New England Technology Fast 50

The annual New England Technology Fast 50 ranks technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies located in New England by revenue growth over five years.

This year's Fast 50 marks the program's 10th anniversary -- a period that corresponds to the Tech Bubble, Bust and Recovery. Several companies on this year's list are notable for their stellar repeat performances.

Seven consecutive appearances:

• Unica Corporation (Waltham)

Six consecutive appearances:

• eCopy, Inc. (Nashua, NH)
• iBasis, Inc. (Burlington)
• Network Engines, Inc. (Canton)

A special category called "Rising Star" recognizes the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences company based on revenue growth over three years (2003 - 2005). This year's "Rising Star":

• Sepaton, Inc. (Marlboro)
  

If you are in the job market and have solid technology skills and experience, then the Fast 50 is a good place to focus your search. Fast growing technology companies generally need fast moving technology professionals to help them grow.

The complete New England Technology Fast 50 company ranking follows:

1. Litle & Co. (Lowell)
2. Arbor Networks, Inc. (Lexington)
3. Compete, Inc. (Boston)
4. Idenix Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge)
5. Data Intensity, Inc. (Waltham)
6. Constant Contact (Waltham)
7. Agiltron, Inc. (Woburn)
8. Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Marlboro)
9. Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. (Wellesley)
10. Picis Inc. (Wakefield)
11. athenahealth, Inc. (Watertown)
12. Salary.com, Inc. (Waltham)
13. Vistaprint (Lexington)
14. CardioTech International, Inc. (Wilmington)
15. Jets International (Quincy)
16. iRobot Corporation (Burlington)
17. NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Waltham)
18. Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (Waltham)
19. Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Lexington)
20. ImmunoGen, Inc. (Cambridge)
21. OpenPages, Inc. (Waltham)
22. Click Tactics, Inc. (Waltham)
23. Network Engines, Inc. (Canton)
24. Infoscitex Corporation (Waltham)
25. Buyerzone.com, Inc. (Watertown)
26. Smarter Living, Inc. (Charlestown)
27. ITA Software, Inc. (Cambridge)
28. ViaCell, Inc. (Cambridge)
29. BridgeLine Software, Inc. (Woburn)
30. Double-Take Software (Southborough)
31. Curis, Inc. (Cambridge)
32. Sentillion, Inc. (Andover)
33. Sepracor Inc. (Marlborough)
34. Deploy Solutions, Inc. (Auburndale)
35. Outcome Sciences, Inc. (Cambridge)
36. InteQ Corporation (Bedford)
37. Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (Burlington)
38. Virtusa Corporation (Westborough)
39. Matritech, Inc. (Newton)
40. Clinical Data, Inc. (Newton)
41. Repligen Corporation (Waltham)
42. iCAD, Inc. (Nashua, NH)
43. Eze Castle Software (Boston)
44. Unica Corporation (Waltham)
45. Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Wakefield)
46. Nuance Communications, Inc. (Burlington)
47. Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Exeter, NH)
48. IPG Photonics Corporation (Oxford)
49. eCopy, Inc. (Nashua, NH)
50. iBasis, Inc. (Burlington)
    

The Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche, Mass High Tech, and others.