FastTech 50 is the annual awards program sponsored by the Houston Business Journal

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and local businesses celebrating the fastest growing technology companies in the Houston area.

To qualify, businesses must be headquartered in Harris County

Harris County, Texas

As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...

or the surrounding adjacent counties, have a minimum of fifty-one percent of their consolidated revenue involved in the original manufacture, design or development of technology products or services and must also have net revenues of more than $200,000 for all qualifying years.

2009 FastTech 50

• #3 - Centre Technologies An IT company which provides an assortment of consulting, managed IT and hardware/software services and solutions.
• #25 - The Aldridge Company A technology management, consulting, and outsourcing company that provides enterprise-level management of servers, PCs, and networks.

2008 FastTech 50

• #19 - omNovia Technologies A software development company, omNovia develops the only browser based Web Conferencing platform for groups of 5 - 5,000 participants.

2006 FastTech 50

• #16 - Entrance Software A software consulting company, Entrance Software works with midmarket and enterprise businesses.