Software is a key enabler for organizations that are facing information growth, yet have to face [restricted] IT budgets.

In 2005, the growth of Software-as-a-Service led many organizations to ask themselves three questions - Is EDI our core competency? Is my internal EDI system reliable? Is it cheaper to have an in-house EDI application or a hosted service? When weighing the opportunity cost of using company resources to manage EDI instead of other revenue-generating activities, the need to mitigate the risks of EDI staff turnover and system upgrades, and the costs of maintaining an internal system, thousands of organizations demonstrated they were ready for hosted EDI services, the alternative to EDI software. In 2005, we saw SPS' customers and transactions grow like never before, and are bullish about our growth in 2006.

The OSD specification is a tremendous benefit to organizations seeking to provide a standards-based solution for online software distribution,

Many leading software development organizations are quickly discovering how easily they can integrate the NetCharts Pro's feature-rich component library into their offerings. NetCharts Pro provides the beneficial data presentation layer for the end-users, plus it allows the development team to remain focused on their core competencies. NetCharts Pro delivers a robust feature set in a lightweight solution that satisfies both the performance and information demands of our OEM partners.

The consistent growth in overall revenues shows marketers may be shifting more of their total advertising budgets to online. This is a natural development as research shows more consumers are spending a larger percentage of their media time online, while the flow of advertising dollars follows.

Most software makers reveal for free the sort of information Microsoft is being ordered to license, because anyone not in a monopoly situation has every interest in making their software as widely available as possible.