Connection Wins Lenovo 360 Nationals Partner of the Year U.S. Award

Lenovo Honors Connection for Outstanding Performance, Engagement, and Strategic Planning

MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Connection (PC Connection, Inc.; NASDAQ: CNXN), a leading information technology solutions provider to business, government, healthcare, and education markets, is pleased to announce that it has received the Lenovo 360 Nationals Partner of the Year U.S. 2025 award.

The Lenovo 360 Nationals Partner of the Year award is the first of its kind for Lenovo, recognizing a single partner for excelling in all three areas of Lenovo’s International Sales Organization business—Intelligent Device Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, and Solutions and Services Group. Connection was selected for the award based on outstanding year-over-year growth, exceptional customer engagement, and close alignment on strategic planning.

Ryan McCurdy, Senior Vice President and President of North America, Lenovo said, “Connection went above and beyond to secure its place as Lenovo 360 Nationals Partner of the Year U.S. 2025. Year over year, the Connection team delivered an impressive 33% growth across Intelligent Device Group business and 44% growth for the Solutions and Services Group, closing one of the largest channel Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) opportunities in Lenovo history.” Highlighting the close collaboration between the two companies, McCurdy continued, “That performance reflects a commitment across the entire organization—from frontline Sales all the way up to leadership—to align with Lenovo on strategic planning, training, and acquisition activities. The strength of those relationships and the team’s focus on growth has set our partnership up for continued success. Congratulations to Connection for an outstanding year and a well-deserved Partner of the Year award.”

Tim McGrath, President and CEO of Connection said, “Thank you to Lenovo for this incredible honor, and congratulations to the teams across Connection whose hard work made this achievement possible. Being named Lenovo 360 Nationals Partner of the Year U.S. is a reflection of the tremendous talent and culture of excellence that makes the Connection team one of a kind—and a validation of our relentless focus on exceptional customer service. We will continue to find ways to build on this success, create greater value for our customers, and collaborate more closely with our trusted partners. Thank you again to Lenovo for recognizing Connection with this award and for supporting our team as we help customers drive growth, productivity, and security with the latest technology solutions and services.”

About Connection

PC Connection, Inc. and its subsidiaries, dba Connection, (www.connection.com; NASDAQ: CNXN) is a Fortune 1000 company headquartered in Merrimack, NH. With offices throughout the United States, Connection delivers custom-configured computer systems overnight from its ISO 9001:2015 certified technical configuration lab at its distribution center in Wilmington, OH. In addition, the Company has over 2,500 technical certifications to ensure that it can solve the most complex issues of its customers. Connection also services international customers through its GlobalServe subsidiary, a global IT procurement and service management company. Investors and media can find more information about Connection at http://ir.connection.com.

Connection Business Solutions (800.800.5555) is a rapid-response provider of IT products and services serving primarily the small- and medium-sized business sector. It offers more than 460,000 brand-name products through its staff of technically trained sales account managers, publications, and its website at www.connection.com.

Connection Enterprise Solutions (561.237.3300), www.connection.com/enterprise, provides corporate technology buyers with best-in-class IT solutions, in-depth IT supply-chain expertise, and real-time access to over 460,000 products and 1,600 vendors through MarkITplace^®, a proprietary next-generation, cloud-based supply chain solution. The team’s engineers, software licensing specialists, and subject matter experts help reduce the cost and complexity of buying hardware, software, and services throughout the entire IT lifecycle.

Connection Public Sector Solutions (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, publications, and online at www.connection.com/publicsector.

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