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For Immediate Release

WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY WINS CONTRACT FROM DELL FOR SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICES

St. Louis, Missouri – March 4, 2003 – World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide some supply chain services for Dell's U.S. logistics centers.

WWT will be the Expense Parts Supply Hub & Custom Factory Integration provider for Dell's operations in Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; and Reno, Nevada. WWT will manage and supply Dell's factories with a variety of items from their logistics centers in the three locations. In addition, WWT will perform certain assembly, de-kitting and labeling services for custom components stored in these centers.

"We are committed to expanding supplier diversity and doing business with companies with a history of successful performance and a culture of speed and flexibility," said Sean McKinless, director of supply chain management for Dell.

WWT is using wireless technology, B2B systems integration and a robust back-office infrastructure to support Dell's manufacturing process. Joe Koenig, WWT president, said, "Providing supply chain services to Dell and its suppliers highlights our relentless focus on adding value through the innovative use of technology."

WWT is currently operational in Austin and Nashville, with plans to be operational in Reno by Q1. "The joint WWT and Dell team committed the right people to this initiative," said Chris Scaglione, WWT vice president of business services and the company's executive sponsor for the program. "We're proud to have met an extremely aggressive startup schedule, enabling Dell and its suppliers to begin realizing benefits immediately."

About World Wide Technology

Founded in 1990, WWT Holding is a leading electronic procurement and logistics company in the information technology industry. WWT Holding, with its industry-specific operating companies - WWT, Telcobuy.com and SDE Business Partnering-specializes in helping customers rapidly build and deploy technology infrastructure in a timely, cost-effective manner.

WWT's electronic procurement and logistics capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, building upon WWT's success as a premier value-added reseller in the information technology industry. This allows partners to focus on core competencies while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Both customers and partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining access to WWT's web-based procurement, inventory management and deployment management applications.

WWT has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with remote sales and distribution facilities in Plano, Texas; Austin, Texas; Livermore, California; Aberdeen, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan; Reno, Nevada; and McLean, Virginia.  For more information, please visit us at http://www.wwt.com.

About Dell

Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq: DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $35.4 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals.

Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at http://www.dell.com.

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