World Wide Technology Named Cisco Public Sector Partner of the Year; WWT Takes Home a Total of Four Awards at the Cisco Partner Summit 2006

Business Wire, March 27, 2006

ST. LOUIS -- World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions, was recognized with four awards at the recent Cisco Partner Summit 2006 in San Diego, Calif. The awards included: Public Sector Partner of the Year, Federal Direct Value Added Reseller (DVAR) of the Year, Federal DVAR Services Partner of the Year and Central Region Outstanding Performance in Advanced Security. WWT was also recognized as a Customer Satisfaction Excellence Partner, the highest distinction a partner can achieve within the Cisco Channel Partner Program.

World Wide has been a Cisco Systems partner for over 14 years. The company's success has been a result of maximizing its Cisco engineering talent and investing resources into its services organization. WWT ranks as the sixth largest Cisco partner in the U.S., with channel sales of $330 million in 2005. The company hired more than 70 Cisco certified engineers in 2005 and holds over 200 Cisco certifications.

"I consider our channel partners as an extension of our sales capability and like any good sales organization we want to recognize and reward our top performers," said Chuck Robbins, vice president of US/Canada channels, Cisco Systems. "Last week, at our annual Partner Summit, I had the privilege of recognizing our top channel partner performers for 2005. I would like to congratulate World Wide Technology on an award-winning year."

"We are honored to be recognized by Cisco for demonstrating technical excellence and delivering customer value," said James P. Kavanaugh, chief executive officer for WWT. "These awards are the result of the hard work and dedication of our talented people who successfully sell, deliver and support Cisco solutions to customers every day. World Wide is proud to be a Cisco certified partner and as a company we look forward to growing our relationship with Cisco even further in 2006."

WWT was selected from a list of more than 2,800 Cisco Certified Channel Partners for their outstanding performance including customer satisfaction levels, revenue growth and technical leadership.

About WWT

World Wide Technology, Inc. is a systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to the commercial, government and telecom sectors. The company brings to market a powerful blend of knowledge, infrastructure and technology to help its customers manage the planning, procurement and deployment of technology products and solutions. Based in St. Louis, the company works closely with industry leaders including Boeing (NYSE: BA); Dell (NASDAQ: DELL); Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO); Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC); AT&T Inc., formerly SBC Communications Inc (NYSE: US:T); Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the U.S. Air Force. WWT employs over 1,000 people and operates more than 1.5 million square-feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in 19 facilities throughout the world. For more information on World Wide Technology, visit www.wwt.com.