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World Wide Technology was founded by David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh in July 1990 as a reseller of technology equipment.[1]

In 1994, WWT entered into a partnership with Cisco to resell hardware and software.[2] WWT also established partnerships with technology companies including Dell,[3] Hewlett Packard Enterprise,[4] Intel,[5] Microsoft,[6] NetApp,[7] F5,[8] Tanium[9] and VMware.[10]

WWT opened its first warehouse in 1996 and now operates more than 20 facilities with two million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space.[11][12]

WWT created its first large-scale integration lab in St. Louis to increase capacity for secure system configuration.[13] Additional integration labs were established in Europe and Asia, with locations in Amsterdam and Singapore opening in 2015,[14] and Mumbai in 2019.[15]

In 2009, WWT opened its Advanced Technology Center to allow engineers, customers and partners to evaluate hardware and software.[16][17] The Advanced Technology Center was made accessible online.[18]

In 2015, WWT acquired St. Louis software company Asynchrony.[19]

In 2020, WWT received Webby Awards in the Health & Fitness and People's Voice categories for its St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Patient Care App.[20]

WWT has been named on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list from 2012-2020.[21]

In 2021, Time named WWT among the 100 Most Influential Companies, in the "Leaders" category.[22]