sgis Wins SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL’S 2006 Technology AwarD

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (September 6, 2006) – SGIS, a government contracting company, took home the award for South Florida Business Journal’s 2006 Technology Awards in the Professional Services category at the eighth annual awards ceremony. This award recognizes technology-based companies with a proven track record of innovative business practices who have significant South Florida operations. SGIS was bestowed this prestigious honor above many applicants and three other highly successful finalists in the category.

“We are thrilled and honored to be distinguished with this prominent award,” said SGIS CEO Hany Girgis. SGIS COO Vince Virga added, “We are extremely proud of the work we have done in South Florida.  This is a great market and has served as the launching pad for a good deal of our national business.  This award, and all SGIS accomplishments, can be directly attributed to our hardworking and dedicated employees and loyal customers.  We thank them all.”

SGIS is on the cutting-edge of various technologies – from developing and utilizing the most sophisticated technical tools to track terrorist activities for the federal government to developing applications and systems to help businesses operate more efficiently; the company works on a multitude of projects in the public and private sectors.

SGIS was founded in June of 2002. Since inception, the company has seen phenomenal revenue increases as well as expansion in its employee base. Currently employing over 550 people, SGIS provides services and solutions that defend the United States and its citizens from threats, provides advanced tools to soldiers who defend the nation and assists government agencies in running their business more effectively. SGIS has teamed with numerous organizations within the Intelligence, Homeland Security, Defense and Space communities to form alliances needed for successful missions. The company specializes in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering, Intelligence Solutions, Global Telecommunications and Logistics. SGIS is an 8(a) certified, Small Disadvantaged Business and has an impressive client list, which includes many federal agencies.  The company provides services at the state and local levels as well. SGIS currently has ten offices throughout the United States, with corporate headquarters located in San Diego, California.

For more information on SGIS, please visit us on the Web at www.SGIS.com.

About South Florida Business Journal
The South Florida Business Journal is a weekly publication covering business throughout Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. The company is known for breaking news, in-depth industry reports and their lists of the biggest players in their industries. They offer business news updated throughout the day at www.southflorida.bizjournals.com. The SFBJ is part of American City Business Journals, whose 42 newspapers make it the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers.

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