Deloitte Fast 500

The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are run and moderated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. They recognize the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in regions around the world. Winners cover all areas of technology — from Internet to life sciences, from computers to semiconductors — and include both public and private companies.

The awards were created in 1997 during the dotcom boom to illustrate the success of growing U.S. technology companies. Today, the Fast 500 has expanded beyond the United States and covers North America; Asia Pacific; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The Fast 500 examines companies on their relative growth in revenue over a five-year period. A company that grew by $1million from a revenue of $2million will rank below a company that grew by $500,000 from a revenue of $100,000. The Fast 500 seeks to reward companies that have demonstrated cutting edge business strategies, vision and solid management.

The Fast 500 has three main international divisions:

• Fast 500 EMEA
• Fast 500 North America
• Fast 500 Asia Pacific

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards, created in 1995, is a subset of the Fast 500 and represents an inner circle of winners. The Fast 50 award is made at a country level in a number of geographies around the world.

2010 North America Winners

1st	Hughes Communications, Inc.	Communications/Networking	164,079% growth	MD
2nd	Affymax, Inc.	Biotech/Pharma	155,169% growth	CA
3rd	Insulet Corp.	Sci/Technical Instr	131,964% growth	MA
4th	Ener1, Inc.	Clean Tech	57,900% growth	NY
5th	BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Biotech/Pharma	48,972% growth	AL

2006 EMEA Winners

1st	MX Telecom	IT related services	57,940% growth	United Kingdom
2nd	Q-Cells AG	Other	33,019% growth	Germany
3rd	TomTom N.V.	Software	29,519% growth	Netherlands
4th	Komdat GmbH	Internet	27,865% growth	Germany
5th	Wintegra	Semiconductor/equipment	22,422% growth	Israel

2006 Asia Pacific Winners

1st	E-TON Solar Tech	8,350% growth	Taiwan
2nd	Mobitek Communication Corporation	7,104% growth	Taiwan
3rd	Unwired Group Limited	6,846% growth	Australia
4th	Mirror Image Access (Australia) Pty. Limited	6,672% growth	Australia
5th	Customers Limited	5,021% growth	Australia

2009 New Zealand Fast 50 Winners

1st	New Zealand Honey Co	994% growth	Dunedin
2nd	MedRecruit	856% growth	Queenstown
3rd	NextWindow	828% growth	Auckland
4th	Telesmart	725% growth	Wellington
5th	Roadcraft	705% growth	Auckland

External links

• Fast 500
• Fast 50 UK
• Fast 500 Europe
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Winners:

• Ipanema ranked in Deloitte Technology’s Fast 500 EMEA and Fast 50 France