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Verari Systems Named To Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Verari Systems, a developer of powerful, platform-independent blade computing systems, announced that it has been selected to Deloitte's annual listing of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America based on percentage revenue growth over five years. The company ranked No. 184 on this year's list.

"We are proud to be recognized by Deloitte as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. This kind of recognition validates Verari Systems' technological leadership and customer traction in the area of blade computing systems," said David Driggers, CEO of Verari Systems.

Blade servers are the fastest growing segment of the overall server market because they best address the critical needs challenging today's datacenter, including reducing costs, managing change, automating management and provisioning, and providing high performance and reliable service.

Verari Systems has doubled its sales nearly every year since its inception in 1996 and has quickly grown to 265 employees worldwide. Additionally the company has quadrupled its revenue growth over the past five years (1999 to 2004), equaling an impressive 1,180 percent. According to Deloitte, companies such as Verari Systems that have thrived in this period demonstrate creativity, resilience and just plain good business smarts.

"Attracting enough customers to maintain quadruple digit growth over five years makes a strong statement about the quality of a company's product and its leadership," said Mark Evans, national managing partner of Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group. "Verari Systems has shown the right stuff for growth."