ETOBICOKE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 15, 2026--
CDW Canada, a leading provider of end-to-end technology solutions and services for Canadian organizations, announced today that it has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year with the 2026 Canadian Partner of Excellence Award by Dell Technologies at the Toronto Technology Forum. The award recognizes CDW Canada’s success helping customers cut through complexity and turn technology investments into business outcomes.
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“Our customers look to CDW to bring together the right technology, expertise and services to help them achieve meaningful outcomes aligned to their goals and challenges,” said Ginette Adragna, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CDW Canada. “Receiving this award for a fifth consecutive year reflects the strength of our relationship with Dell Technologies and the expertise our team brings to customers. Together, we help Canadian organizations navigate complexity, modernize with confidence and build a technology foundation that supports their ambitions.”
The award highlights CDW Canada’s extensive portfolio of Dell Technologies competencies in Core Client, Networking, Server, Storage, Data Protection and Hyperconverged Infrastructure, underscoring its ability to deliver end-to-end solutions that support customers' evolving business and technology needs.
CDW Canada helps customers across the full technology lifecycle, from strategy and design through implementation, management and optimization. CDW Canada maintains Dell Technologies certifications in PowerEdge and MX Modular servers, PowerSwitch networking, PowerStore, PowerScale and PowerFlex storage, as well as PowerProtect data protection solutions. This expertise can be leveraged to help customers make informed technology decisions across their environments that align to their business goals.
For Canadian organizations, that breadth aligns with three priorities: strengthening cybersecurity defences, modernizing hybrid infrastructure and empowering workforce productivity. CDW Canada helps customers connect these priorities to technology choices, from cyber-resilient data protection and flexible infrastructure to the devices and tools employees need to work effectively.
As organizations evaluate artificial intelligence (AI), CDW Canada helps customers move from exploration to execution through expertise spanning strategy, governance, security, infrastructure and managed operations. Its Dell Technologies portfolio includes GPU-equipped PowerEdge infrastructure and PowerScale AI storage. Together, these capabilities help customers plan AI-ready environments and move from pilots toward production with a focus on secure, governed deployments and measurable business outcomes.
To learn how CDW Canada and Dell Technologies can support your organization’s technology priorities, visit cdw.ca/Dell.
About CDW Canada
CDW Canada Corp. is the strategic end-to-end technology partner that cuts through complexity to turn customer ambition into outcomes. Working with organizations across the business, government, education and healthcare sectors, CDW enables organizations to navigate an increasingly complex technology market and turn their technology investments into lasting value. CDW Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW), a global organization. For more information, visit CDW.ca.
CDW Canada team receiving the Canadian Partner Excellence Award by Dell Technologies at the Toronto Technology Forum.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Open enrollment for Medicare plans begins Thursday and enrollees will face a slew of changes that go into effect in 2027.
During the enrollment period, which ends Dec. 7, people will have the opportunity to choose between traditional Medicare and privately run Medicare Advantage plans in their area, as well as prescription drug plans. Those changes go into effect on Jan. 1.
Open enrollment also comes as inflation adds pressure on seniors whose healthcare costs have risen and as midterm elections are weeks away. Voters have consistently said that the cost of living is a major concern heading into the elections.
The Medicare enrollment period also comes as the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that the annual cost-of-living adjustment for older adults and people with disabilities will go up by 3.6% beginning in 2027, which translates to $75 extra per month for the nearly 72 million people who receive monthly Social Security benefits and about 7.3 million beneficiaries who get Supplemental Security Income.
New changes to Medicare coming in 2027 include higher Part D out-of-pocket caps, the end of temporary federal Part D premium subsidies, and new drug price negotiations.
Juliette Cubanski, director of KFF’s program on Medicare policy, said the open enrollment period offers enrollees “an opportunity to evaluate the coverage they have and see if there might be better options for them in terms of accessing the care that they need at possibly a lower cost.”
Here are a few of the biggest changes:
The cap on annual out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare Part D drugs will increase to $2,400, up from $2,100 in 2026, and the standard deductible will increase from $615 to $700.
The temporary Part D premium subsidy will also end early.
The Trump administration concludes at year’s end a temporary Medicare Part D subsidy program that has helped offset premiums.
It was initially implemented by former President Joe Biden's administration in 2024 to lower patients’ Medicare Part D prescription drug costs in response to the effects of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has projected only modest price increases for most people. CMS did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment.
David Lipschutz, co-director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, points out that there could be greater disruptions in coverage for some Medicare enrollees since some Medicare Advantage plans are pulling out of specific geographic areas and scaling back benefits, such as dental coverage, while potentially increasing cost-sharing.
Plans, insurance companies make business decisions about what they’re going to offer the following year, if they’re going to offer anything at all. And by that very nature, it causes disruption to the system. And it looks like this time there’s more disruption than usual.
New Medicare-negotiated prices, part of a Biden-era law that allows the haggling for Medicare, will go into effect for 15 drugs, including weight-loss and diabetes medications Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy.
Additionally, Trelegy Ellipta, Xtandi, Pomalyst, Ibrance, Ofev, Linzess, Calquence, Austedo/Austedo XR, Breo Ellipta, Tradjenta, Xifaxan, Vraylar, Janumet/Janumet XR, and Otezla will be covered by Medicare as of Jan. 1.
CMS expects the change to lower prescription drug coverage for people enrolled in Medicare by $685 million in 2027.
AARP’s Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer Nancy LeaMond said in a statement that “higher healthcare costs are making it harder for older Americans to afford the care they need."
“It’s more important than ever to shop around, compare your options, and choose the coverage that’s best for you," she said.
Along with the changes, President Donald Trump in recent weeks made a series of promises to Medicare enrollees and retirees.
Last week, Trump said his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person in October to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees — or less than one third of enrollees — pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion.
Not eligible are roughly 35 million Medicare Advantage enrollees, millions of other people with disabilities and low-income Medicare recipients.
According to the CMS website, eligible beneficiaries will receive one $90 rebate this month, with most getting a direct deposit. Others will receive a paper check from the Treasury Department later in October.
Trump also announced recently that roughly 1 million people would get rebate checks of $500 for Affordable Care Act premiums.
FILE - A Medicare Advantage PPO card rests on top of a Medicare card in Portland, Ore., June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
