established

  [1]World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  WWT, David Steward, and Jim Kavanaugh established Telcobuy.com as a separate company.

• 1996

  First warehouse opened

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  The company opened its first warehouse, beginning the expansion of its physical distribution and integration infrastructure.

• 1994

  Cisco resale partnership established

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  WWT entered a partnership with Cisco Systems to resell Cisco hardware and software.

• 1990

  World Wide Technology founded

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  David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh co-founded WWT in July as a reseller of technology equipment.

A privately held technology solutions provider positioned between a value-added reseller, systems integrator, and professional-services consultancy. WWT emphasizes vendor ecosystem partnerships, large-scale configuration and integration capacity, technology validation through its Advanced Technology Center, and services spanning infrastructure, cloud, security, analytics, software, and telecommunications.

• Cloud infrastructure and services

  Cloud computing services

  WWT provides cloud-related technology solutions as part of its broader infrastructure and consulting portfolio. The offering is positioned alongside data-center, networking, security, and analytics capabilities rather than as a single consumer cloud product. Its role includes helping customers evaluate, integrate, and operate enterprise cloud environments using technologies supplied by its vendor ecosystem.

• Data center infrastructure

  Data center solutions

  WWT designs and integrates data-center technology environments, supported by its warehousing, distribution, configuration, and laboratory infrastructure. These solutions can incorporate computing, storage, networking, security, and related software from multiple technology partners. The company’s integration model is intended to help customers validate and deploy complex systems rather than purchase an isolated hardware item.

• Cybersecurity

  Cybersecurity solutions

  Cybersecurity is one of WWT’s technology-services areas. The company integrates security products and architectures with enterprise networks, data centers, cloud environments, and endpoint or application infrastructure. Its secure-system configuration laboratories and relationships with security and infrastructure vendors support evaluation, configuration, and implementation work for organizational customers.

• Enterprise and carrier networking

  Networking and telecommunications solutions

  WWT supplies and integrates computer-network and cell-phone-carrier networking technologies. Networking is a foundational part of its original reseller business and its later systems-integration model. The company works across enterprise connectivity, infrastructure architecture, and telecommunications environments, drawing on partnerships with major networking and technology vendors.

• Data and AI services

  Data analytics and artificial intelligence

  WWT works in data analytics and artificial intelligence as part of its wider technology-solutions portfolio. These capabilities complement its infrastructure, cloud, software, and consulting services. The company’s role is primarily that of a technology integrator and services provider, helping customers assess and implement data-oriented platforms and supporting infrastructure.

• Software and application services · 2015

  Application software development

  Application software development became a more prominent capability following WWT’s 2015 acquisition of Asynchrony, a St. Louis software company. This area extends WWT beyond infrastructure resale and integration into the creation and delivery of software applications. It supports the company’s broader consulting and digital-technology work for organizational customers.

• 2025

  Missouri IT-contract bidding lawsuit

  A lawsuit filed in March 2025 alleged that officials in Missouri’s Office of Administration improperly favored WWT when awarding lucrative IT contracts and bypassed competitive-bidding laws. The allegations were reported as claims in litigation and are not, by themselves, proof of wrongdoing.

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• 2019World Wide Technology Raceway naming-rights sponsorship

  United States

  WWT announced naming rights for Gateway Motorsports Park, which became known as World Wide Technology Raceway.

  Outcome. The venue adopted the World Wide Technology Raceway name, extending the company’s visibility in motorsports.

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• 2018Richard Petty Motorsports sponsorship

  United States

  WWT sponsored Richard Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace Jr. from 2018 through 2021.

  Outcome. The sponsorship linked the WWT brand to professional stock-car racing during the stated period.

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• 2007World Wide Technology Championship

  United States · Mexico

  WWT hosts a PGA Tour golf tournament that debuted in 2007 and is played at the El Cardonal golf course at the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort.

  Outcome. The tournament became a recurring branded sports platform for WWT.

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• 2025

  Completion of Softchoice acquisitionM&A

  Background

  WWT continued expanding its technology-solutions and services platform through acquisitions.

  Action taken

  WWT completed the acquisition of Softchoice Corporation.

  Aftermath

  The transaction broadened WWT’s combined technology-services platform. The reference material does not provide transaction value or detailed integration results.

  Source

• 2015

  Acquisition of AsynchronyM&A

  Background

  WWT sought to broaden its offering beyond infrastructure resale and integration.

  Action taken

  WWT acquired Asynchrony, a software company based in St. Louis.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition strengthened WWT’s application software-development capabilities.

  Source

• 2010

  Acquisition of Performance Technology GroupM&A

  Background

  WWT pursued acquisitions to expand its technology-services and integration capabilities.

  Action taken

  The company purchased Baltimore-based Performance Technology Group in January 2010.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition expanded WWT’s operating platform; the purchase price was not disclosed in the reference material.

  Source

• 2003

  Reintegrating Telcobuy.com into World Wide TechnologyStrategy

  Background

  Telcobuy.com had planned an initial public offering, but the proposed offering was withdrawn during the early-2000s recession after the dot-com bubble burst.

  Action taken

  WWT merged Telcobuy back into the company under a holding company in January 2003.

  Aftermath

  The transaction ended the related company’s planned public-market path and kept the business within WWT’s private-company structure.

  Source

• 2025

  World Wide Technology completed its acquisition of Softchoice[1]World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  World Wide Technology completed the acquisition of Softchoice Corporation, expanding its technology-solutions and services platform.

• 2024

  World Wide Technology received Fast Company workplace recognition[1]World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  WWT was named one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.

• 2021

  Time recognized World Wide Technology among the 100 Most Influential Companies[1]World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Time included WWT among its 100 Most Influential Companies in the Leaders category.

• 2020

  World Wide Technology won Webby recognition for the St. Jude patient-care app[1]World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  WWT received Webby Awards recognition in the Health & Fitness and People’s Voice categories for its patient-care application created for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

1. 1World Wide Technologyen.wikipedia.org
2. 2NPower Partners with Citi Foundation, Amazon Web Services, Comcast NBCUniversal and Guardian Life to Prioritize Representation of Women of Color in Techprnewswire.com
3. 3Synamedia Signs DTH Distribution Partnerships With WWT, USSI Globalsatellitetoday.com
4. 4Synamedia Unveils International Partnership with World Wide Technologyprnewswire.com
5. 5World Wide Technology Partners With Polarise to Accelerate Europe's Sovereign AI Buildout, Starting in Oslofinanznachrichten.de