Jobpartners Ranked Amongst Fastest Growing Technology Company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Jobpartners attributes its rapid growth to high market demand for effective people relationship management solutions

Jobpartners, the European leader of software solutions dedicated to the PRM (People Relationship Management) market, today announced that it ranked number 83 in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years.

Xavier Marchioni, CEO of Jobpartners, credits the companyís rapid growth over the past five years to major customer wins and renewals, driven by strong user satisfaction, the expansion of its presence in the EMEA region, and a major recruitment campaign. He said: ìTalent attraction and retention is now one of the biggest challenges facing organisations today, which has led to a high demand for effective people relationship management solutions. This is the second year running we have been listed in the Deloitte Fast 500 EMEA, which is a fantastic achievement for Jobpartners, and a great recognition of our success across the EMEA region.î

Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is commendable in todayís highly competitive technology industry, said Eric Morgain, partner in charge of Deloitteís Technology Fast 500 EMEA programme. We congratulate Jobpartners on being one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA.

ìAttracting enough customers to attain such fast growth over five years makes a strong statement about the quality of a companyís product and its leadership,î continued Eric Morgain. ìJobpartners has shown that it has chosen exactly the right strategy for growth.î

In addition to ranking on Deloitteís Technology Fast 500, Jobpartners was also ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2007, which is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in the UK.

Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications
The Technology Fast 500 list is compiled from Deloitteís EMEA Technology Fast 50 programmes, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, entrants must have had 2002 operating revenues of at least Ä50,000 and 2006 operating revenues of at least Ä800,000.

Entrants must also be public or private companies headquartered in EMEA and must be a ìtechnology company,î 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. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify.