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SAN MATEO, Calif., — October 28, 2002 — Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN) today announced that it ranked Number 13 on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. These rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over the five years period from 1997 to 2001. Keynote's revenues grew from approximately $81,000 in fiscal 1997 to approximately $45.6 million in fiscal 2001.
"We believe that the value proposition we offer is a strong one," said Umang Gupta, chairman and CEO of Keynote. "We build on our unique value proposition by doing everything we do through easy-to-use, cost-effective and business-critical services, rather than costly, hard-to-maintain and implement software."
"With its ranking on the prestigious Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, Keynote's leaders have proven that they have the vision and the fortitude to excel in the highly competitive technology industry," said Mark A. Evans, managing director of Deloitte & Touche's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group. "We congratulate Keynote on becoming one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the United States and Canada."
The complete Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 list is featured on Forbes.com and Fast500.com.
Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications
The Fast 500 list is compiled from three sources: Deloitte & Touche's 20 regional North American Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, companies must have had 1997 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD and $75,000 CD, for United States and Canada respectively, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be "technology companies" defined as companies that own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues or devote a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.
Technology Fast 500 winners are invited to an exclusive CEO Summit held each spring. The CEO Summit, now in its fifth year, is designed to address the unique business challenges facing these super-charged technology companies.
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Keynote Systems, Inc.
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq "KEYN"), The Internet Performance Authority®, is the worldwide leader in Internet performance management services that improve the quality of e-business. Keynote's services enable corporate enterprises to benchmark, diagnose, test and manage their e-business systems both inside and outside the firewall. More than 2,300 corporate IT departments and 16,000 individual subscribers rely on the company's easy-to-use and cost-effective services to optimize revenues and reduce downtime costs without requiring additional complex and costly software implementations.
Keynote Systems, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 650-403-2400.
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