Please direct your media and public relations inquiries to: mediarelations@cdw.com 800-800-4CDW CDW Signs Exclusive Deal with WinkComm To Offer SiteStart, All-In-One Web site Design, Development and Hosting Package, aimed at SOHOs and SMBs Vernon Hills, Illinois, September 9, 1998—CDW Computer Centers, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDWC), a Fortune 1000 company and one of the country's largest and fastest growing direct marketers of brand name computer products, today announced an exclusive agreement with Chicago-based developer WinkComm to distribute their innovative new product, SiteStart, a comprehensive Web site design, development, registration and hosting package. SiteStart, essentially a Web site in a box, is designed to give small and medium sized businesses professional Web sites without the time and money required with custom development. SiteStart requires only basic PC skills, unlike other site design tools, which require HTML programming or page layout knowledge and skills. SiteStart is available starting today exclusively through CDW for $699.00 by calling 800-800-4239 or by visiting CDW's Web site at www.cdw.com. "At CDW, our strength is offering products, service and support that make our customers' jobs easier," said CDW President Greg Zeman. "By offering innovative products like SiteStart we can continue to meet the changing needs of our SMB customers with affordable solutions." "If you can type, you can create a SiteStart Web site," said WinkComm Founder and CEO Brian Wink. "Everyone knows that they need to get on the Web, they just don't always know how to get started. SiteStart takes the guesswork out by walking them through all the decisions and content entry. Also, by including all the logistical details – registration, e-mail set up and hosting – SiteStart takes care of the legwork and eliminates the risk involved." SiteStart users employ the SiteStart Web Page Wizard to create their Web site by selecting among several page layouts and page content options including a Home page, products, jobs, news and more. SiteStart allows users to make changes in real time by toggling between the SiteStart application and their Web browser. The SiteStart product includes site registration, E-mail set-up and a year's worth of site hosting. About CDW CDW Computer Centers, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, is one of the country's largest and fastest growing direct marketers of microcomputer products, providing customized solutions and support to business and consumer customers nationwide. Founded in 1984, CDW today boasts more than 1,400 coworkers whose efforts generated net sales that topped $1.4 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 1998. The No. 1 authorized direct source for Compaq, IBM, Computer Associates, Microsoft and Toshiba, CDW offers more than 30,000 brand name microcomputer products to business, government, educational, institutional and home office users in the United States. With lifetime technical support and other industry leading service capabilities, CDW prides itself on providing unparalleled support, solutions and customer service. With more than 50 factory-trained and certified technicians on staff, CDW provides customized solutions, completing more than 3,000 custom configurations each week, free of charge. More information About CDW is available on the company's award-winning Web site, www.cdw.com, or by calling 800-671-4239. About WinkComm WinkComm provides a wide range of technology integration consulting and development services. Serving the Chicago area since 1993, WinkComm specializes in Internet/E-Commerce development and network design, implementation and support. Priding itself on offering solutions when other vendors say, "it can't be done," WinkComm counts 3Com, Ameritech, Apple Computer, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Bulls, Hollywood Pictures, Helene Curtis, Motorola and R.R. Donnelley among its satisfied clients. For more information about WinkComm, please call 847-310-9465 ext. 230 or log on to www.winkcomm.com.