Worldwide Supply/Worldwide Services

WORLDWIDE SUPPLY/WORLDWIDE SERV I CES has met some interesting challenges, and as VanOrden relates, the company has done very well compared to most. “We’ve been very fortunate in the fact that our industry was classified as a necessity from day one – supporting IT and network infrastructure,” he reports. “So, from a company perspective, we have not missed a beat, no interruptions. In fact, it’s been the opposite. Because of the niche that we’re in – building networks and supporting remote communications - our business has actually thrived through this challenging time. Nobody likes to benefit off what has taken place, but it has afforded us an opportunity to help companies across the globe that were not prepared to manage and work from a remote type of standpoint. So, we’ve been extremely busy and fortunate.” “One of the things we’re very proud of when the pandemic first hit, being headquartered here in New Jersey, we participated in building the networks for the temporary hospitals throughout New York City, providing both equipment and services so they could care for patients with the overload from the pandemic,” Monitoring & Infrastructure Management, Consulting & Project Management Services, Network Security, Network Lifecycle Management, Asset Recovery Programs, Spares Management & Repairs, and Materials Management & Reverse Logistics. The new division serves the following sectors: Cable Operators, Carriers/Service Providers, Construction, Enterprise, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Energy: Oil, Gas & Solar, Retail Networks, Utilities, Wireless, and Government, via 400 service centers in over 79 countries. “It’s a separate entity,” VanOrden explains. “It still falls under the Worldwide Supply banner because we still supply large volumes of network infrastructure equipment. But it was a way for us to start to work towards changing the identity and the brand. I can see that at some point in the future, we probably will be known as Worldwide Services, even though there’ll be some equipment components still to the business. Right now, though, it’s two separate entities under one roof.” This past year, because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Worldwide Supply/Services