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Local Business Gains National Recognition

Local Diversity Business Named among Nation’s Top Minority Business Lists

Herndon, Virginia — In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently named EMW, Inc. as one of the top minority owned businesses in the United States.

DiversityBusiness.com has gathered lists of participating minority businesses for the sixth annual listing of the Nation’s top minority owned businesses. Ranging in annual revenue size from $1M to over $1B, the companies listed on these lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant. DiversityBusiness.com members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with diversity owned companies.

This year EMW, Inc. made the DiversityBusiness.com lists in the following notable categories: Top Small Business in Virginia (Div100SmallBiz-2005 – 17th Place), Top Asian American Owned Businesses in America (Div100ASA-2005 – 96th Place), Top Diversity Owned Businesses in America (Div500-2005 – 399th Place), Top Small Businesses in America (Div500SmallBiz-2005 – 442nd Place).

The Impact of Diversity Business

Major corporations wishing to increase market share realize it is no longer just “the right thing” to do business with diversity owned companies. Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from diversity owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

“Diversity businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. “It’s no longer only about the Fortune 1000. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

EMW shares this commitment of empowering our employees through corporate programs to foster employee development, promotion, certification and accreditation. Our clients understand our mission and our strong commitment to the employee and their personal development. Hence, we are able to show managed and positive corporate growth.

The Div100

The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 Asian American-owned 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 Div100 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.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 6thh Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 29 – March 31, 2006 at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“The Div100 companies are the heroes of Asian American-owned business in America,” said Kenton Clarke. “While Fortune magazine lists the best companies for minorities to work for, we list the top businesses owned by minorities. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com

About DiversityBusiness.com

Launched in 1999, with over 30,000 members DiversityBusiness.com 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. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes and numerous magazines and media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.

About EMW

EMW was founded in 1995 by engineers and managers who formerly held senior positions in well known telecommunications and information technology companies to pursue their vision for this new company.

Our core business is providing information and communication technology services in the areas of planning, engineering and implementation; project and program management; systems integration; operations and maintenance; and training. Our competencies range over all aspects of inside and outside plant; feeder, access and inter-office networks; switching, transmission, multiplexing and data communications equipment; network management, operations support, and asset management systems; information assurance; web enabling; applications software; and beyond. While staying abreast of today’s technologies, we keep a watchful eye on technology trends, and are very serious about future-proofing our solutions.

We play in the global marketplace, and are proud to serve a wide spectrum of distinguished clients from defense and government agencies, as well as commercial enterprise. Our watchwords are competency, innovation, integrity, and—above all—respect and care for the customer.

For additional information, please contact:

Trey Jones
EMW, Incorporated
13873 Park Center Road
Suite 225
Herndon, VA 20171

tjones@emw.com
Tel:  +1 (703) 273-5801