Deloitte & Touche Names C I Host As Hosting Leader To North America Fast 500

Web hosting provider C I Host (www.cihost.com) has been recognized ternationally on the esteemed "2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 500" list compiled by accounting giant Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP.

C I Host ranked in the top 30 percent of North American winners at number 160 and was the eighth highest ranked firm of the 32 Texas companies on the list.

The Technology Fast 500 is a ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in North America based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth rate over five years.

Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host, said, "Any company's self-promotion
has a place in marketing, but an award based on the numbers and presented by one of the truly great professional service firms in the world speaks volumes about C I Host, its work ethic and the customer service we provide.

Deloitte & Touche acknowledged that the 2004 award recipients have flourished in a more challenging economy than past winners.

"Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is a testament to C I Host's commitment to technology," said Mark Evans, national managing partner of Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group.

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other's acts or omissions.