"We applaud the accomplishments of Florida's High Tech Corridor Fast 50 winners.
Each company has demonstrated they have the right ingredients for long-term success,"
said Mike Harding, Deloitte & Touche partner-in-charge of the North Florida Technology,
Media & Telecommunications Group.

Deloitte & Touche will reveal this year's Technology Fast 50 winners' rank order at a dinner
and awards presentation scheduled to take place at the Rosen Centre by Sea World on September 17, 2002. For additional information regarding the Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 program or awards event, contact Sarah McGee at (407) 246-8245 or
e-mail her at samcgee@deloitte.com.

Technology Fast 50 Criteria

To qualify for the Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50, companies must
meet the following criteria:

Be a technology company, specifically defined as a company that owns proprietary
technology, which contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues
( for example, using other companies’ technology in a unique way does not qualify) or
devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.

Be in business a minimum of five years with 1997 revenues of at least $50,000 and 2001 revenues of at least $1,000,000.

Be a public or private company headquartered in the following 21 counties: Brevard,
Citrus, Desoto, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia. Subsidiaries and divisions are not eligible unless they have some public ownership
and are separately traded.

All U.S. and Canadian based Technology Fast 50 winners are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, the firm’s ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. To learn more about the Technology Fast 50 and Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

Rising Star Category

Deloitte & Touche also recognizes up to five "Rising Star" companies. Rising Star nominees must follow the same Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 criteria, but are selected based on revenue growth from 1999 to 2001. Companies must be in business for either three or four years. All U.S. and Canadian based Rising Star winners are automatically entered into the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Rising Star category.

This year’s Rising Star winners in alphabetical order are:

Cyberbest Technology, Inc. – Apopka
DataMentors, Inc. – Tampa
Technologies To Be, Inc. – Orlando
Z-Tel Technologies, Inc. – Tampa
Sponsors:

The 2002 Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche in partnership with Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Maddux Report, Baker & Hostetler LLP, the City of Orlando, Florida Power, the University of Central Florida, Orlando Business Journal, and Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission.

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