Carahsoft Named 2015 Future 50 and Blue Chip Awards Winner by SmartCEO Magazine

Recognized for the Seventh Consecutive Year for Rapid Revenue and Employee Growth

Reston, Va.—January 27, 2015— Carahsoft Technology Corp., the trusted government IT solutions provider, today announced it has been honored with the 2015 Washington SmartCEO Future 50 award and has been named as a fourth-time recipient of the Blue Chip Award by the magazine.

The Future 50 award recognizes the Greater Washington area’s 50 fastest-growing companies based on employee and revenue growth over the past three years. The Blue Chip award differentiates the top four companies that have earned over $150 million in annual revenue. The award winners collectively made $3.5 billion in annual revenue for 2013, with Carahsoft representing 49% of the total revenue for that year.

“We are honored to be recognized for the seventh consecutive year,” said Craig P. Abod, president of Carahsoft. “Our team’s ability to provide high value add to our vendor partners, resellers and government customers allows us to grow at a rapid rate, in both employees and revenue.”

Carahsoft was founded in 2004 and earned more than $2.2 billion in revenue in 2014. The company, which employs more than 450 people, serves as the largest government partner for many of the industry’s leading software manufacturers including VMware, Adobe, Symantec, Red Hat, HP, SAP, EMC, and F5 Networks among others.

The Future 50 Awards program is the largest and most highly anticipated SmartCEO awards program of the year. This program recognizes 50 fast-growth, mid-sized companies in the region, four large Blue Chip companies and five small Emerging Growth companies. These companies represent the future of the region’s economy and embody the entrepreneurial spirit critical for leadership and success and are profiled in the January/February issue of SmartCEO.

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