CDW-G Community Relations - Hurricane Relief Efforts In order to help the government rebuild infrastructure in the devastated Gulf region, CDW dispatched Next Marketing's mobile command truck equipped with more than 50 laptops donated by HP, and a satellite-ready Internet connection. In addition, two CDW-G engineers, Phil Simerly and Spencer Cagle, traveled in the trailer to handle the configuration and manage the IT infrastructure. The pictures below are from their trip. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, CDW sent its mobile command center down to the Gulf region to aid in recovery efforts. CDW-G coworkers assemble the mobile command center in Gulfport, Mississippi. Equipped with satellite-ready connection and outfitted with 50 laptops, CDW-G dispatched Next Marketing’s mobile command truck to help local officials who were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. The mobile command center nears completion and is almost ready to help the local Gulfport government rebuild their infrastructure. The fully assembled mobile command center is up and ready to go. U.S. marshals in Gulfport, Miss., search for missing persons via the satellite-ready Internet connection in the mobile command center. Housed next to a sleeping tent for the several hundred members stationed at base camp, the mobile command unit provided local Gulfport officials with the mobile tools and technologies by which they could start to rebuild their community. Two statues of Ronald McDonald are all that remain after Hurricane Katrina stormed through a local McDonald’s Gulfport, Mississippi. A bridge in Gulfport, Mississippi was no match for the sheer power and destruction of Hurricane Katrina. With hundred mile and hour winds and powerful surges of water, Hurricane Katrina seemingly left no structure untouched.