Nexcess Ranked #254 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2014 Technology Fast 500
Southfield, MI (PRWEB) November 13, 2014 -- Nexcess, a leading provider of WordPress, Magento, and ExpressionEngine hosting, today announced that it is positioned 254 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.
Nexcess’ rapid growth over the past five years is a testament to the company’s singleminded focus on providing the fastest web hosting with the best support. A commitment to iteration and innovation allows Nexcess to offer a performance-optimized platform uniquely suited to hosting WordPress and Magento sites of all sizes.
“We’re proud to be included once again among the 500 fastest growing companies in North America,” commented Chris Wells, President and CEO of Nexcess, “We’re a long way from the garage where Nexcess began, but the same goal has driven us for the last decade: take the best content management and eCommerce solutions and create a hosting platform tailored to maximize their performance, stability, security.”
Nexcess is globally recognized as a trusted hosting partner and currently provides hosting services from two wholly owned data centers in Southfield and Dearborn, Michigan, with points of presence in Miami, Florida and the San Francisco Bay Area, in addition to international operations based in the UK and Australia.
“The companies ranked on the 2014 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 continue to set the bar for their industry higher each year,” said Eric Openshaw, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology, media and telecommunications leader. “There are so many exciting products and smart thought leaders driving this list. We congratulate the Fast 500 companies and look forward to seeing them continue their momentum into 2015.”
“For 20 years, the Deloitte Fast 500 rankings have honored the innovation that is part of these companies’ DNA,” added Jim Atwell, national managing partner of the emerging growth company practice, Deloitte & Touche LLP. “We’re glad to be serving these high-growth companies, and helping the technology sector recognize the great strides and transformation these companies are making in their respective areas.”
2014 has been a year of consistent innovation for Nexcess and brought improvements to the company’s Magento eCommerce hosting platform with with the introduction of Redis caching, the launch of Enterprise Support Groups for large hosting clients, and continued improvements to the Nexcess-developed Turpentine plugin for Magento, which helps Magento users to benefit from the performance gains of using the Varnish web accelerator with their eCommerce store.
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About Nexcess:
Nexcess is a Southfield, Michigan-based managed hosting company founded in 2000, with wholly-owned data centers located in Dearborn, Michigan and Southfield, Michigan. Nexcess offers a variety of hosting services ranging from entry-level packages to custom clustered/complex hosting configurations, with an emphasis on mission-critical hosting for high-profile eCommerce web sites. For more information, visit http://www.nexcess.net.
About Deloitte’s 2013 Technology Fast 500™:
Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte LLP, provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies – both public and private – in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2009 to 2013.
In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or CD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD or CD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years and be headquartered within North America.
Chris Wells, Nexcess, http://www.nexcess.net/, +1 866-639-2377, [email protected]
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