For Immediate Release:
OpenAir Named One of New England's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in
Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program
Outstanding customer service coupled with technological innovation drives 1,185 Percent Revenue Growth
Boston, Mass.Sept. 26, 2005OpenAir, the leading on-demand professional services automation application with approximately 18,000 subscribers, today announced it was named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2000-2004.
OpenAir CEO Morris Panner credits his company's fast-responding customer service and innovative technology with the company's 1,185 percent revenue growth from 2000-2004. OpenAir also realized an average annual growth rate of 97 percent.
OpenAir also achieved a 13-fold increase in revenues from 2000 to 2004, which resulted in a 15th ranking in the Technology Fast 50 for New England. The average increase in revenues among companies who made the Technology Fast 50 for this region was 1,069 percent.
"To rank on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50, companies must have phenomenal revenue growth over the past five years," said Stephen DiPietro, a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP and chairman of Deloitte's New England Technology Fast 50 program. "Deloitte applauds the successes of OpenAir and acknowledge it as one of the very few to accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past five years."
OpenAir provides comprehensive automation solutions for services teams and consulting firms around the world. More than 200 companies and 18,000 subscribers use OpenAir to gain controls and insight on their financial best practices and to manage complex projects, deployments and consulting engagements. Users such as consulting firms and other service providers use OpenAir to improve employee utilization, capture more billable hours and streamline project management.
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2000 and $1,000,000 in 2004, be headquartered in North America, and be a "technology company," defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology.
Winners of the 15 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.
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About OpenAir
OpenAir is the Web-native professional services automation solution that helps
independent software vendors, marketing services companies, consulting firms,
and internal corporate service organizations increase top-line growth, improve
operations and enhance financial controls. OpenAir customers increase profits
by capturing additional billable hours, increasing employee utilization,
streamlining project management, accelerating revenue, enhancing
collaboration, improving revenue recognition and project accounting, and
sharing knowledge and best practices throughout the organization. OpenAir has
helped leading services organizations across six continents increase profits
through the subscription-based OpenAir® Complete solution. For additional
information, visit www.openair.com.
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Media Contacts
Ed Marshall: OpenAir : 617-351-0266: emarshall@openair.com
Victor Cruz : MediaPR.net : 508-785-1590 : PR@openair.com
Chris Faile : Media Relations : Deloitte Services LP : 212-436-5170 : cfaile@deloitte.com
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