Deloitte Names Fast 50 Firms

SAN DIEGO, CA--(San Diego Business Journal)—August 03, 2005—

The top 50 fastest-growing technology companies in San Diego County can save lives and information, dealing in everything from pharmaceuticals to software.

Deloitte & Touche, LLP, a national professional services firm, announced Aug. 3 its 2005 San Diego Technology Fast 50 winners, with a promise to reveal which companies are the best of the best next month. The companies were selected based on their rate of revenue growth during the last five years.

All honorees are based in the county and fall in the “technology company” category, meaning they own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of their operating revenues, or they devote a significant portion of revenues to the research and development of technology.

A ranking of the top 50 companies’ growth rates will be unveiled Sept. 22 during an awards event at the Estancia Hotel and Spa in La Jolla.

In alphabetical order, the Fast 50 honorees are: Acceris Communications, Active Motif, the Active Network, Althea Technologies, American Technology, Arena Pharmaceuticals, BakBone Software, Biosite Inc., Broadband Communications, Captiva Software Corp., CardioDynamics International Corp., ComGlobal Systems, Continuous Computing Corp., Cypress Bioscience, Digirad Corp., Diversa Corp., dj Orthopedics, Dot Hill Systems, e.Digital Corp., Epimmune, Gen-Probe Inc., Illumina, Information Systems Laboratories, Invitrogen Corp., Leap Wireless International, Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Metabasis Therapeutics, Natural Alternatives International, Neurocrine Biosciences, Novatel Wireless, NTN Communications, NuVasive, Overland Storage, PacketVideo Corp., Predicate Logic, Qualcomm Inc., ResMed, Science Applications International Corp., Sequenom, SeraCare Life Sciences, SkinMedica, SmartDraw.com, Spescom Software, St. Bernard Software, Titan Corp., ViaSat, Vical Inc., Websense, Wireless Facilities and XIFIN.
     —Jessica Long

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