San Diego, Calif. — USA July 27, 2001 - SmartDraw.com (Draw Anything Easily®), the leading provider of affordable business and technical drawing software, has been named in Deloitte & Touche’s prestigious “2001 Orange County/San Diego Technology Fast 50” program, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in revenues from 1996-2000 (five-year period).
Earlier this year SmartDraw.com reported strong first quarter results despite the overall downturn in the high-tech economy. Sales of the SmartDraw program rose by 61% from over a year ago, and profits rose 70%, an all-time record high for this privately held Internet firm. "Having SmartDraw.com recognized as one of the fastest growing technology firms by an industry standard like Deloitte & Touche is quite an honor," says CEO Paul Stannard. "As our SmartDraw software continues to grow in popularity, we expect to continue our steady growth rate."
“To attain a listing on the Fast 50 is no easy feat, and we at Deloitte & Touche congratulate SmartDraw.com for attaining this honor,” said John Moulton, partner, Technology & Communications Group, Deloitte & Touche.
To qualify for the Fast 50, a technology company must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1996 and $1,000,000 in 2000, and must be a public or private company headquartered in the U.S. Winners of the 21 regional Fast 50 programs in the United States are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America’s top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit: http://www.fast500.com.
SmartDraw.com is no stranger to press awards. Previously this year, SmartDraw won Smart Computing magazine’s “Smart Choice” Award for the best drawing and flowcharting program in their roundup. SmartDraw has received PC magazine's "Best Business Program" Award in the Ziff-Davis shareware competition twice! SmartDraw has also won "Best Business Program" and "Best Graphics Program" awards from the Shareware Industry Awards Association, among many other awards and honors.
About the SmartDraw Program
SmartDraw offers thousands of ready-made symbols and drawing templates to help users with no
drawing skill Draw Anything Easily®. SmartDraw is preferred by project planners, students,
network administrators, and other busy professionals who need to create quality presentations
quickly and easily, without having to learn a complex program. PC magazine described SmartDraw as
"an exceptionally well-furnished and transparently simple diagramming program." Anyone can
download a free trial version of SmartDraw from the SmartDraw site at
http://www.smartdraw.com/.
About SmartDraw.com
Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is the creator of SmartDraw, the world's most popular business graphics
software. SmartDraw allows anyone to create professional-quality business graphics in minutes - no
experience or training required. The Company is the leader in the emerging "Personal Productivity
Graphics" market. This market is made up of ordinary computer users who want to create attractive
and effective business graphics, but don't have the expertise to use software designed for graphics
professionals. In mid 2006, SmartDraw.com surpassed the ten millionth download of SmartDraw.
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, SmartDraw.com is privately-held and counts more than half the Fortune
500 among its customers. To download a free trial of SmartDraw, please visit:
www.smartdraw.com.
Contact:
Public Relations & Marketing Specialist, 858-225-3340, PublicRelations@smartdraw.com
SmartDraw.Com Corporate Information
Company Name: SmartDraw.Com
Mailing Address: 9909 Mira Mesa Blvd., Ste 300, San Diego, CA 92131
Web site: http://www.smartdraw.com
E-mail: mail@smartdraw.com
Phone: 858-225-3300
Fax: 858-225-3390
