Deloitte & Touche Announces Ranking of Fastest Growing Technology Companies -- Top finalist experiences revenue gains of up to 180,450%.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2002 Last night, Deloitte & Touche announced its rankings of the 2002 Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. State Technology Fast 50 winners. The Fast 50 is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Washington State. The Fast 50 and Rising Star winners were honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. at an awards celebration at Seahawks Stadium. During the award ceremony, Larry Lar´ry n. 1. Same as Lorry, or Lorrie. Hile v. t. 1. To hide. See Hele. n. 1. (Bot.) Same as Hilum. , Deloitte & Touche Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. Partner told the winners, "Tonight, we celebrate success. Your success. And the positive influence each of you and your companies have made on the many Washington communities represented here tonight. Your company has risen above the masses and has achieved growth well above average of your peer group." The Fast 50 and Rising Star winners were selected based on revenue growth for technology companies throughout Washington State meeting the Fast 50 criteria. Listed below is the name of the company, its ranking, and the percentage of revenue growth over the five or three year period. The Technology Fast 50 company ranking for 2002 is as follows: 1 Cray Inc. 180,450% 2 ImageX, Inc. 64,807% 3 F5 Networks, Inc. 46,785% 4 InterNAP Network 11,135% 5 InfoSpace, Inc. 9,510% 6 Expedia, Inc. 8,004% 7 Pacific Edge Software 7,134% 8 Consumerware, Inc. 5,638% 9 Epoch Biosciences, Inc. 3,901% 10 The Cobalt Group 2,846% 11 Outcome Concept Systems, Inc. 2,841% 12 Eden Bioscience Corporation 1,810% 13 Envision Telephony, Inc. 1,693% 14 Dendreon Corporation 1,643% 15 Targeted Genetics Corporation 1,322% 16 WatchGuard Technologies 1,161% 17 ProCyte Corporation 991% 18 Fullplay Media Systems, Inc. 758% 19 N2H2, Inc. 716% 20 Jetstream Software, Inc. 711% 21 Validio Software, LLC 564% 22 Microvision, Inc. 528% 23 Captura 504% 24 WatchMark Corporation 489% 25 RealNetworks, Inc. 477% 26 Immunex Corporation 433% 27 Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. 431% 28 Coinstar, Inc. 420% 29 CapitalStream 419% 30 Onyx Software 400% 31 Concur Technologies 380% 32 BSQUARE Corporation 329% 33 Corixa Corporation 304% 34 Advanced Digital Information Corporation 291% 35 Physician Micro Systems, Inc. 221% 36 Pacific Aerospace & Electronics 220% 37 UltraBac Software 201% 38 ICOS Corporation 196% 39 Western Wireless Corporation 182% 40 Mackie Designs, Inc. 176% 41 Noetix Corporation 167% 42 Dexter + Chaney 146% 43 Insightful Corporation 139% 44 Microsoft Corporation 123% 45 GoAhead Software 118% 46 Diagnostic Ultrasound Corporation 99% 47 North Creek Analytical 91% 48 Coastal Environmental Systems, Inc. 89% 49 Click2Learn, Inc. 87% 50 eMedia Music 77% This year's Deloitte & Touche Rising Star winners include: 1 HouseValues, Inc. 12,454% 2 SonoSite, Inc. 346% 3 Knowledge Anywhere 146% To qualify for the Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues operating revenue Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue. of at least $50,000 in 1997 and $1,000,000 in 2001, ($50,000 in 1999 and $1,000,000 in 2001 for Rising Star) must be public or private companies headquartered 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. , and be "technology companies" defined as companies that own proprietary technology which contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues and devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology. Winners of the 20 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.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 nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. Known as an employer of choice for 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 five consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and related entities. Deloitte & Touche is the US national practice 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. . Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is a Swiss Verein A Swiss Verein ("Verein" is German for "Union") is a legal structure in Swiss law. It is similar to the Anglo-American voluntary association. Unlike Germany, a Swiss Verein does not need to be registered in order to have a separate legal personality. Most Swiss NGOs resp. , and each of its national practices is a separate and independent legal entity. For more information, please visit Deloitte & Touche's web site at www.deloitte.com/us. For more information on the Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500 programs, please visit www.fast50.com. |
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