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Blueprint Technologies Ranked 166th Fastest Growing Technology Company in North America

Vienna, VA, October 18, 2002- Blueprint Technologies today announced that it ranked #166 on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 1997-2001. Blueprint grew 2,758 percent during this period.

“We are honored that Deloitte and Touche has recognized Blueprint Technologies as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the country,” Jeanne O’Kelley, co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Technologies. “In 2001 we were able to continue our strong growth by focusing on the tremendous need of government agencies for the software and services we deliver to assist with their federally-mandated Enterprise Architecture and e-Government requirements. This is an area that has continued to pay great dividends for Blueprint Technologies in 2002, as Homeland Security remains at the forefront of many government IT initiatives.”

“With its ranking on the prestigious Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, Blueprint Technologies’ leaders have proven that they have the vision and the fortitude to excel in the highly competitive technology industry,” said Mark A. Evans, managing director of Deloitte & Touche’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group. “We congratulate Blueprint Technologies on becoming one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the United States and Canada.”

In addition to ranking on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, Blueprint ranked #7 on the Virginia Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in the area.

Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications

The Fast 500 list is compiled from three sources: Deloitte & Touche’s 20 regional North American Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, companies must have had 1997 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD and $75,000 CD, for United States and Canada respectively, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be "technology companies" defined as companies that own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues or devote a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.

About Blueprint Technologies

Blueprint Technologies is an enterprise modernization firm that specializes in translating business requirements into architecture-based solutions. Blueprint’s teams of experienced enterprise and solution architects modernize business services and IT capabilities more quickly and with less risk than its competitors by generating an executable architecture that provides integration and interoperability among business processes and IT services.

Blueprint’s architects employ an iterative, model-driven process and reusable assets to rapidly define, design, and align business processes and software services, and to automate executable architecture development. Blueprint’s expertise includes the design and deployment of Service Oriented Architectures, based on industry-standard Web Service technologies.

About Deloitte & Touche

Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. For more information, please visit Deloitte & Touche's web site at www.us.deloitte.com. For more information on the Technology Fast 50 and Technology Fast 500 programs, please visit www.fast50.com.