j2 Global Communications Tops Deloitte & Touche's Los Angeles Fast 50 Ranking of Fastest Growing Tech Companies.Business Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001 Repeat companies represent more than half of list, including two, seven-time winners j2 Global Communications j2 Global Communications (Nasdaq:JCOM) is a company based in Hollywood, California that offers messaging and communications services. Its most popular service is called "eFax", which allows users to send and receive faxes via the Internet. j2 was previously called JFAX. , Inc., a Hollywood-based firm providing enhanced messaging and communications services, topped the Deloitte & Touche "2001 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Technology Fast 50," an annual program which ranks the region's 50 fastest growing technology companies 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. five-year percentage growth in revenue. j2 Global posted an impressive 13,170% revenue growth rate over the past five years. More than half of this year's Fast 50 companies were repeat winners, and two companies have made the list for seven consecutive years. "With 34 of the Fast 50 firms being repeat winners, and nearly half of those making the list at least four times, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have obvious that this year's companies have the staying power to survive and thrive in today's challenging marketplace," noted Gary Gary, city (1990 pop. 116,646), Lake co., NW Ind., a port of entry on Lake Michigan; inc. 1909. Gary was founded by the U.S. Steel Corporation, which purchased the land in 1905 and landscaped it for a city. Dickey, partner, Los Angeles Technology & Communications Group, Deloitte & Touche. "Our two, seven-time winners are especially impressive, and have mastered the keys to ongoing success." Two companies that made the Fast 50 list for the past seven consecutive years are: Chatsworth-based MRV Communications  OverviewMRV NASDAQ: MRVC is a company that designs, manufactures, sells, distributes, integrates and supports communication equipment and services, and optical components. , a communications/networking firm with a five-year revenue growth rate of 260%, and Watson Pharmaceuticals Watson Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated (NYSE: WPI) is the 5th largest pharmaceutical company in the United States based on number of prescriptions dispensed. Based in Corona, California, Watson's Generics division markets over 150 pharmaceutical product families, including one of the , a Corona-based biotechnology company with a five-year revenue growth rate of 318%. The second place winner on this year's list was Digital Insight Corp., an 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 banking services firm in Calabasas with a five-year revenue growth rate of 3,387%. Digital Insight was the top winner on last year's Fast 50 list. At number three this year, and a three-time Fast 50 winner, was Guidance, an Internet company based in Marina Marina “a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles] See : Virtuousness del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
The 2001 Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 companies (in ranked order)
are as follows:
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Rank Company Name City 5 Yr. % Ticker Exchange
Growth
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1j2 Global
Communications, Inc Hollywood 13170% JCOM NASDAQ
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2Digital Insight
Corp.(a) Calabasas 3387% DGIN NASDAQ
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3Guidance(a) Marina del Rey 3067% Private N/A
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4Adexa, Inc.(a) Los Angeles 2636% Private N/A
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5LAUNCH Media, Inc.(a) Santa Monica 2142% LAUN NASDAQ
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6Line 6, Inc. Agoura Hills 1665% Private N/A
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7Capstone Turbine
Corporation Chatsworth 1484% CPST NASD
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8Genex Los Angeles 1152% Private N/A
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9Encore Software, Inc Gardena 974% Private N/A
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10I/O Software, Inc. Riverside 905% Private N/A
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11Activision, Inc.(a) Santa Monica 832% ATVI NASDAQ
Exchange
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12Franklin
Telecommunications
Corp(a) Westlake Village 646% FCM AMEX
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13THQ Incorporated(a) Calabasas Hills 590% THQI NASD
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14Power-One, Inc.(a) Camarillo 589% PWER NASDAQ
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15Vitesse Semiconductor
Corp.(a) Camarillo 569% VTSS NASDAQ
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16Sonic Desktop
Software, Inc. Northridge 567% Private N/A
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17SeeBeyond Technology
Corporation(a) Monrovia 548% SBYN NASDAQ
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18Westmark Harris
Advisors, Inc Santa Monica 541% Private N/A
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19North American
Scientific, Inc.(a) Chatsworth 471% NASI NASDAQ
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20Computer Motion,
Inc.(a) Goleta 436% RBOT NASDAQ
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21Belkin Components(a) Compton 425% Private N/A
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22Myricom, Inc.(a) Arcadia 423% Private N/A
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23MiniMed Inc.(a) Northridge 398% MNMD NASD
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24I.T.S. Corporation Ventura 389% Private N/A
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25Qualstar Corporation Simi Valley 350% QBAK NASDAQ
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26Elekon Industries Torrance 340% Private N/A
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27TEKELEC Calabasas 336% TKLC NASD
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28Watson
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.(a) Corona 318% WPI NYSE
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29Peerless Systems
Corporation(a) El Segundo 304% PRLS NASD
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30MRV Communications,
Inc.(a) Chatsworth 260% MRVC NASD
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31Moseley Associates,
Inc. Santa Barbara 252% Private N/A
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32Semtech Corporation(a) Newbury Park 182% SMTC NASDAQ
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33QualityLogic, Inc.(a) Moorpark 176% NA NA
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34Channell Commercial
Corporation(a) Temecula 171% CHNL NASDAQ
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35QAD Inc.(a) Carpinteria 166% QADI NASDAQ
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36Xircom, Inc.(a) Thousand Oaks 157% XIRC NASDAQ
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37Soligen Technologies,
Inc.(a) Northridge 154% SGTN OTC
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38Interlink
Electronics, Inc.(a) Camarillo 151% LINK NASDAQ
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39Nova Development
Corporation(a) Calabasas 150% Private N/A
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40eLabor, Inc.(a) Camarillo 121% Private N/A
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41IMPCO Technologies,
Inc.(a) Cerritos 119% IMCO NASDAQ
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42Diodes Incorporated Westlake Village 111% DIOD NASDAQ
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43Micro Pulse, Inc.(a) Camarillo 106% Private N/A
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44BioSource Int'l
Inc.(a) Camarillo 102% BIOI NASDAQ
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45Infonet Services
Corporation El Segundo 100% IN NYSE
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46Tanner Research,
Inc.(a) Pasadena 99% Private N/A
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47HemaCare Corporation Sherman Oaks 97% HEMA OTC
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48InfoGenesis(a) Santa Barbara 84% Private N/A
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49OSI Systems, Inc.(a) Hawthorne 80% OSIS NASD
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50Intelligent Systems
Technology, Inc.(a) Santa Monica 64% Private N/A
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(a) Denotes repeat winners
Five additional companies 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. in a special "Rising Star" category, which seeks to recognize selected technology companies that have achieved outstanding growth, and that meet all eligibility requirements but have been in business for three or four years. Those companies were: 1) L90, Inc. (Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. ; 2,273% revenue growth rate); 2) Ixia Ix´i`a n. 1. (Bot.) A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers. Noun 1. (Calabasas; 1,447% revenue growth rate); 3) Homestore.com, Inc. (Westlake Westlake, city (1990 pop. 27,018), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1956. A growing city, its various manufactures include ink and plastics. Village; 1,433% revenue growth rate); 4) Lumos Technologies, Inc. (Santa Monica: 473% revenue growth rate); and 5) ARTISTdirect Founded in 1994, Artistdirect, Inc. is an online digital media entertainment company. It owns several websites including Artistdirect.com, UBL.com, Loserkids.com and the Artistdirect Network. , Inc. (Los Angeles; 373% revenue growth rate). The Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche, and sponsored by E-MEDIA, Jones Day, JP Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. H&Q, MARSH, Inc., and Merrill Mer·rill , James 1926-1995. American poet whose works include Divine Comedies (1976), which won a Pulitzer Prize. Corporation, in association with California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Manufacturing Technology Center, Pacific Coast Business Times, and the Software Council of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Fast 50 Criteria Fast 50 companies must have 1996 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 and 2000 operating revenues of at least $1,000,000; must be a U.S. company developing and/or and/or conj. 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