Collabera Named #1 Subcontinent Asian American Business in the US in the DiversityBusiness.com's 2011 Awards

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Distinguishing themselves as one of Nation's "Top Entrepreneur's," Collabera was recently acknowledged by DiversityBusiness.com, for a second year in a row. The award, known as the Div500 represents the nation's most successful privately-held businesses, recognized for their overall leadership and economic achievements.

Collabera was given top honors in all of the seven award categories. Collabera topped the list for Top 100 Subcontinent Asian American Businesses in the U.S. The company also earned top spots on all the other categories including Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in New Jersey (#3), Top 100 Privately-held Businesses in New Jersey (#3), Top 500 Mid-Size Businesses in the U.S. (#5), Top 500 Asian Owned Businesses in the U.S. (#8), Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S. (#31) and Top 100 Large Businesses in the U.S. (#77).

2011 will mark DiversityBusiness.com's 11th annual listing of America's top businesses. The "Top Business Lists" have become compilation of organizations which have revolutionized the strength of financial viability throughout our communities. The winners have become a highly respected source of reference for corporations, government agencies and educational institutions who desire to increase opportunities with privately held businesses.

"We have a great future ahead of us, especially as entrepreneurs continue to reinvent products and services that transform the way we live," says Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that founded DiversityBusiness.com. Our nation's business leaders are relentless. It isn't a mere coincidence to see our competitive spirit still alive and persevere under any circumstances."

"We are extremely pleased to be recognized by DiversityBusiness.com in all their categories as one of the largest privately held global IT services firms with capabilities and experience in providing onsite, offsite and offshore end-to-end solutions to our customers. It's a great honor to be named as a leader among the thousands of privately held businesses in the United States," said Hiten Patel, Founder & Chairman, Collabera. "These awards are an affirmation of our efforts to promote diversity through nurturing talent pools from every corner of the IT industry and gaining our customer's faith by continuing to improve and grow their business with us," concluded Hiten Patel.

The List

This List is a classification that represents the top privately-held businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural social media website that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

Collabera along with the rest of the awardees will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com's "11th Annual National Multicultural Business Conference," taking place April 19-21, 2011 at the Gaylord Resorts, Washington, DC. For more details about the conference please visit http://www.DiversityBusiness.com/Conference

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com

About Collabera

Established in 1991, Collabera is a leading, global, end-to-end information technology consulting, services and solutions company. Collabera focuses on helping businesses "bridge the execution gap" and experience accelerated business performance. Its client-centric philosophy, commitment to service excellence and a Collaborative Engagement Model enables its global 2000 and leading mid-market clients to succeed in today's global digital economy. With over 6000 professionals operating from 19 locations and 3 extended development centers worldwide, Collabera provides onsite, offsite and offshore technology consulting, services and solutions to leading financial services; technology, communications & media; and manufacturing, retail & logistics corporations. The privately held company has offices in the U.S., Europe, and India including three delivery centers.

About DiversityBusiness.com

Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness is the largest organization of privately owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities," "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America," and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness reaches more diverse suppliers and communicates more information to them on a more frequent basis then all other organizations combined. We also communicate with mainstream businesses, government agencies and educational institutions with information related to diversity. Our magazine reaches over 300,000 readers, a monthly e-newsletter that reaches 2.4 million, and website visitors of 1.2 million a month. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980.

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