CDW August Sales Rise

CDW Corp.(CDWC Quote), a provider of technology products and services to business, government and educational sectors, said Tuesday that its total sales in August rose 7.5%.

Total sales for August 2006 were $620.2 million compared with August 2005 sales of $576.8 million.

There were 23 billing days in August this year same as in August 2005.

On an average daily basis, the public sector segment achieved 23.9% growth and the corporate sector segment achieved marginal 0.2% growth.

Notebook CPUs, software, printers, video, memory and input devices were product categories that achieved the strongest unit volume growth for the month of August on an average daily basis.

CDW shares were recently trading up $1.15, or 1.9%, at $61.21.