ptimal Solutions Integration Ranked among Nation's Top Diversity-owned Businesses

Optimal Solutions Integration Ranked among Nation's Top Diversity-owned Businesses

Irving, TX - November 4, 2004 - In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural B2B online portal, recently named Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc., a leading enterprise technology consulting firm, as one of the top 500 diversity-owned businesses in the United States.

The Div500 is the 5th annual listing of the Nation’s top 500 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $12 million to over $1.8 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant.

“Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “It is no longer just the right thing to do business with diversity suppliers. Because of recent economic and demographic trends and changes, major corporations are realizing that having a diverse supplier list positively impacts their business.”

The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

“We are very pleased to be recognized as a leading diversity-owned business in Texas,’ said Gurvendra Suri, Optimal Solutions Integration founder and CEO. “We are especially thankful to our corporate and public sector clients for giving us the opportunity to provide high-quality, cost-competitive, low-risk sourcing for their IT initiatives. I also would like to thank all Optimal employees. Their commitment to excellence and to providing superior customer service is the primary reason for Optimal’s sustained success and growth.”

About DIVERSITYBUSINESS.com

Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 26,000 members is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a membership-based exchange platform that facilitates contacts and communication, streamlines business processes and provides vital business news and information. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke; CCAii is the one of the country’s most successful African-American owned computer-consulting and diversity specialist firms. For more information about DiversityBusiness.com, visit www.diversitybusiness.com

About Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc.

Based in Irving, TX, Optimal Solutions Integration (Optimal) is an enterprise technology consulting firm trusted by the leading corporations in the world to realize maximum value from their enterprise technology investments. Through its proven Global Trust™ delivery model, Optimal offers clients the most flexibility in balancing schedule, cost, and performance by featuring onsite, offshore and rural delivery options. For more information about Optimal Solutions Integration, visit www.optimalsol.com.

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