Charleston, S.C.-October 5, 2009-eGroup, Inc. was named as one of the South Carolina's Fastest-Growing Companies program's 2009 Top 25 winners. The South Carolina Chamber is co-sponsoring the 2009 Fastest-Growing program with The Capital Corporation, a middle market investment banking firm located in Greenville, SC. The program recognizes an exceptional and diverse assembly of businesses from across the state. The ranking system tabulates results based on a combination of increases in gross revenue (or assets) and increases in full-time employment in South Carolina in the two most recently completed fiscal years.<!--more--> 

"The Capital Corporation is delighted to have the opportunity to continue to bring the South Carolina Fastest-Growing Companies competition to the businesses of our great state," said Dan Adams, president and CEO of The Capital Corporation. "We look forward to continuing to recognize the achievements of top-performing private and publicly-owned companies that have contributed to South Carolina's economy."

"eGroup is honored to receive this prestigious acknowledgement," said Mike Carter, Principal of eGroup. "This award recognizes our company's strategic approach to sound growth, and it is important to the growth of our state that we continue to have companies that persevere in a tough economy. I'm proud to be a part of a program that celebrates such an outstanding group of entrepreneurs and business owners who continue to rise to the top."

"We would also like to acknowledge The Charleston Digital Corridor for the exposure they have afforded eGroup, and for their efforts to nurture &amp; promote Charleston's knowledge economy to help technology companies like ours thrive,"  added Carter. 

The executives of the Top 25 ranking companies will be guests at the Chamber's prestigious Annual Summit in November, where they will network with representatives from other top-performing companies and key business leaders. During the Annual Summit, the Top 25 ranking companies will be honored at the South Carolina Fastest Growing awards luncheon held at Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, on November 12th. The ranking of the Top 25 winners will also be announced, and the top executives of the winning companies will be recognized and awarded.

<strong>About eGroup</strong>

eGroup provide technology solutions for Serious Competitors. Specifically, eGroup specializes in IT infrastructure design, Enterprise storage and backup strategies including Disaster Preparedness, data centralization and secure access solutions, virtualization, network security, and secure LAN/WAN/Wireless architectures. eGroup's solutions combine robust high- availability and performance with secure information access. These solutions enable customers to efficiently execute revenue-driving roles, and achieve the goal of cutting the organization's acquisition and on-going support costs. eGroup understands that investment-oriented professionals must focus on making sound business decisions that provide significant returns. eGroup provides the thought leadership and expertise for customers to ensure that their technology investments continue to strengthen their competitive advantage in the marketplace. After all, a company's success hinges on making critical business decisions that must be supported by its IT systems. By architecting high performance networking and computing platforms, and delivering the industry-proven systems engineering and application development expertise, eGroup helps companies make confident decisions. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.eGroup-us.com">www.eGroup-us.com</a>.

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