Square 9 Awarded First Place in Software & IT Category at 2014 Inner City 100

December 20, 2014 - New Haven, CT – With a reported 865% growth rate over a five-year period, Square 9 Softworks was ranked first place in the Software & Information Technology category of the 2014 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner city businesses in the United States. Presented by The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and FORTUNE magazine, the list was presented during the Inner City 100 Awards event in Boston, Massachusetts. Square 9 placed 6th overall on the list of 100, across all categories.

Hosted annually, The Inner City 100 program recognizes successful inner city businesses and their CEOs as role models for innovative business practices, entrepreneurship, and job creation in America's urban communities. Each year, winners represent a wide span of industries and locations. In 2014, winners hailed from 53 cities and 23 states. Collectively, the top 100 inner city businesses employ 8,276 people (approximately 35% are inner city residents) and have created 5,119 new jobs in the last five years. To qualify for the Inner City 100 list, companies are required to be independent, for-profit, and headquartered in an economically distressed urban area with a minimum of 10 full-time employees and fifth-year operating sales of at least $1M (the ICIC defines an inner city as an economically distressed urban area that has a poverty rate of 20% or higher).

Square 9 is dedicated to the development of innovative tools for business automation. As a software development firm, Square 9 embraces the next generation of cloud-enabled Content Management Solutions, allowing organizations of all sizes to embrace the reality of a paperless office. Square 9 delivers value-driven solutions to meet the rapidly evolving needs of its customers through innovative software modules including document workflow, advanced capture, mobile access and web forms management.

To learn more about Square 9's Document Management Software Solutions and Cloud-Enabled Technologies, please visit www.square-9.com.

About Square 9 Softworks
An award winning developer of scanning and document control solutions, Square 9 Softworks enables its customers to realize their dream of a paperless office. With solutions for document workflow and mobile delivery, Square 9 has helped companies of all sizes get control of their paper-intensive processes. Square 9 Softworks distributes its solutions internationally through a network of highly skilled channel partners from its corporate offices in New Haven, Connecticut.