AvePoint Named to Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ List for Fifth Year

With 329 percent growth from 2009 to 2013, AvePoint ranks as one of the fastest growing companies in North America

AvePoint (NASDAQ: AVPT), the global leader in data security, governance, and resilience, today announced it has been named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ for the fifth year. The 2014 Technology Fast 500 ™ is a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies in North America from 2009 to 2013. AvePoint grew 329 percent during that period.

Overall, 2014 Technology Fast 500™ companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 135 percent to 123,678 percent from 2009 to 2013, with an average growth of 1,640 percent. For the 19th consecutive year, there are more software companies on the Technology Fast 500™ than any other single sector.

“It’s a tremendous honor to be named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for the fifth year, and a testament to our commitment to being a collaboration enabler for enterprises worldwide,” said Dr. Tianyi (TJ) Jiang, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, AvePoint. “Providing innovative solutions that meet crucial business needs while increasing productivity, reducing risk, and lowering costs is a responsibility we take very seriously, so it is extremely rewarding to receive this honor.”

This underscores continued growth and expansion for AvePoint as it evolves from providing infrastructure management solutions for SharePoint to offering compliance, data governance, mobility and productivity, online services, and innovative business solutions that help stitch together the growing number of disparate collaboration systems and data repositories to enable enterprise collaboration with confidence.

“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.”

AvePoint has helped more than 13,000 organizations on five continents collaborate with confidence since its founding in 2001. With robust protection, management, compliance, reporting, and migration capabilities, as well as true, global 24/7 live support, AvePoint is the established leader in enterprise-class big data management, governance, and compliance software solutions for next-generation social collaboration platforms.

About AvePoint

Securing the Future. AvePoint is a global leader in data security, governance, and resilience, and over 21,000 customers worldwide rely on our solutions to modernize the digital workplace across Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other collaboration environments. AvePoint’s global channel partner program includes over 3,500 managed service providers, value added resellers and systems integrators, with our solutions available in more than 100 cloud marketplaces. To learn more, visit https://www.avepoint.com.

About Deloitte’s 2014 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 4 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.

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