Vastera Wins Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award

4 November 1999

Vastera Wins Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award; Growth Rate of 1,417% Gives Vastera Third Consecutive Award

    DULLES, Va.--Nov. 4, 1999--Vastera, the leading provider of eCommerce solutions for international trade logistics, today announced it was named to the Deloitte & Touche "Virginia Technology Fast 50" list for the third consecutive year.
    The list recognizes the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Virginia based on percentage growth in revenues from 1994 - 1998. Vastera is ranked 19th on the fastest growing companies in 1999 list. Companies selected as regional winners are automatically eligible for the National Technology 500 contest - an honor Vastera also received last year.
    "To successively win an award three years in a row is a tribute to the vision, hard work, and dedication of our people," said Arjun Rishi, President and CEO with Vastera. "The Fast 50 and Fast 500 award programs provide a great forum to promote technology companies in the Northern Virginia area."
    Additional recognition for Vastera includes the Manufacturing Systems magazine's "Top 100 Software" award, the Software magazine's "World's Largest Software Companies 500" award, the Inc. magazine's "Inc 500" list, the 1998 Arthur Andersen "Fast Track" award, Upside magazine's "Hot 100 private companies" list, ComputerWorld's "100 Hot Emerging Companies" list, the Deloitte & Touche "Fast 500" and "Fast 50" award for 1998 and 1997, and Upside magazine's "Software Up and Comer" list.

    About Vastera

    Vastera is the leading provider of software, trade content, and services designed to help companies manage and automate their international trade logistics processes. The company's software product, Global Passport(TM), is the preeminent solution for global eCommerce and is used worldwide by companies in a variety of industries.
    Clients include Dell, Microsoft, Future Electronics, The Gates Rubber Company, Eastman Kodak, McCormick, Federal Express, Novell, New Zealand Dairy Board, and Silicon Graphics, among others. For more information, please visit the worldwide web site: www.vastera.com