PC Connection

PC Connection, Inc., doing business as Connection, is headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire. It has more than 2,600 employees and sells more than 460,000 products.

Founded in 1982, Connection has grown to include IT services to SMB, enterprise, and public sector markets.

History
PC Connection, Inc. was founded in 1982 by Patricia Gallup and David Hall. The co-founders met while serving as a support crew to hikers on the Appalachian Trail.

The company's first headquarters occupied a former woodworking mill in Marlow, NH population 542 at the time. To launch their business, Gallup and Hall used Gallup's savings of $8,000 to purchase inventory and take out a 1/9th-page ad in Byte magazine. In 1984, they started selling Macintosh products under the MacConnection brand.

In 1987, PC Connection was named to the Inc. 500 as the second fastest growing company in the United States.

In March 1998, the company completed its initial public offering on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol PCCC.

In September 2016, the company announced a corporate rebranding. The "Connection" brand unites all subsidiaries (PC Connection, MacConnection, GovConnection, MoreDirect, and Softmart) under one brand name. NASDAQ stock ticker changes from PCCC to CNXN.

Locations
In addition to its corporate headquarters in Merrimack, PC Connection, Inc. has sales and support offices in Keene, New Hampshire; Rockville, Maryland; Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; Boca Raton, Florida; Schaumburg, IL; and Exton, Pennsylvania. The company operates a 268,000-square-foot distribution and fulfillment complex, equipped with a technical configuration lab in Wilmington, Ohio.

Acquisitions
In 1999, Connection purchased ComTeq Federal, a Maryland-based company serving the computing needs of federal government agencies, including the Navy, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the National Security Agency, and Internal Revenue Service. Renamed GovConnection, Inc., the subsidiary serves all government and education customers.

In January 2000, Connection announced the agreement to acquire Merisel Inc.

In 2002, Connection acquired MoreDirect, a Florida-based company specializing in Web-based eProcurement.

In 2005, Connection purchased the business and selected assets of Amherst Technologies, Inc., a New Hampshire-based IT provider.

In 2011, Connection acquired ValCom Technologies, a technology services company in the Chicago metropolitan area.

In 2016, Connection acquired Softmart, a supplier of hardware and software.

In 2016, Connection acquired GlobalServe, a global reseller.