( BW)(KY-POMEROY-IT-SOLUTIONS)(PMRY) Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc.
Receives the Southeast Region DVAR of the Year Award from Cisco
Systems

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    HEBRON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004--Pomeroy IT Solutions
(Nasdaq:PMRY), today announced that it was recognized by Cisco
Systems, Inc., during the Cisco annual Partner Summit, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, as the Direct Value Added Reseller (DVAR) of the Year in the
Southeast Region. The Cisco DVAR Awards are conferred to partners who
meet and score the highest on a specific set of requirements that are
designed to identify the best channel partners. These include customer
satisfaction, year over year growth of Cisco sales and Advanced
Technologies sales as a percentage of overall bookings and compliance
with the Cisco Channel Partner Program.
    "The continued dedication to our customers to promote solutions,
and our focus on Cisco Advanced Technologies by our sales and
technical teams, have been acknowledged by this award," said Curt
Dunseath, Vice President of Infrastructure Solutions. "Pomeroy stepped
up to Cisco's challenge to focus on business solutions. Our
specializations cover IP Communications, Security, Wireless and
Network Management. To win an award like this Pomeroy had to deliver
both Cisco products and Pomeroy-delivered services at extremely high
customer satisfaction levels."
    "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 Channels, Cisco Systems." "Last week, at our annual Partner Summit,
I had the privilege of recognizing our top channel partner performers
for 2003. I would like to congratulate Pomeroy on an award-winning
year."
    Pomeroy IT Solutions is a Cisco Gold partner and maintains a high
number of specialized Cisco certifications in the southeast as well as
over the rest of its territory.
    As a solution provider, Pomeroy IT Solutions offers three
categories of service: enterprise consulting, enterprise
infrastructure solutions and lifecycle services. The Company has
clientele across a broad spectrum of industries, governments and
educational organizations. The Company employs approximately 1,400
individuals, more than half of whom are technical personnel, and
maintain 26 regional facilities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and West
Virginia. For the year ended January 5, 2004, the Company reported
revenues of $598 million.

    Certain statements that are not purely historical constitute
'forward-looking statements' for purposes of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as
such they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from
those projected or anticipated. These statements are based on
information available to the Company as of the date hereof and the
Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update any such
forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results
to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not
limited to, the Company's ability to identify suitable acquisition
candidates and successfully integrate acquired companies, the
estimated needs of customers as conveyed to the Company, market
conditions including the overall demand for IT products and services,
the terms of applicable agreements and certification programs and the
assumptions regarding the Company's performance thereunder, the
Company's ability to attract and retain technical personnel and to
identify and develop expertise in future-demanded services, the nature
and volume of products and services anticipated to be delivered and
the Company's ability to obtain sufficient volumes of products and
provide services.

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    CONTACT: Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc.
             Investor Relations
             Michael E. Rohrkemper, 859-586-0600, ext. 1416
             investor@pomeroy.com
             Company Website: www.pomeroy.com

    KEYWORD: KENTUCKY HAWAII
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: NETWORKING HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS
    SOURCE: Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc.