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GMI Ranks #4 on the Pacific Northwest's Fastest-Growing Companies in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program

Company attributes revenue growth of 2008 percent over five years to rapid global expansion, high customer retention and dedicated customer service worldwide

Seattle, Wash., September 29, 2006 - GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) today announced it ranks # 4 on Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for the Pacific Northwest, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in Washington, Oregon and Idaho by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001 to 2005.

GMI's founder, chairman of the board and CEO Robert W. Monster attributes the company's 2008 % percent revenue growth over five years to the rapid global expansion of the company, both organically via the addition of new local offices and the acquisitions of three companies in 2005, including NetReflector (USA), MI Pro (Norway) and Insight/Sunrise (China). In addition, GMI's growth was boosted by t he successful delivery of global market intelligence solutions, including software, global respondent panels and services .

"This is an honor for GMI to receive such recognition from its peers," explains Monster, who founded the company in 1999. "I would like to dedicate this award to our loyal customers, our hard-working employees and our strategic partners all over the world, who together have contributed to such an effort. With over 100 new job openings available worldwide, GMI's is poised to continue on its growth path. We look forward to making the Fast 50 list again in 2007."

"Sustaining high revenue growth for five years is an exceptional accomplishment," said Larry Hile, a partner in Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications ( TMT) industry practice based in Seattle. "We commend GMI for making the commitment to technology and delivering on the promise of market longevity. We are proud to honor GMI as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winner."

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2001 and $5,000,000 in 2005, be headquartered in North America, and be a company that o wns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or d evotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.

Winners of the 16 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

About GMI

GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) is the only company that provides comprehensive integrated solutions for global market intelligence for both market research firms and corporate market research departments at Global 2000 companies.  Solutions include Net-MR, a suite of software tools to manage and automate research throughout the project lifecycle, desktop analysis tools, 24x7x365 service bureau capabilities, and one of the world's largest, highly profiled, double opt-in managed panels, spanning across 200 countries.  In addition, GMI offers high-value, real-time enterprise feedback solutions for customer, partner and employee programs. Founded in 1999 with world headquarters in Seattle, Wash., GMI has operations on five continents.  More information is available at www.gmi-mr.com.

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