ISWest Named Among 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Los Angeles

Business Wire, Sept 6, 2006

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- Marking its fourth year in a row, award-winning Internet service provider ISWest has been named one of the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in Los Angeles in 2006 by Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services firms.

The company has placed four consecutive times on Deloitte's Fast 50, which ranks the 50 fastest growing technology firms in Southern California. ISWest placed 18th on Deloitte's Fast 50 list in 2003, 20th in 2004 and 21st in 2005. ISWest also ranked the 478th fastest growing technology company in North America on Deloitte's Fast 500 list in 2003, and 474th in 2004.

Fast 50 rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 2001 to 2005. Less than one-third of companies make the Top 50 four years in a row.

ISWest attributes some growth to acquisitions over the past several years of six additional ISPs, making ISWest the largest Internet service provider in Ventura County, and the premier business-to-business ISP in Southern California. ISWest expects business to grow by 500% over the next 5 years.

The company's success is also based on an accumulation of talented employees, dependable vendors, strategic partners and a healthy desire to be the "best of breed" amongst its peers and competitors, according to Drew Kaplan, ISWest CEO/CFO.

"We play to win," Kaplan said. "Success has come easy for ISWest because we give real customer service, not lip service. A lot of companies say they offer the best customer service in the business, but very few can actually live up to it. To make sure we were talking the talk and walking the walk, we hired an outside agency to survey our customers and see how we were doing. An overwhelming 92% of them said they would recommend ISWest to a friend or business associate. That's a number we are very proud of and will continue to strive for."

"Our amazing success is rooted in our insatiable quest to provide state-of-the-art services backed by one of the most talented and dedicated customer support teams in the industry," added Robert V. Johnson, ISWest president.

About ISWest

ISWest prides itself on providing customers with the most reliable business-class broadband Internet service and server co-location services available.