3GI Named To Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SPRINGFIELD Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2000 4th Consecutive Year for 3GI on List of North America's Fastest Growing Technology Companies 3-G International, Inc. (3GI), a provider of market-leading authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. software and services to secure e-business, today announced that it has been named to the 2000 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . This is the fourth consecutive year 3GI has been named to the Fast 500, a feat matched by only 5 percent of the firms that have made this year's list. Rankings are based on five-year percentage revenue growth from 1995-1999, during which 3GI grew 672 percent. Thomas L. Gregg, 3GI President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , credits a solid business model, aggressive expansion strategy, and experienced executive management for the company's dramatic revenue growth over the past five years. "As 3GI prepares to release new cutting-edge security products, including our next generation of Passage(TM) enterprise and Web security solutions, businesses and consumers can expect to see our firm continue its drive toward excellence, while achieving the same high levels of customer satisfaction," Gregg says. "3GI's exemplary dedication to achieving significant growth over the past five years is evidenced by its placement on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology firms in the U.S. and Canada," said Mark A. Evans, managing director of Deloitte & Touche's Technology & Communications Group. "We salute 3GI's exceptional accomplishments in today's very competitive technology marketplace." About 3GI 3GI provides leading authentication software and services to secure e-business. 3GI's authentication solutions leverage cutting-edge access technologies such as smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. and biometrics The biological identification of a person. Examples are face, iris and retinal patterns, hand geometry and voice. Increasingly built into laptop computers, fingerprint readers have become popular as a secure method for identification. to ensure the security, integrity and management of digital identities for businesses and consumers. Founded in 1991, 3GI has been named one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 survey for the past four years, and CEO Thomas Gregg earned the 1999 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The company boasts an impressive customer and partner list, including Microsoft, Schlumberger and more. To learn more, visit http://www.3GI.com . About Deloitte & Touche Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects services through 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to exceeding the expectations of its clients and its people. Known as an employer of choice for its innovative human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" by Fortune magazine for three consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Deloitte & Touche (also referred to as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and branded as Deloitte.) is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG. , one of the world's leading professional services firms, with more than 90,000 people in over 130 countries. |
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