Baltimore Business Journal has released a ranking of the Largest Minority-Owned Businesses In The Baltimore Area for the year 2009. A little like the Oscars, which turns to the movie industry to tally its votes, Baltimore Business Journal's list comes from a survey of Baltimore area businesses. Journal has been running the survey for many years. This year (2009) SSSi (Scientific Systems and Software International Corporation) was named one of the Largest Minority-Owned Businesses In The Baltimore Area.