Lambke Joins PC Connection as President of GovConnection Subsidiary

Business Wire, May 4, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004

PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), a leading direct marketer of information technology (IT) products and solutions, has announced that Jay V. Lambke has joined its GovConnection subsidiary as President. Lambke succeeds Don Weatherson, who oversaw the subsidiary on an interim basis since November 2003. Weatherson will continue in his role as non-executive Chairman of the subsidiary's Board of Directors.

"Jay is a talented and experienced leader who brings a great deal of skill and commitment to our GovConnection team," Weatherson said. "His energy, enthusiasm, and expertise will help GovConnection continue to set new standards for customer service, product knowledge, and overall value in our target markets. I strongly believe Jay is the right person to take our winning team to even greater heights."

Lambke joined GovConnection from Gateway, Inc., where he served as Vice President and General Manager of Institutional Markets, which includes federal, state, and local governments, K-12 schools, and higher education institutions as well as Fortune 1000 companies. In this role, he was responsible for managing 600 employees and $1.6 billion in annual revenue. Before joining Gateway, Lambke was employed by Ingram Micro, Inc., where he served first as Vice President of Government and Education Sales and later as Vice President and General Manager of the Government and Education Division. Lambke began his career in government IT sales as a territory manager for Tech Data Corp.

Lambke will be based in the subsidiary's headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, and will also oversee GovConnection call centers in New Hampshire and Connecticut. "We are pleased to have Jay join us as President of GovConnection, our subsidiary that specializes in public sector sales," said Patricia Gallup, Chairman and CEO of parent company PC Connection, Inc. "We believe Jay's extensive experience will be of great value in helping GovConnection meet the complex and ever-changing IT needs of its customers."

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.