WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLIN), developer of the award-winning iAPPS web experience management (WEM) platform and supporting interactive technology solutions, today announced that it has been added to the Deloitte 2011 Technology Fast 500 list, which ranks the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America (US and Canada). Bridgeline's recognition as one of North America's 500 top technology companies comes from achieving 186% revenue growth in the fiscal years of 2006 through 2010, the time period Deloitte dedicated to its statistical sampling for the 2011 list.
Propelling this impressive growth is the constant development and improvement of Bridgeline's iAPPS Product Suite, which continues to prove itself as the industry's leading Web Engagement Management (WEM) platform. iAPPS' sophisticated eCommerce and Content Management capabilities are made even more effective through superior ease-of-use, innovative web analytics and automated marketing tools. iAPPS empowers marketers to better control their multi-channel campaigns and fully supports Bridgeline's increasing customer base whose growing adoption of WEM comes in response to the proliferation of web use among the general public and business community. iAPPS licenses sales have experienced very strong growth since the first iAPPS module was launched in 2007.
The market-leading iAPPS Product Suite is the only prominent Web Experience Management platform available as either a SaaS or perpetual license that unifies content management, eCommerce, eMarketing, and web analytics capabilities - enabling users to swiftly enhance and optimize the value of their web properties. The iAPPS Product Suite was recently selected as a finalist for two 2011 CODiE Awards and iAPPS Content Manager is the 2010 CODiE Award Winner for Best Content Management Solution, globally.
The advantages inherent in iAPPS' unified product suite have directly influenced its significant growth in license sales, both nationally and internationally, and have provided Bridgeline with a constant platform of development and innovation. Bridgeline's growing catalog of customers spans multiple business verticals, from leading retailers and B2B operations to national healthcare providers and global financial services firms, to name just a few. Customers are continuously satisfied with the iAPPS Product Suite, as well as Bridgeline's timely and efficient project implementation and management.
"iAPPS continues to be a market leader in WEM, and Bridgeline is proud of its position that drives constant advancement, deep integration, and superior ease-of-use," said Bridgeline CEO Thomas Massie. "We're honored to be included on this list of companies that have demonstrated proven performance. It's our plan to continue to drive innovation and ease of use."
About Deloitte's Technology Fast 500
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500, now in its seventeenth year, is a significant awards program that encompasses all of North America (U.S. & Canada). Companies honored on the list combine cutting edge innovation, entrepreneurship and expertise in their field to achieve rapid and significant growth. To be considered eligible for ranking, companies must own proprietary technology or intellectual property that contributes to the majority of company revenue, and must have current-year operating revenues of at least $5 Million USD or CD. They must also have had revenues in the listing's base year (2006) of at least $50,000, be in operation for at least five years and be headquartered in North America.
About Bridgeline Digital
Bridgeline Digital is the developer of an award-winning web experience management product suite and award-winning interactive business technology solutions that help customers leverage best in class web-based technologies to achieve their business objectives. The iAPPS Product Suite is an innovative SaaS solution that deeply unifies Content Management, eCommerce, eMarketing, and Web Analytics capabilities into the heart of websites, online stores, intranets, extranets, and portals – enabling business users to swiftly enhance and optimize the value of their web properties. iAPPS flexible architecture provides customers with state of the art Cloud-based SaaS deployment, as well as traditional dedicated server deployment.
Combined with award-winning interactive technology development services by Microsoft Gold-Certified development teams, Bridgeline Digital helps customers to cost-effectively maximize the value of their rapidly changing web applications. Bridgeline's teams of developers specialize in web application development, eCommerce development, usability engineering, SharePoint development, rich media development, and search engine optimization.
Bridgeline Digital is headquartered near Boston, with additional locations in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, and Bangalore, India. Bridgeline Digital has hundreds of customers ranging from middle market organizations to divisions within Fortune 1,000 companies that include: Sun Chemical, Honeywell, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Novartis, Shaw Flooring, Marriott International, Berkshire Life, PODS, Budget Rent-a-Car, AARP, National Financial Partners, The Packard Foundation, DTCC, Cadaret, Grant & Co., National Insurance Crime Bureau, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. To learn more about Bridgeline, please visit www.bridgelinedigital.com.
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