Deloitte & Touche Recognizes Chicago's Fastest-Growing Technology Companies; Mascon Global Limited Ranked Number One in Deloitte & Touche's Fast 50 Program.Business Editors/Technology Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001 Manufacturing software The following list of software modules are the manufacturing components of Baan's ERP (BaanERP) system, acquired by SSA Global in 2003 and subsequently by Infor at the end of 2006. It is listed here because it provides a comprehensive overview of the required software. See MES. developer Mascon Global Limited was named the Chicagoland's fastest-growing technology company, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results of Deloitte & Touche's second annual Greater Chicagoland Technology Fast 50 program. Mascon, based in Schaumburg, Illinois Schaumburg is a village in Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 75,386. As of 2005, the population slightly dropped to 72,690 according to the Census Bureau. , topped this year's list with a five-year growth rate of 74,900%. Mascon was number five on last year's Fast 50 ranking. Chicago-based Click Commerce, Inc, a software publishing company, grew 21,811% and ranked second among this year's Fast 50 winners. DerivaTech of Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. ranked third with a growth rate of 1,472%. "Improving product quality and customer service, focusing on niche markets A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. and taking advantage of the professional business resources available in the Chicago area are some of the factors that contributed to the tremendous success of this year's winners," said Timothy Timothy, epistles in the New Testament Timothy, two letters of the New Testament. With Titus they comprise the Pastoral Epistles, in which St. Paul addresses his coworkers as the guardians and transmitters of his teaching. J. McCarty McCarty is the name of:
To identify the winners, Deloitte & Touche reviewed the companies' revenues for the past five years (1996-2000), calculated the growth percentage, and then compared the growth of all the technology companies in the region. Five Chicagoland technology companies also were recognized as Rising Stars, newer technology firms whose revenue growth was measured over three years (1998-2000). In the Rising Stars category, Chicago's Universal Access, Inc., a B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. software developer, was number one for the second year in a row with a growth rate of 3,038%. Chicago-based Performics Performics is an affiliate marketing, search engine marketing, data feed marketing, and online lead generation company. Performics provides both search engine marketing[1] Inc. ranked second with a 2,638% growth rate. More than half of last year's Fast 50 winners, including Rising Stars, are on this year's rankings. Twelve companies moved up in rankings, four companies maintained their positions from last year, while 19 companies moved down in rankings. The Fast 50 Program is created by Deloitte & Touche and hosted with sponsors Jenner Jen·ner , Edward 1749-1823. British physician and vaccination pioneer who found that smallpox could be prevented by inoculation with the substance from cowpox lesions. & Block and LexisNexis A service that provides online legal and business information. Lexis was the first full-text information service for the legal profession. Nexis provides the archives of The New York Times as well as Wall Street industry analysis, public records, tax information, political analysis, SEC . Participating organizations include the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is the largest association of businesses in Illinois, dedicated to the success of their 2,600 members and their 1.3 million employees. Their mission is to make Chicagoland, which they define as the six counties surrounding Chicago (Cook, DuPage, , University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Recruiters also voice a strongly positive opinion of students. According to BusinessWeek's biannual MBA rankings: "Chicago's grads were hands-down favorites in our survey of companies that hire MBAs. , Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Executive's Club, The Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. Coalition and World Business Chicago. A complete listing of the Fast 50 and Rising Stars rankings are listed below:
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Fast 50 Company Name Location Percentage
Ranking Revenue
Growth Over
5 Years
(1996-2000)
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1 Mascon Global Limited Schaumburg, IL 74,900%
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2 Click Commerce, Inc. Chicago, IL 21,811%
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3 DerivaTech Chicago, IL 1,472%
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4 Apropos Technology Oak Brook Terrace, IL 1,448%
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5 Stericycle Inc. Lake Forest, IL 1,219%
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6 Interface Software Oak Brook, IL 1,179%
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7 Cabot Microelectronics Aurora, IL 644%
Corporation
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8 COMNET International Lisle, IL 639%
Company
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9 Tekgraf Inc. Vernon Hills, IL 613%
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10 Virtual-Media, Inc. Barrington, IL 605%
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11 Red Sky Technologies, Inc. Chicago, IL 596%
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12 Stratos Lightwave, Inc. Chicago, IL 529%
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13 Trading Technologies, Inc. Evanston, IL 480%
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14 Vision Point of Sale, Inc. Glenview, IL 375%
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15 Calypso Systems, Inc. Chicago, IL 341%
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16 Tellabs Lisle, IL 290%
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17 Incredible Technologies, Rolling Meadows, IL 290%
Inc.
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18 Daystar Computer Systems, Chicago, IL 285%
Inc.
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19 Software Architects, Inc. Westchester, IL 254%
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20 Hytel Group Inc. Hampshire, IL 249%
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21 Lakeview Technology Oakbrook, IL 240%
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22 Software Technologies Westchester, IL 230%
Group, Inc.
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23 BBDP Inc./CAPS Bloomingdale, IL 221%
SOFTWARE
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24 Installshield Software Schaumburg, IL 216%
Corporation
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25 Zebra Technologies Vernon Hills, IL 184%
Corporation
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26 VASCO Data Security Oak Brook Terrace, IL 175%
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27 Faxitron X-Ray Corporation Wheeling, IL 155%
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28 M-Wave Inc. Bensenville, IL 154%
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29 High Tower Incorporated Lincolnwood, IL 153%
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30 Akorn Inc. Buffalo Grove, IL 97%
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31 Anixter International Inc. Skokie, IL 90%
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32 Vysis, Inc. Downers Grove, IL 81%
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33 Bio-logic Systems Corp. Mundelein, IL 81%
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34 Richardson Electronics, LaFox, IL 70%
Ltd.
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35 SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL 68%
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36 Allscripts Healthcare Libertyville, IL 64%
Solutions
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37 Molex Incorporated Lisle, IL 60%
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38 CCC Information Services Chicago, IL 60%
Inc.
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39 Cobra Electronics Chicago, IL 60%
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40 Woodhead Industries Inc. Deerfield, IL 56%
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41 Galileo International Inc. Rosemont, IL 51%
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42 Baxter International, Inc. Deerfield, IL 50%
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43 Geneer Des Plaines, IL 50%
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44 Telular Corporation Vernon Hills, IL 47%
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45 Wells-Gardner Electronics Chicago, IL 38%
Corporation
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46 Methode Electronics, Inc. Chicago, IL 37%
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47 Midway Games Inc. Chicago, IL 36%
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48 Motorola, Inc. Schaumburg, IL 35%
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49 Andrew Corporation Orland Park, IL 28%
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50 Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL 25%
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Rising Company Name Location Percentage
Stars Revenue
Rankings Growth
Over Three
Years
(1998-2000)
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1 Universal Access, Inc. Chicago, IL 3,038.24%
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2 Performics Inc. Chicago, IL 2,638.10%
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3 Hubbard One Chicago, IL 1,680.51%
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4 Telution, Inc. Chicago, IL 800.89%
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5 TouchSensor Wheaton, IL 254.41%
Technologies, L.L.C.
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