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Cybersecurity Services for Chi Corporation

Independently owned Ohio integrator spun out of Case Institute of Technology in 1968 that designs networking, storage, virtualization, data protection and security solutions from its Cleveland headquarters, carrying partner lines including Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.

Chi Corporation logo
TypeRegional VAR
HQCleveland, Ohio
Focusenterprise storage, data protection and backup, virtualization, network security, disaster recovery
SizeRegional
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CWS is not affiliated with Chi Corporation. This page describes cybersecurity delivery services CWS offers to channel partners.

Company Profile

Chi Corporation at a glance

Founded
1968
Operates in
Cleveland, Ohio (headquarters, 5265 Naiman Parkway)
Verticals
automotive, banking, healthcare, higher education, k-12 education, legal, manufacturing, media, retail
Ownership
Privately held. Case sold Chi in the mid 1970s to a group of investors that included one of the company's current owners

Compiled from public sources: https://chicorporation.com/company/our-history/, https://chicorporation.com/company/, https://chicorporation.com/, https://chicorporation.com/contact-us/.

Industry Context

The Challenge for Regional Resellers

Chi Corporation began in 1968 when Case Institute of Technology, now Case Western Reserve University, spun its computer operation out as a private company rather than buy a bigger UNIVAC. The venture had been called Project X, and chi is the Greek letter that looks like an X. Case sold the business in the mid 1970s to a group of investors, one of whom is still an owner today. Fifty eight years later the company works from a single building on Naiman Parkway in Cleveland

Continuity of that kind carries a cost. No private equity sponsor underwrites a hiring plan here, and one office covers banking, healthcare, higher education, legal, manufacturing, automotive, media and retail customers. Meanwhile the partner list has grown to carry Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike alongside the storage and data protection lines Chi built its name on. Each of those is a separate specialism with its own certification path and its own delivery rhythm. Self funded growth cannot support a dedicated engineer for every one of them, and regulated customers in Cleveland do not wait patiently while one gets recruited. Banks and hospitals in particular tend to arrive with a deadline already attached

CWS supplies the specialists without Chi taking on the payroll. Our engineers work under the Chi Corporation name on a single delivery standard, available across the United States and Canada, and in French where Quebec or Canadian federal work demands it. Quotes, scope and project status live in Corova, which means a Palo Alto Networks build or a CrowdStrike deployment gets priced and tracked the way a storage refresh always has been

How CWS Helps

Relevant CWS Services for Chi Corporation

Based on Chi Corporation's specializations, the following CWS service lines align with their cybersecurity practice.

SIEM and Security Visibility
Positioned at the Point of Decision

Why This Matters for Chi Corporation

Fifty eight years of unbroken independent ownership is why customers trust Chi and also why its bench cannot expand on demand. Those are one fact seen from two sides. CWS stops the second side from limiting the first

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