Optimal Climbs Top Diversity-owned Business Lists for Third Consecutive Year
Irving, TX, December 7, 2006 -Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc., a leading SAP consulting and staffing firm, today announced that the company has been recognized for the third consecutive year by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural B2B online portal. Optimal’s strong, sustained year-over-year growth has propelled the company’s high ranking in DiversityBusiness.com’s annual listing of leading diversity-owned businesses in the U.S. and Texas.
Based on revenue, DiversityBusiness.com’s Div500 and Div100 for Texas lists rank the top multicultural earners in the U.S. and Texas, respectively. 2006 rankings include companies with revenues ranging from $20 million to over $2 billion.
Optimal climbed to 159 in 2006 (from 182 in 2005 and 222 in 2004) on the U.S. Div500. On the Div100 for Texas, Optimal rose to 13 in 2006 (from 14 in 2005 and 22 in 2004).
“Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy, challenging the long-held notion that diversity-owned businesses are small or insignificant,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “The Div500 companies are the heroes of diversity-owned business in America. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”
“We are very proud of our continued revenue growth and market penetration,” said Gurvendra Suri, CEO of Optimal Solutions Integration. “We are delighted to be recognized as one of the nation’s top diversity-owned businesses for the third year in a row by DiversityBusiness.com. The Optimal team never ceases to set and achieve aggressive business goals. But the key driver for our success will always be the trust we earn from our customers who rely on Optimal’s highly skilled consultants to resolve their most complex SAP challenges. By maintaining our focus on delivering meaningful, measurable value with each engagement, we will continue to rise as a leader in this very competitive market.”
About the Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native American and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Major corporations, government agencies and college/universities throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the Div500, which is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service businesses.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 26,000 members is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a membership-based exchange platform that facilitates contacts and communication, streamlines business processes and provides vital business news and information. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke; CCAii is the one of the country’s most successful African-American owned computer-consulting and diversity specialist firms. For more information about DiversityBusiness.com, visit www.diversitybusiness.com.
About Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc.
Optimal Solutions Integration is trusted by some of the largest organizations in the world to bring only the best SAP talent to bear on their most complex SAP challenges. With over a decade of experience, Optimal has the proven SAP expertise, talent and resources to help transform any SAP challenge into a sustainable, competitive edge. Through a proven Global Trust delivery model, Optimal offers clients the most flexibility in balancing schedule, cost and performance by featuring onsite and offshore delivery options. For more information about Optimal Solutions Integration, visit www.optimalsol.com.
