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Rapid Growth of FIRM Continues
Customers of Future Information Research Management (FIRM) completed a record 30 million online survey interviews in 2003 using its online survey & reporting software Confirmit. The figure represents an increase of 59% over 2002, bringing revenue growth of more than 40%.
FIRM, based in Oslo with offices in London, New York and San Francisco, was ranked Number 192 in the 2003 Deloitte European Technology Fast 500 with a revenue growth of 664% over the last 5 years (1998-2002).
CEO Stein Onsrud comments: 'The significant growth in both completed survey interviews and profits that FIRM has experienced in 2003 illustrates the growing popularity of the Internet as a vehicle for deploying surveys quickly and to large numbers of qualified sample groups. Our customers tell us that it provides them with the flexibility and scalability to undertake a greater volume of targeted research projects cost effectively and efficiently'.
Confirmit is used by some of the largest market research agencies, including AC Nielsen and Taylor Nelson Sofres, consultancies like Accenture and Deloitte & Touche, and by Global 1000 companies including Barclay's, Dow Jones, Freeserve, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Toyota. FIRM can be contacted via kjell.oksendal@firmglobal.com or via its Web site at www.confirmit.com

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