Orange County Area Companies Among Deloitte & Touche Ranking of North America's 500 Fastest Growing Technology Firms.Business Editors COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 -- autobytel Autobytel, Inc. NASDAQ: ABTL is an Irvine, California, company and the largest online automotive marketplaces. Autobytel owns and operates websites including Autobytel.com, myRide.com, Autoweb.com, CarSmart.com, Car.com, and CarTV.com which facilitate car-shopping decisions. .com Inc. is highest-ranking Orange County company -- Based on their revenues over the past five years, 10 Orange County companies have been recognized among North America's fastest growing technology firms in the "2000 Technology Fast 500" ranking announced today by Deloitte & Touche's Technology & Communications Group. Of the 10 companies, the industry breakdown includes four in software, three in computers & peripherals, and one each in medical, scientific, and technical manufacturing, 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 , and communications. With a five-year revenue growth of 14,607%, and at number 27, autobytel.com Inc., an Irvine-based Internet firm, was the highest-ranking Orange County company on the Fast 500 list. The company also ranked number two in the "Orange County/San Diego Technology Fast 50," a local program recognizing the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Orange and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. counties. "Orange County has long been a nurturing setting for fast-paced companies," said Fred Poska, partner in charge of Deloitte & Touche's Orange County Technology & Communications Group. "Our challenge is to ensure that the region continues to provide the resources and environment that makes this kind of growth possible." The Fast 500 ranking of the Orange County area companies is as follows: 2000 Rank Company Name City 5-yr % Ticker Exchange 27 autobytel.com Inc. Irvine 14,607% ABTL NASDAQ 56 Broadcom Corporation Irvine 8,249% BRCM NASDAQ 65 I/OMagic Corp. Irvine 6,266% IOMC OTC 95 SRS Labs, Inc. Santa Ana 4,141% SRSL NASDAQ 277 Micro Therapeutics, Inc. Irvine 1,303% MTIX NASDAQ 305 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Irvine 1,165% PRIVATE 343 iBASEt Lake Forest 990% PRIVATE 367 Linksys Irvine 907% PRIVATE 435 Powerwave Technologies, Inc. Irvine 713% PWAV NASDAQ 468 Quest Software, Inc. Newport Beach 644% QSFT NASDAQ The Fast 500 list is compiled from three sources: winners of Deloitte & Touche's 22 regional North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, entrants must have had 1995 revenues of at least $50,000 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. or $75,000 CD for the Unites States and Canada, respectively. Entrants are 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 must be a "technology company," specifically defined as a company that produces technology, manufactures a technology-related product, is technologically intensive, uses technology in problem-solving, or devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology. 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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. The Technology & Communications Group is composed of service professionals throughout the world who have a wealth of experience serving technology and communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. in areas including Internet, software, semiconductors, cable, publishing, communications utilities, networking, computers and peripherals, and related industries. These specialists understand the challenges that technology and communications companies face throughout all stages of their business growth cycle and are committed to helping them succeed. Deloitte & Touche is a leader in providing strategic, financial, operational, and information technology assistance to its technology and communications clients. Note to Editors: For a complete Fast 500 ranking of the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 winners for 2000 and past years, visit www.fast500.com. |
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