PC Connection Subsidiary Wins Massachusetts State IT Contract; Custome

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    MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2005--PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), a leading direct marketer of information technology products and solutions, has announced that its GovConnection subsidiary has been awarded Category 6 status on the Commonwealth of MA ITC16a Contract. This enables GovConnection to provide contract purchasers with an expanded variety of major-brand computers, peripherals, software, and other IT services. GovConnection services all public sector markets including State and Local Government, Federal Government, higher education, and K-12 education.
    "We truly value our partnership with the Commonwealth. Massachusetts' customers have been purchasing name-brand technology products from GovConnection for years," said Jay Lambke, President of GovConnection, Inc. "This new award enables us to provide computers, peripherals, and services not available through other providers. This uniquely positions GovConnection to better respond to the changing needs of state and local government agencies throughout the state."

    About PC Connection, Inc.

    PC Connection, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, operates three sales subsidiaries, PC Connection Sales Corporation of Merrimack, NH, GovConnection, Inc. of Rockville, MD, and MoreDirect, Inc. of Boca Raton, FL. PC Connection Sales Corporation (1-800-800-5555) is a rapid-response provider of information technology (IT) products and solutions offering more than 100,000 brand-name products to businesses through its staff of technically trained sales account managers and catalog telesales representatives, catalogs, and publications, and its web site at www.pcconnection.com. The subsidiary serves the Apple/Macintosh community through its MacConnection division (1-800-800-2222), which also publishes specialized catalogs and is online at www.macconnection.com. GovConnection, Inc. (1-800-800-0019) is a rapid-response provider of IT products and solutions to federal, state, and local government agencies and educational institutions through specialized account managers, catalogs, and publications, and online at www.govconnection.com. MoreDirect, Inc. (www.moredirect.com) provides corporate technology buyers with a comprehensive web-based e-procurement solution and in-depth IT supply-chain expertise, serving as a one-stop source by aggregating more than 300,000 products from the inventories of leading IT wholesale distributors and manufacturers. All three subsidiaries can deliver custom-configured computer systems overnight.

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CONTACT: PC Connection David Beffa-Negrini, 603-683-2248 Vice President, Corporate Communications

KEYWORD: NEW HAMPSHIRE MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE GOVERNMENT SOFTWARE NETWORKING MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: PC Connection, Inc.

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