FAST Named to 2007 VARBusiness 500 and Fast 50 Lists

Fast Search & Transfer™ (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST™), the leading global provider of search technologies, announced today that it has been named to the 2007 VARBusiness 500 and Fast 50 lists, VARBusiness magazine’s annual listing of the 500 leading revenue producers and 50 fastest growing technology solution providers in the country. The VARBusiness 500 is the definitive listing of the biggest IT solution providers, integrators and services companies in North America by gross worldwide revenue. FAST, the highest-ranking search technology provider on the 2007 VARBusiness 500, moved up 52 spots to number 170 this year. FAST’s explosive revenue growth also earned it the number 37 spot on the exclusive VARBusiness Fast 50, a listing of the top 10 percent of high-growth firms, on this year’s VARBusiness 500. "With some of the largest R&D investments in the IT industry, FAST’s level of innovation is unparalleled,” said FAST CEO and Co-founder John M. Lervik. "Our ascent in the VARBusiness rankings is further validation that FAST understands the impact of search on today’s organizations and continues to deliver the most advanced search platform available on the market.” This year’s rankings were determined by 2006 fiscal year gross revenue generated by the sale of IT goods (software and hardware), software licensing, custom software sales, professional services and managed services. The CMP Channel Group, led by senior research director Monty Cornell, and Answers Research assisted in the data analysis. The 2007 rankings and analysis can be found in the June 11th, 2007, print edition of the magazine and online at www.varbusiness.com. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 20 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. About FAST FAST is the leading global provider of enterprise search technologies powering some of the world’s best known companies. FAST helps its customers deliver applications and services that connect their users to the right information, the right products, and the right people. By making search a central part of business infrastructure, FAST’s customers leverage search to drive business results. FAST’s solutions are used by more than 2,600 global customers and partners, including America Online (AOL), Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, Chordiant, CIGNA, CNET, Dell, Factiva, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis, Stellent, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo. FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com. © 2007 Fast Search & Transfer ASA - Fast Search & Transfer, FAST and are trademarks of Fast Search & Transfer ASA. The FAST logo, FAST ESP, FAST InStream, FAST InPerspective, FAST ProPublish, FAST Contextual Insight and FAST Unity are registered trademarks of Fast Search & Transfer ASA. All rights reserved.