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Company's Downloadable Drawing Software Delivers Instant Productivity to Customers
San Diego, Calif. — July 28, 2004 - SmartDraw.com, the Internet's #1 provider of business graphics software, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for the fourth year in a row. The award honors the fastest-growing technology companies in the San Diego area based on revenue growth in the last five years, as ranked by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms.
The company's
flagship product, SmartDraw, is easy-to-use diagramming
software that is available on the Internet as a free 30-day
trial download. SmartDraw's drag-and-drop drawing tools and
intuitive user-interface is coupled with over 50,000 symbols,
images, and templates to help even the artistically challenged
draw anything easily. SmartDraw is perfect for creating flowcharts, organization charts, floor plans, timelines, software diagrams, and other business diagrams.
"We've experienced rapid growth and success because our software delivers instant productivity to our users," said Paul Stannard, SmartDraw.com CEO. "Our trial-ware model allows users to try before they buy, and if they decide to purchase SmartDraw, they can download it immediately. This means our customers can start drawing in minutes."
Every day, thousands download SmartDraw's free, 30-day trial. SmartDraw's client base spans a wide range of professions, ranging from trial lawyers to engineers, from human resource professionals to crime investigators, from doctors to educators.
Some recent users of SmartDraw include:
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The Toronto Raptors who diagram basketball plays |
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A well-known brewery for creating quality flowcharts of the brewing process |
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TV News stations for drawing engineering diagrams |
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A Feng Shui expert for designing floor plans |
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Police and arson investigators for diagramming crime scenes |
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Attorneys for drawing time lines and presentations |
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Medical professionals for creating medical diagrams |
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To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1999 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.
Winners of the 19 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Deloitte Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit http://www.fast500.com/.
About SmartDraw.com
SmartDraw.com, the Internet's #1 provider of easy-to-use business graphics software, draws more than 2 million visitors each month, putting it in the top 0.1% of most visited websites on the Internet. Founded in 1994, and recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America, SmartDraw.com offers three products to boost business productivity: the flagship SmartDraw program for creating business diagrams; FotoFinish for printing, editing, and designing digital photo projects; and VisualScript XML for visually developing XML. Privately held by its founders and employees, with no debt and no outside funding, SmartDraw.com continues to enjoy a rocketing annual growth rate and a profitable bottom line. For more information, please visit http://smartdraw.apposite.com.hk.
About Deloitte
Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, financial advisory services and consulting through nearly 30,000 people in more than 80 U.S. cities. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, the firm is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. "Deloitte" refers to the associated partnerships of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte Consulting LLP) and subsidiaries. Deloitte is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. For more information, please visit Deloitte's website at www.deloitte.com/us.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is an organization of member firms devoted to excellence in providing professional services and advice. We are focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 150 countries. With access to the deep intellectual services in four professional areas: audit, tax, financial advisory services and consulting. Our member firms serve more than one-half of the world's largest companies, as well as large national enterprises, public institutions, locally important clients, and successful, fast-growing global growth companies.
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