ADVISORY/Deloitte & Touche Announces Finalists in `2002 Orange County/San Diego Technology Fast 50' Program.

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ADVISORY...

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WHAT:    The Orange County/San Diego Technology Fast 50 annual awards
         program, which recognizes the region's 50 fastest growing
         technology companies, based on percentage growth in revenues
         from 1997-2001.

WHO:     Alphabetical listing of Orange County/San Diego Fast 50
         finalists:

         Access360(a) (Irvine)
         Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (San Diego)
         Autobytel.com (Irvine)
         Avanir Pharmaceuticals (San Diego)
         BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (San Clemente)
         Bridge Technology, Inc. (Garden Grove)
         Broadcom Corporation (Irvine)
         Cardiac Science, Inc. (Irvine)
         CardioDynamics International Corporation (San Diego)
         ComGlobal Systems, Inc. (San Diego)
         Continuous Computing Corporation(a) (San Diego)
         DDi Corporation (Anaheim)
         Discovery Partners Int'l (San Diego)
         Diversa Corporation (San Diego)
         Emulex Corporation (Costa Mesa)
         Endocare, Inc. (Irvine)
         Exult, Inc.(a) (Irvine)
         I/OMagic Corporation (Santa Ana)
         IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation (San Diego)
         Illumina, Inc.(a) (San Diego)
         ImageWare Systems, Inc. (San Diego)
         Immune Response Corporation (Carlsbad)
         Interpore Cross International, Inc. (Irvine)
         Invitrogen Corporation (Carlsbad)
         JNI Corporation (San Diego)
         Lightspan, Inc. (San Diego)
         Micro General Corporation (Santa Ana)
         Micro Therapeutics, Inc. (Irvine)
         Mission Controls Automation, Inc. (Irvine)
         Myrient, Inc. (Aliso Viejo)
         Nanogen, Inc. (San Diego)
         Novatel Wireless, Inc. (San Diego)
         Primal Solutions, Inc. (Irvine)
         Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. (San Diego)
         QLogic Corporation (Aliso Viejo)
         Quest Software, Inc. (Irvine)
         Remec Inc. (San Diego)
         SEQUENOM (San Diego)
         SmartDraw.com (San Diego)
         Sonnet Technologies, Inc. (Irvine)
         Starbase Corporation (Santa Ana)
         SureBeam Corporation (San Diego)
         Syagen Technologies, Inc. (Tustin)
         TCI Solutions, Inc. (Irvine)
         Telenetics Corporation (Lake Forest)
         The Linksys Group, Inc. (Irvine)
         The Titan Corporation (San Diego)
         The TriZetto Group, Inc. (Newport Beach)
         Tickets.com, Inc. (Costa Mesa)
         Viasat, Inc. (Carlsbad)
         Websense, Inc. (San Diego)
         Websidestory (San Diego)
         WIDCOMM, Inc.(a) (San Diego)
         Wireless Facilities, Inc. (San Diego)
         Worldwide Wireless Networks (Orange)

(a)  2002 Rising Stars

The Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche and sponsored
by Bowne, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, Comerica, E-MEDIA, KPBS,
MARSH, Inc., and The T Sector, in association with the AeA, CMTC,
Promotions By Design, and the Software Council of Southern California.

WHEN:    The final ranking will be announced at an awards dinner on
         October 7, at the La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad.

HOW:     Winning companies have self-nominated or have been nominated
         by a third party. To qualify, companies must be in business
         for a minimum of 5 years; must not be a subsidiary or
         division; must have 1997 revenues of at least $50,000, and
         2001 revenues of $1 million or more; and must be considered a
         technology company which is specifically defined as a company
         that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a
         significant portion of the company's operating revenues.
         Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not
         qualify.

         "Rising Star" winners are also chosen. Criteria is the same,
         except that Rising Star winners are selected based on
         percentage of growth in revenues for three years from 1999-
         2001. All U.S.-based Fast 50 companies will automatically be
         entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a
         ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in
         North America.

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