Column5 Consulting Ranked in the Top 100 Fastest Growing IT Services Companies by Inc. Magazine

Scottsdale, AZ, August 26, 2011 --(PR.com)-- For the second year in a row, Column5 Consulting is ranked in the top 1000 of the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Column5, which celebrated its sixth anniversary this year, placed in the top 100 fastest-growing, IT services companies in the nation and is the industry leader in their metropolitan area.

“To be recognized again as one of the top 100 fastest-growing, private IT services companies is quite an honor,” said David Den Boer, the company’s founder and CEO. “Our customers are challenged with managing their businesses to improve performance in an ever-changing economic climate and we have worked hard to set the industry standard for best practices and solution implementation success. The Inc. 5000 list recognizes our progress so far, but we’re not done.”

Column5, an Enterprise Performance Management consulting firm that helps finance managers plan and manage their businesses, has grown revenues more than 346% since 2007 with hundreds of customers using Column5’s planning, budgeting, reporting and other performance management applications. Consistent global expansion over the past three years has increased the Column5 team of employees by over 400%.

“Our amazing team is Column5’s strongest asset and their deep skills and diverse talents have exceeded our customers’ expectations to propel our expansion,” explained Den Boer. “There are some significant changes to industry-specific software releasing in late 2011, and our team has prepared for this game-changing potential. We have had months of advance experience with the new versions and are poised to lead the market and fuel even stronger growth in 2012.”

Column5 Consulting is a full-service implementation provider that significantly improves how finance managers and CFOs plan and manage their businesses. Column5’s extensive experience and exclusive tools allow us to marry process improvement and technology to deliver enhanced value to our customers. Column5 is an SAP channel and services partner, supporting the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) portfolio of solutions, including SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC), SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management (PCM), SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management (SSM), as well as SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solutions. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Column5 serves customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia with regional operations located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Paris, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Additional information is available at www.column5.com.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/5000.

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