Growth attributed to increasing demand for technologies enabling high quality and secure VoIP, unified communications and videoconferencing solutions

Oslo, Norway – January 11, 2010. Paradial, an award winning provider of standardized IP connectivity and security solutions today announced that it has been included in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over the five years from 2004 to 2008 inclusive.

Ingvar Aaberg, CEO of Paradial, said, “This award recognizes our growth over the last years. Our success reflects the increasing importance of quality and security in unified communication, videoconferencing and VoIP markets. Services that require end-users or IT-managers to manually configure security and firewall settings are at an unacceptable disadvantage in the market place. Paradial enables solution providers to deliver easy-to-use and secure inter-organizational communication applications with which end-users can communicate with colleagues, customers and partners – anytime from anywhere.”

Technology Fast 500 EMEA selection and qualifications
The Technology Fast 500 list is compiled from Deloitte’s EMEA Technology 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 2004 operating revenues of at least €50,000 and 2008 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.

For more information about the Technology Fast 500 EMEA and to view the complete list of winners, visit http://www.fast500emea.com/.