SKY Presenter Lisa Burke with Webtrade's MD, Jack Donaghy
at last night's Awards Ceremony.

Webtrade has finished third in the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards. This is the fourth year in a row that Webtrade has been ranked in the Fast 50, and this is the company’s highest placing to date.

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. Webtrade grew 705 percent during this period.

Speaking at last night's awards dinner, which was held in the Guinnes Storehouse, Jack Donaghy, Managing Director of Webtrade said: "Our consistent high growth is due to an extremely talented team focussing on building world-class eBusiness, eGovernmet and eTravel solutions. This has been an amazing year for us, From building an airline reservation system to launching a major egovernment information portal. We're looking forward to the next four years growth."

Dublin based, eTel was this year’s winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award.  Established in 1999, eTel is a leader in the provision of cross-border telecommunication solutions and has seen aggregate growth in revenue of 2,652 per cent over the past five years.

In second place, was Connect Global Solutions, who specialise in providing the full range of globalisation solutions to corporations involved in global commerce and achieved a growth rate of 1319 per cent.

Announcing the winners of the fifth Technology Fast 50 Programme, David O’Flanagan, Partner with Deloitte, Dublin said: “The Fast 50 programme has always been a reliable indicator of whether innovation is leading to more growth and wealth creation.  These companies have demonstrated how to survive and thrive in today’s market by helping their customers reduce their costs and improve their performance.

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