25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies In America

Here are America's 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies according to Forbes.com:

The criteria of this list is primarily profitability, particularly over the past year, consensus earnings forecasts of at least 10% annualized earnings growth over the next three to five years as well as at least $25 million in sales over the past four quarters. That's not bad provided how the economy was behaving over the last year.

Rank	Company	Business	Price ($)	EPS Growth (%)1	5-Yr Sales Growth (%)2	Latest 12-Mo Sales ($Mil)
1	Google	online search engine, web portal	638.25	30	155	14,973
2	Salesforce.com	sales mgmt software	54.47	40	85	676
3	Ceradyne	aerospace, defense ceramics	46.26	10	75	744
4	Euronet Worldwide	banking software	27.33	20	69	821
5	FalconStor Software	archive, backup software	8.79	28	58	73
6	Cognizant Technology Solutions	consulting	27.11	32	53	1,960
7	Celgene	biotechnology	54.27	35	53	1,266
8	LifeCell	biotechnology	43.30	30	3,4	1773,4
9	Martek Biosciences	nutritional supplements	33.55	18	42	307
10	j2 Global Communications	internet telecom svcs	20.40	17	42	204
11	Red Hat	Linux software	19.65	22	41	493
12	Digital River	e-commerce services	33.24	23	41	335
13	Genentech	biotechnology	71.50	26	414	11,7254
14	DRS Technologies	aerospace, defense	52.88	12	39	2,999
15	L-3 Communications Holdings	communications equipment	105.58	17	38	13,540
16	Vocus	public relations mgmt software	29.04	30	37	54
17	CommVault Systems	archive, backup software	19.01	25	37	172
18	FARO Technologies	measuring equipment	22.21	18	35	176
19	Comtech Telecommunications	telecommunications equipment	47.35	13	31	464
20	Network Appliance	data storage hardware, software	22.88	18	30	3,012
21	NII Holdings	Latin America wireless telecom svcs	49.26	36	30	3,023
22	Diodes	semiconductors	24.33	19	28	388
23	Dolby Laboratories	audio technology	51.31	20	23	482
24	Gen-Probe	DNA diagnostic technology	62.70	21	23	395
25	Adobe Systems	imaging software	38.05	15	23	3,158

Prices as of January 11. EPS = Earnings Per Share
¹ Annualized, projected over next three to five years.
² Annualized.
³ Excludes Sales form research grants.
⁴ Unaudited.
Sources: Audit Integrity; Forbes; FT Interactive Data, Reuters Fundamentals, Thomson IBES and Worldscope via FactSet Research Systems; Standard & Poor's; Value Line