ISTS Worldwide Named 25th Fastest Growing Private Company in America on the 2007, Inc. 500 List

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inc. magazine today announced its 26^th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. ISTS Worldwide, Inc. ranks No. 25 on the list, with a three-year growth of 3,101.70%.

“If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500”

Inc. 500 publishes this list annually. “If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,” said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. “These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine’s tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.”

Capitalizing on strong growth in the Retail & Payment industries, ISTS has built on its ability to deliver frameworks based custom IT applications for the following:

1. Prepaid, Gift Card & Loyalty solutions

2. POS custom development and integration

3. Kiosk and Self-service applications for retail customers

4. Mobile payments / mCommerce solutions

5. Contactless & Biometric applications for the retail world

6. High Transaction switches (JPOS / ISO 8583 - APACS)

7. E- Retailing / e-Commerce / Multi-channel retail

In line with a product and platform agnostic strategy for building custom solutions, ISTS partners with vendors to source strategic components and building custom applications around them. ISTS has successfully built applications around products of Verifone, Ingenico, Hypercom and Vivotech amongst others around various technologies like Java, .NET, C / C++, Mobile and Embedded platforms.

"We are honored to be recognized as a leading private company in the Inc. 500 rankings. Further to our ability to deliver global solutions, we plan to open an office in Europe and another global delivery center in India shortly," said Viren Rana, President & CEO of ISTS Worldwide, Inc.

About ISTS Worldwide Inc.: Optimizing Retail & Payment Technology

ISTS Worldwide (www.istsinc.com) is a premier software development, consulting and systems integration services firm leveraging complementary enablers of People, Process, Technology, Global Delivery capabilities and domain expertise in the Retail & Payment technology verticals. ISTS enables organizations to maximize performance and reduce operating costs through its best of breed technology services stack delivered through a proven hybrid (onsite - offshore) global delivery model. It also services its customers professional services needs.