MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), which through its subsidiaries
provides a full range of information technology (IT) solutions from
design through deployment to business, government, and education
markets, has achieved TelePresence Video Advanced Authorized Technology
Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes PC
Connection as having the capabilities to sell, deploy, and support Cisco
TelePresence Video products and solutions at the Advanced level.
The Cisco TelePresence Video Advanced ATP Program is focused on
providing a new way of working in which everyone, everywhere can be more
productive through face-to-face collaboration with TelePresence Video
solutions. The Advanced-level program's goal is to enable partners to
market TelePresence Video endpoints with a full breadth of
infrastructure solutions in addition to managed videoconferencing
services.
"The Cisco TelePresence Video Advanced ATP Program is designed to enable
partners to take advantage of the tremendous market opportunities
ahead—not only in the telepresence space but also in the overall
collaboration market," said Richard McLeod, senior director of
collaboration for worldwide channels at Cisco. "As a Cisco TelePresence
Video Advanced ATP Partner, PC Connection has made an investment in the
sales, technical, and lifecycle services capabilities needed to deliver
the industry's most comprehensive and interoperable Cisco TelePresence
Video portfolio."
"PC Connection is excited about the opportunity to add Cisco
TelePresence Video to our extensive portfolio of voice and video
solution offerings," said Tim McGrath, President and Chief Executive
Officer of PC Connection, Inc. "This Advanced-level status reflects PC
Connection's superior ability to deliver products and services that
enhance collaboration and communication."
PC Connection's participation in the ATP Program bolsters a
comprehensive offering of Cisco products and services. As a Cisco® Gold
Certified Partner, PC Connection has achieved the highest level of
credibility and the broadest range of expertise across multiple
technologies, including 6 advanced specializations in Unified
Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, Wireless LAN
Technologies, Data Center Storage Networking, and Data Center Networking
Infrastructure. Cisco Gold Certification provides PC Connection access
to in-depth sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and
support available from Cisco.
About Cisco TelePresence and Video Collaboration Solutions
Cisco TelePresence® and Video collaboration solutions provide life-like,
high-definition, conferencing facilities with superior audio and video,
allowing participants to meet their colleagues, customers, and business
partners across a virtual table. Participants can enjoy a same-room
meeting experience, even if they are located in different locations
around the world. Participants can also meet more often and enjoy more
productive sessions, helping to improve business interactions while
potentially building stronger customer relationships, accelerating sales
cycles, improving project management, and forming tighter integration
with remote offices.
About PC Connection, Inc.
PC Connection, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, has four sales
subsidiaries: PC Connection Sales Corporation, MoreDirect, Inc.,
GovConnection, Inc., and Professional Computer Center, Inc. d/b/a ValCom
Technology, headquartered in Merrimack, NH, Boca Raton, FL, Rockville,
MD, and Itasca, IL, respectively. All four companies can deliver
custom-configured computer systems overnight from our ISO 9001:2008
certified technical configuration lab at our distribution center in
Wilmington, OH. Investors and media can find more information about PC
Connection, Inc. at http://ir.pcconnection.com.
PC Connection Sales Corporation (800-800-5555), the original business of
PC Connection, Inc. serving primarily the small- and medium-sized
business sector, is a rapid-response provider of IT products and
services. It offers more than 300,000 brand-name products through its
staff of technically trained sales account managers and telesales
specialists, catalogs, publications, and its website at www.pcconnection.com.
This subsidiary also serves the consumer and small office users under
its PC Connection Express brand (888-800-0323) at www.pcconnectionexpress.com
and is, under its MacConnection brand (800-800-2222), one of Apple's
largest authorized online resellers at www.macconnection.com.
MoreDirect, Inc. (561-237-3300), www.moredirect.com,
provides corporate technology buyers with best-in-class IT solutions,
in-depth IT supply-chain expertise, and access to over 300,000 products
and 1,600 vendors through TRAXX™, a cloud-based eProcurement system.
Backed by over 500 technical certifications, MoreDirect's team of
engineers, software licensing specialists, and project managers help
reduce the cost and complexity of buying hardware, software, and
services throughout the entire IT lifecycle.
GovConnection, Inc. (800-800-0019) is a rapid-response provider of IT
products and services to federal, state, and local government agencies
and educational institutions through specialized account managers,
catalogs, and publications, and online at www.govconnection.com.
Professional Computer Center, Inc. d/b/a ValCom Technology
(630-285-0500), www.valcomtechnology.com,
provides technology services to medium-to-large corporate organizations
utilizing its proprietary cloud-based IT service management software,
WebSPOC™. Through its experienced technical service personnel ValCom
Technology provides network, server, storage, mission-critical onsite
support, installation, and hosting of lifecycle services.
Cisco, the Cisco logo and Cisco TelePresence are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and
other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks.
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PC Connection, Inc.
William Schulze, 603-683-2322
Vice
President and Corporate Controller
Source: PC Connection, Inc.
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