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ATLANTA–March 5, 2009 DiversityBusiness.com recognized Atlanta provider of offshore IT solutions, Software Paradigms International, (SPI) as one of the highest earning minority-owned businesses in the U.S. and Georgia by ranking it in three distinct categories on its Top Business List for 2009.

SPI secured the 236th spot of the leading 500 Asian-owned businesses in the nation, and in Georgia, placed 31st out of 100 esteemed Minority-owned companies and 40th among the top 100 Woman-owned enterprises.

DiversityBusiness.com’s List recognizes the economic influence of small, privately held firms throughout the country, and the 2009 ninth annual publication commends the nation’s top multi-cultural business earners according to their previous year’s gross sales.

“Entrepreneurs 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. 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.”

CEO of SPI, Sid Mookerji, agrees. “As a private, Asian-owned company, SPI is honored to be distinguished for our success and awarded on the basis of our growth and leadership,” said Mookerji. “We’ve grown steadily since opening our doors in 1994 and have worked very hard to excel at what we do. This recognition demonstrates that SPI is committed to a successful, profitable business model and that the people and ideas that comprise our company are advancing us in the right direction.”

DiversityBusiness.com will honor the awarded companies at the “9th Annual Multicultural Business Conference,” on April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida. The distinguished businesses from throughout the U.S. will attend the festivities to receive their awards and meet with other winners in their categories.

“We’re looking forward to attending the ceremony with the other esteemed firms,” said Mookerji. “It will give us the chance to be present at a conference that reinforces the importance of multi-cultural business initiatives and to recognize other businesses who’ve earned our same distinction.”

DiversityBusiness.com’s List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S. in the technology, manufacturing, food service and professional service sectors. It 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.

About SPI

SPI, www.spi.com, is the leading Atlanta-based provider of offshore IT and BPO services. The company, founded in 1994, began by providing customized, high quality IT services to local businesses. In 1997, it built an offshore facility in Mysore, India and began leveraging an onsite/offshore business model to enhance the breadth and services of its offering. In 2005, SPI acquired data processing giant, Comat, and added BPO solutions to its portfolio. Today, it provides innovative, forward-thinking, IT solution sets to small firms, as well as Fortune 500 businesses.