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For Immediate Release
World Wide Technology Named to St. Louis Regional Technology Top 50 for Seventh Consecutive Year
St. Louis-based information technology firm ranks at No. 17.
St. Louis, Missouri – October 7, 2003 – World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a premier IT solutions provider and leading electronic procurement & logistics company in the information technology industry, has been named to the prestigious St. Louis Regional Technology Top 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the area for the seventh consecutive year. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in revenues from 1998-2002 (five-year period). WWT ranked 17th in this year's ranking.
WWT's CEO, Jim Kavanaugh, credits the hard work of his employees and customer commitment for the company's steady growth. Jim states, "This award is a direct reflection of our employees' dedication and relentless service and support of our customers."
About the Technology Top 50
In addition, WWT Finance offers clients the opportunity to obtain leasing services from one of the largest minority business enterprises in the United States, providing customers the opportunity to meet and exceed diversity spend goals.
"WWT Finance is part of our overall strategy to provide a comprehensive array of services to our valued customers." States Joe Koenig, President, World Wide Technology, "We are extremely pleased to offer turn-key financing services that streamlines and simplifies our customers' technology acquisition process."
About World Wide Technology
Since 1996, the RCGA and Deloitte & Touche have presented the St. Louis Regional Technology Fast 50 Awards recognizing the region's 50 fastest-growing high tech companies. In 2002, the Technology Fast 50 evolved into the St. Louis Regional Technology Top 50 program, to annually recognize industry leadership in the region's distinctive high tech clusters.
The 2003 awards program honors the top 50 St. Louis area technology companies in three categories: Information Technologies, Plant & Life Sciences and Advanced Manufacturing and is designed to more directly track the technology industry clusters that the St. Louis region is pursuing as centerpieces of the metro area's economic development.
About World Wide Technology (WWT)
Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology Holding is a leading electronic procurement and logistics company in the information technology industry. WWT Holding, with its industry-specific operating companies - WWT, Telcobuy.com and SDE Business Partnering-specializes in helping customers rapidly build and deploy technology infrastructure in a timely, cost-effective manner.
WWT's electronic procurement and logistics capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, building upon WWT's success as a premier value-added reseller in the information technology industry. This allows partners to focus on core competencies while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Both customers and partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining access to WWT's web-based procurement, inventory management and deployment management applications.
WWT has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with remote sales and distribution facilities in Plano, Texas; Austin, Texas; Livermore, California; Los Angeles, California; Aberdeen, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan; Reno, Nevada; and McLean, Virginia. For more information, please visit us at http://www.wwt.com.