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Top Diversity Businesses Announced

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November 19, 2003

Div500 Winners Announced

SOUTHPORT, CT, Nov. 19 /DiversityBusiness.com/ In recognition of the
economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the
nations leading multicultural B2B online portal, today announces the
Div500, a listing of the nations top 500 diversity-owned businesses.
Ranging in revenue size from $12 million to over $1 billion, the
companies listed on the Div500 represent the nations top multicultural
earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned
business is small or insignificant.

The Power of Diversity Business
It is no longer just the right thing to do business with diversity
suppliers. Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and
changes, corporations throughout the country are realizing that diversity
in suppliers positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned
businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

Diversity businesses 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. Its no longer only about the Fortune 500, or the
Fortune 1000. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own,
that provides jobs and valuable products and services, and generates
wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders of American
business.

The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500
diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and
other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as
technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Major
corporations, government agencies and college/universities throughout the
country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses
use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com
(formerly Div2000.com), the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet
portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product
and service businesses.

At the top of 2003s Div500 are Software House International, Inc., with
$1.8 billion in 2002 revenues, Omega World Travel, with $1 billion in
2002 revenues, and World Wide Technology, Inc., with $800 million in 2002
revenues. These three businesses are Asian Pacific American-, woman- and
African American-owned, respectively. The winning companies will be
honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.coms 4th
Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 17 - 19,
2004 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

The Div500 companies are the heroes of diversity-owned business in
America, said Kenton Clarke. While Fortune magazine lists the best
companies for minorities to work for, we list the top businesses owned by
minorities. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made
the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing
jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit:
http://www.div2000.com/Resources/DivLists/2003/

About DiversityBusiness.com http://www.div2000.com (formerly Div2000.com)
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 20,000 members is the
largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United
States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies,
government agencies and colleges and universities. The site has gained
national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and
design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting
Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. In 2001, the
Small Business Administration (SBA) presented its annual award for the
Nation's Top Diversity-owned Business to CCA for its development of
DiversityBusiness.com and its commitment to business development for
diversity business owners in Connecticut and throughout the United
States.

About CCAii
Award-winning consulting firm Computer Consulting Associates
International, Inc. (CCAii) provides professional IT services to Fortune
500 and 1000 companies as well as start-up enterprises. Founded in 1980
by CEO Kenton Clarke, CCAii is the largest African-American owned
computer consulting firm in New England. Throughout its 25 years, CCAii
has garnered many awards by entities such as the Small Business
Administration, the National Minority Supplier Development Council and
Black Enterprise Magazine. The company is headquartered in Southport,
Connecticut.

Press Contact:
Odetta Rogers
Director of Communications
DiversityBusiness.com

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Source: DiversityBusiness.com

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