Pomeroy IT Solutions Announces New $18 Million Multi-Year Services Contract With...

Pomeroy IT Solutions Announces New $18 Million Multi-Year Services Contract
With PPL

HEBRON, Ky., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pomeroy IT Solutions (Nasdaq:
PMRY), a technology services and solutions provider, today announced that it
has been awarded a five year contract to provide help desk and desk side
support services to PPL, a global energy company headquartered in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, that controls or owns more than 12,000 megawatts of generating
capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets, and delivers
electricity to approximately 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the
United Kingdom. This new IT services contract has an estimated value of $18
Million over the initial five year term.

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Under the agreement, PPL also has the option to extend the helpdesk and desk
side support engagement for two consecutive one-year renewal terms, which, if
exercised by PPL, would increase the aggregate estimated value of the contract
to $25 million over a seven year period. Pomeroy plans to hire approximately
45 additional technical resources to perform services specifically for PPL
under the contract; 27 of the dedicated resources will perform services
on-site at PPL's headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania and 18 of the
dedicated resources will provide remote help desk services to PPL from
Pomeroy's Global Service Center in Hebron, Kentucky.

"We successfully combined our experienced outsourcing team with our
industry-recognized service desk capabilities to provide PPL with a
comprehensive, fully integrated solution for certain core IT support
functions," said Ken Kearns, Senior Vice President of Service Delivery and
Alliances. "We are very pleased to have been selected to perform IT services
for PPL and we look forward to the opportunity to support their organization."

Jim Schinski, PPL's Chief Information Officer added, "We are excited about
this agreement with Pomeroy. This has offered us an opportunity to
significantly save money without reducing the levels of service provided to
our clients."

About Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc.
Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of IT infrastructure
solutions focused on enterprise, network and end-user technologies.
Leveraging its core competencies in IT Outsourcing and Professional Services,
Pomeroy delivers consulting, deployment, operational, staffing and product
sourcing solutions through the disciplines of Six-Sigma, program and project
management, and industry best practices. Pomeroy's consultative approach and
adaptive methodology enables Fortune 2000 corporations, government entities,
and mid-market clients to realize their business goals and objectives by
leveraging information technology to simplify complexities, increase
productivity, reduce costs, and improve profitability. For more information,
go to www.pomeroy.com.

About PPL
PPL Corporation is a global energy company based in Allentown, Pa., that
delivers electricity to more than 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania; sells
energy in key U.S. markets; provides energy services for businesses in the
mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States; generates electricity at power
plants in Pennsylvania, Montana, Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Maine;
and delivers electricity to about 2.6 million customers in the United Kingdom.
PPL's four principal business subsidiaries are PPL Generation LLC, PPL
EnergyPlus LLC, PPL Global LLC and PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

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SOURCE Pomeroy IT Solutions

Ken Kearns, Senior Vice President of Service Delivery and Alliances,
+1-859-586-0600 x1165, kkearns@pomeroy.com