Access Integrated Technologies Ranks Third, Recognized for Achieving 5,885% Growth Over the Past Three Years in Deloitte's National "Fast 50' Program
January 12, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
MORRISTOWN, N.J., — Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT') (AMEX: AIX) has been ranked third in the United States as a "Rising Star' in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program. This latest designation comes on the heels of the New Jersey-based technology company's earlier first-place ranking as a "Rising Star' in the Garden State.The "Rising Star' award recognizes fast-growth technology companies that have been in business less than five years and is part of Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Program, ranking the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the United States. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over the preceding three years (2001 to 2003).
Since its inception, AccessIT has grown organically and through acquisition into a comprehensive provider of software and services for the emerging digital cinema marketplace. Most recently, AccessIT introduced its unique International Theatrical Distribution System, a global version of the domestic industry standard, Theatrical Distribution System (TDS). The new International TDS can be used in 26 territories around the world and similar to its domestic predecessor, it simplifies release scheduling, film print tracking, electronic box office reporting and settlement accounting. The System seamlessly connects with the company's Digital Express e-Courier Services allowing for simultaneous International digital delivery of a movie. The technologies AccessIT has developed are poised to revolutionize the way movies are distributed around the world.
AccessIT has made 10 acquisitions including the movie distribution industry's leading software provider, Hollywood Software, the assets of Boeing Digital Cinema, a division of the Boeing Company, the assets of FiberSat Global Services, a satellite uplink provider, and the recently announced planned acquisition of the Pavilion Theater in Brooklyn, New York which will serve as a showplace for AccessIT to demonstrate all of its capabilities.
"Recognition as a Fast 50 ‘Rising Star' and one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America, is an impressive accomplishment. We commend AccessIT for its 5,885% growth over the past three years. It is truly an achievement,' said Mark A. Evans, national managing partner of Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group.
"We were honored earlier in the year to be recognized as the top Deloitte Fast 50 company in New Jersey – being selected as third in the United States is truly a crowning achievement. I'm proud to see AccessIT listed among other successful companies like Akamai Technologies, Inc., iBasis, Inc., and ITXC, Corp. (now Teleglobe), all former Deloitte Fast 50 companies. We look forward to continued success and growth," said Bud Mayo, Chief Executive Officer of AccessIT.
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50 "Rising Star' program, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2001 and $1,000,000 in 2003, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be a "technology company" defined as owning proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues (using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify); and/or devoting a significant proportion of revenues to research and development of technology. For more information on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT)
AccessIT is an early mover in offering a fully managed storage and delivery service for owners and distributors of digital content to movie theaters and other venues. Supported by its robust platform of fail-safe Internet data centers, AccessIT is able to leverage the market-leading role of its Hollywood Software subsidiary with the innovative digital delivery capabilities of its Digital Media unit to provide the highest level of technology available to service the emerging digital cinema industry.
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