Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) was a Norwegian company based in Oslo. FAST focuses on data search technologies. It had offices located in Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries around the world. The company was founded in 1997.On April 24, 2008, Microsoft acquired FAST. FAST is now known as Microsoft Development Center Norway.FAST offered an enterprise search product, FAST ESP.