And the winner is...

Author-it Software Corporation (www.author-it.com), was named in December in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific for the second year in a row. Out of the 500 companies, only Author-it and 15 others returned to the Fast 500 list from previous years. Author-it provides software for component content management...

The company services more than 3,000 clients in more than 50 countries. Author-it’s focus is in the software market, which was identified as the top-performing sector in 2007 with 129 fast-growing software companies making the ranking. Deloitte noted that growth in the Asia Pacific region is at its highest point since the beginning of the rankings, which began in 2002.

Rankings of the fastest-growing companies were based on the percentage of growth over three years, from 2004 to 2006. Author-it posted a growth rate of 114.64% in the software sector during this period.

The Asia Pacific sector includes Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. And in other prize winning developments, Professional Advantage has announced the winners of its fourth annual Business Improvement Awards.

The awards were open to customers that implemented Microsoft solutions in partnership with Professional Advantage, with over 350 customers eligible.

There were two overall winners this year; AUSTAR, which has now won the award two years running, and Roland DG.

Winners in other categories were:Team Work: Electroboard Financial Excellence: Philip Island Nature Parks Operational Excellence: Victor Chang Cardiac Institute.

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