Carahsoft Named Future 50 and Blue Chip Awards Winner for 2013
by Washington SmartCEO Magazine

Reston, VA—February 1, 2013 –Carahsoft Technology Corp., today announced that is has received the 2013 Washington SmartCEO Future 50 award and has also been honored for the second year in a row as a Blue Chip company by the magazine.

This is the fifth consecutive year Carahsoft has received the Future 50 award which recognizes the Greater Washington area’s 50 fastest-growing companies based on employee and revenue growth over the past three years. Blue Chip companies further distinguish themselves by generating more than $250 million in annual revenue, demonstrating steady growth, and having a reputation for providing high quality management, products and services.

“There has been a tremendous amount of hard work in building our company, and my team and I are honored to be recognized as a Blue Chip company for a second time,” said Craig P. Abod, Carahsoft president. “We share this success with our dedicated government customers, reseller and vendor partners. Thanks to their loyalty, we have achieved phenomenal growth, and I am grateful for their support.”

Carahsoft was founded in 2004 and posted more than $1.4 billion in revenue in 2012. The company 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 company is also ranked among the top 100 Government IT contractors in the nation.

“The companies we honored this year grew in spite of the economic hardships we have all been facing. These companies invested in themselves, and invested in their people and rose above the rest. They deserved to be recognized and celebrated because they are moving our economy and this region forward,” says Jaime Nespor, group publisher of SmartCEO magazine.

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