According to Deloitte TMT list, Scandinavian, Irish and Dutch hi-tech companies are fastest growing companies in Europe - Financial turbulence and economic uncertainties in the world have not put the brakes on hi-tech company development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa - quite the contrary. These companies are successfully managing their rapid growth and, more particularly, are getting the right people into the right jobs in order to consolidate their growth. This observation is made by the Deloitte TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications) auditors and consultants, who have just published the 2007 list of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa. This is the seventh annual publication of this list. According to the statistics: 1) the three first positions are occupied by Israeli companies. In first position: Voltaire Ltd, specialised in communication and networks - 50.612% growth; second position: Celltick Technologies, also specialising in communications and networks with 29.627% growth; in third position: Runcom Technologies, active in the semi-conductors and equipment - growth of 27.950%. The fourth fast company, Tom Tom Nv from the Netherlands, specialises in software - growth of 17.193%. In fifth position, ByBox Holding from the United Kingdom, also active in software - 15.272% growth; 2) the United Kingdom is the country that comes up most on the list, with 91 companies, then France with 68 firms; 3) average growth in turnover over five years for the 500 companies on the list is 1.443%, the fastest level of growth since the list began; 4) 79.5% of CEOs of the 500 fastest growing technology companies are very, indeed extremely, confident of obtaining the same level of growth over the next two years; 5) the software sector continues to dominate the list, with 200 companies active in the sector; 6) as the exceptional performances of the Israeli companies demonstrate, we are witnessing the emergence of a country whose hi-tech sector is experiencing particularly rapid growth. As well as Israel, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Finland and the Netherlands are emerging as the “clubs” that are bringing together the hi-tech companies with most potential; 7) the situation in Europe, the Middle East and Africa contrasts with that of the US where the fastest growth hi-tech companies saw the growth in their turnover fall from an average of 6.772% over five years to only 1.823% in 2007; 8) one of the biggest challenges mentioned by company CEOs on the list is finding sufficiently qualified personnel; 9) being able to use foreign personnel is therefore the option towards which CEOs are moving: 13.4% of companies currently take on more than 15% of their work force from abroad. This trend will reach 46.3% in five years' time.