Ocuco was this week ranked 11th within the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Ocuco's 5 year growth rate to 2008 was 505.26%. Ocuco has been among the Top 50 consistently over the past 4 years since 2006.

Ocuco's CEO, Leo Mac Canna, attributes the company's revenue growth over the past five years to its innovation in the field of the professional practice management software and its expansion into optical retail chains in the UK, in continental Europe and in the USA.

"We are glad to be recognised among the most dynamic companies in Ireland. Our constant innovation is the engine that has given us this growth over the last few years, resulting in Ocuco putting clear blue water between us, as specialists in the Optical field, and the generic suppliers of POS systems," said Leo.

The Fast 50 programme, now in its tenth year in Ireland, ranks the fastest-growing technology companies in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Details of the final Technology Fast 50 ranking list are available to download at www.fast50.ie

Vision Express and Ocuco have signed a five year extension to their software and support contract. Ocuco's software, Acuitas Enterprise, was first installed across their 200 store estate in 2005 with a commitment to 2010. Since then VE has grown to over 300 stores, including 75 Batemans stores acquired last year. A key tool in the acquisition's integration, Acuitas was rolled out to them in four weeks last June.

Bryan Magrath, CEO of Vision Express commented "To ensure VE gets the best product and best value for money, we constantly benchmark against market. We have performed an extensive assessment of the available PMS suppliers in the industry and we are convinced that Ocuco is the best choice. There is no greater show of faith than to extend our relationship to 2016."

Leo MacCanna, Chief Executive Officer for Ocuco said "We invested a lot in R&D to keep our customers and we are committed to keeping our product on the leading edge into the future. We look forward to renewing again in 2016.'

Acuitas is an enterprise retail system specifically developed for the optical market. It can cover the full patient journey out of the box without the need for the cost and delay of the extensive bespoke development required when implementing generic EPoS systems such as SAP retail, PCMS and Win/DSS. A new basic EPoS-only version is now available priced to compete directly against these generic EPoS systems, but with the option to add practice management, optometry, clinical and manufacturing modules.

The product is now in use in the UK and Spain, with localized versions for the French and Italian markets due to be released by end of June 2009. The system caters for the various optometry models in Europe and the Americas.

Founded in 1993, Ocuco is the largest optical retail software company outside the US with $10m in revenues and 100 staff. It is on the Deloitte European fast 500 list, with installations in most countries across the globe. Ocuco has offices in Ireland, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Australia and the USA. The company will be exhibiting at Hall 11 Stand T-02 at MIDO.