VIENNA, Va., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergent, an award-winning small business and IT solutions provider, today announced it has been recognized by Washington Business Journal as a part of Washington Business Journal's 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the greater Washington DC region.

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This is Emergent's first Washington Business Journal nomination and award.  The Fastest Growing Companies list evaluates companies based on year-over-year revenue growth for 2009, 2010, and 2011. Each winner must have more than $2 million in revenue for 2009 and more than $10 million in revenue in 2011 to qualify for the list. 

Emergent President, Greg Christensen, commented: "This award is a reflection of our outstanding achievement over the past few years.  We are pleased to be recognized along side some of DC's most successful companies."

Holland, L.L.P., BB&T Corporate Banking and BB&T Capital Markets|Windsor Group, and Jones Lang LaSalle, honored the winners at the Fastest Growing Companies 2012 awards, on October 4, 2012, at the Ritz Carlton, Tyson's Corner. Emergent ranked #20 on the list with 56.56% average growth over the past three years.

About Emergent
Emergent is an award winning Value Added Reseller (VAR) and GSA Schedule Holder (GS-35F-0119W) providing comprehensive IT solutions including product acquisition, consulting and training services. The company specializes in total solutions solving business challenges leveraging its unique specializations in the areas of Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Security and Open Source. Emergent offers complimentary technology solutions with strategic vendor partners including Adobe, Cisco, Google, Red Hat, Symantec and VeriSign, among others within the government, commercial, education and healthcare sectors. For more information, visit http://www.emergent360.com.

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