CDS Corporate Profile
Incorporated: 1986
Employees: 60
Annual Revenue:
$80 million in FY 2009
Leadership:
Mark Wong, Founder, CEO
Jim Altamirano, President
Guy Merola, Co-Founder, CFO
Charles Rarick, VP of Sales and Technology
Scott Watanabe, VP of Partner Alliances
Roanne Abe, VP of Operations
Corporate Offices
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mainland Headquarters
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Commercial Data Systems, Inc. began in 1986 in Honolulu as a Unix systems integrator and has since grown into one of the top enterprise-level computer integrators and solution providers in the United States.
Commercial Data Systems differentiates itself from other IT providers by offering a complete range of consulting, engineering, and support services. CDS offers ‘complete’ technology solutions by working with customers from the inception and design of a project through procurement, installation, testing, and employee training. This gives the customer a single point of contact and responsibility, and ensures that the customer receives the correct working solution. Because CDS is not a manufacturer or an arm of a manufacturer, it maintains a level of impartiality that direct manufacturers cannot claim. This makes CDS uniquely suited to recommend the best solution available for a given customer need.
Federal, State and Local Procurement
CDS maintains close relations with federal customers, making every effort to ease the procurement process for defense and government offices. With over twenty years of experience in government procurement, CDS enables customers to put all IT hardware, software, and services on a single quote. As a SBA, SDB certified reseller, CDS can help government customers meet specific purchasing requirements. CDS possesses or partners under a growing array of contract vehicles, including GSA schedules and BPAs, Seaport-E, NETCENTS, ECS III, ITES-2H, WSCA, CMAS, and CA SLP, to expedite procurement.
CDSolutions
As a result of its experience in working closely with customers to develop tailored solutions, CDS now possesses great expertise in several cutting-edge technology areas:
- CDS Virtualization Technology
- Trusted Computing and Multi-Level Security
- High Performance Computing (HPC2)
- Application and Technology Consulting
- Enterprise Services
Engineering Expertise
CDS prides itself on maintaining a corps of skilled engineers trained in the latest hardware and software from major IT manufacturers. This valuable knowledge resource is available to its customers for a wide range of services, including simple hardware integration, pre-installation consulting, on-site installation, and long-term on-site deployment. Combined, CDS engineers have hundreds of certifications from a variety of leading manufacturers.System and Contract Support
CDS support services consists of support contract management and engineering support. Hardware support must be provided by the manufacturers directly, but CDS can streamline this process for everyone involved by offering contract management services in addition to the manufacturer support contracts. This allows the customer to unify all hardware support for a given manufacturer under one blanket agreement, instead of managing all contract payments and renewals on a per-machine basis. CDS also offers engineering support as an extension of the ‘complete’ solution model, assisting the customer with installation and testing of a given solution.The CDS Story
Founded in 1986 by Mark Wong, David Castro, Guy Merola and John Ishikawa, Commercial Data Systems initially provided Unix hardware, internetworking, and integration services in Honolulu. Over the next decade, the company installed Internet servers throughout the world. This venture took a sharp turn in the late 1990s, when CDS forged strong partnerships with information technology manufacturers like Sun Microsystems, Cisco, and HP. This, coupled with a revitalized sales force, resulted in phenomenal revenue growth that was invested in boosting CDS’ ability to serve the federal marketplace. This presence was established by the turn of the century, a move which would prove fortuitous in the ensuing years. While other resellers were destroyed by the tech economy bust, CDS continued to grow, and now looks forward to a re-surging IT market.The Future of CDS
Today, CDS continues with its formula for success, maintaining an approximate ratio of $1M revenue per employee. CDS fills an important niche with its combination of pricing and services, continuing to expand as a result. This growth is expected to continue as CDS accumulates satisfied customers in the federal and commercial markets.CDS has become a leader in the Virtualization technology market, and remains in tune with emerging IT trends. CDS has helped many customers reduce their energy usage using virtualization and even halved its own internal infrastructure costs by implementing a virtualization strategy.
By recognizing the growing importance of secure operating systems in a field increasingly beset by virus and hacker attacks, CDS is a pioneer in 'Trusted Computing' and information sharing. CDS now has more engineers certified in trusted operating systems than any other reseller, and remains committed to providing highly secure solutions for its customers.
CDS is also established and proven in cross domain solutions, including those defined by the Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) as access solutions (thin clients and workstations) and transfer solutions (guards). With 7+ years company experience and 50+ years combined staff experience, CDS personnel has worked on both the manufacturer and customer sides of the business.