ITpreneurs Ranked Number 73 Fastest Growing Technology Company on the 2006 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 12/3/2006 – ITpreneurs announced today that it ranked Number 73 on the 2006 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, from 2001–2005. ITpreneurs grew 1,776 percent during this period.

Since its establishment in 2001 ITpreneurs revenue has doubled each year bringing it to a leading international position as an education solutions company in the IT management and IT governance Best Practice domains. "The continuous growth in revenue shows our customers’ appreciation of Itpreneurs’ innovative and high quality education solutions, " says Sukhbir Jasuja, ITpreneurs CEO.

“Attracting enough customers to attain such fast growth over five years makes a strong statement about the quality of ITpreneurs products and leadership,” said Eric Morgain, partner in charge of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 EMEA program.

In addition to ranking on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, ITpreneurs ranked 11 on the Dutch Technology Fast 50, which is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in The Netherlands.

Overall, companies that ranked on the 2006 Technology Fast 500 had an average growth rate of 1,395 percent over a 5-year period.

Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications
The Technology Fast 500 list is compiled from Deloitte’s EMEA Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, entrants must have had 2001 operating revenues of at least €50,000 and 2005 operating revenues of at least €800,000. Entrants must also be public or private companies headquartered in EMEA and must be a “technology company,” 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.

About ITpreneurs
ITpreneurs develops and offers the most comprehensive portfolio of innovative training solutions across the well known IT management frameworks. ITpreneurs recognizes the need to develop an individual's competency in order for the organization at large to have the required organizational knowledge and competence to succeed and deliver.

ITpreneurs specifically develops training solutions to meet the needs of international companies globally. ITpreneurs localizes these training solutions by offering them in local languages to ensure the effectiveness of the solutions of individuals all over the world. These training solutions have been implemented by several hundred well known corporate clients to train thousands of IT professionals, and to attain visible and sustaining cost savings and IT service quality improvements within their IT organizations.

ITpreneurs is a globally operated company, with offices in the Netherlands, United States, Japan, India, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, and Dubai.

For more information visit www.itpreneurs.com or contact ITpreneurs via email at: marketing@itpreneurs.com or call +31 10 71 10 260.

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