On the Mark

Welcome back, everybody!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and a great close to their 2007.

Last night as I watched the Patriots beat the Giants in their march toward an undefeated season, I was reminded of a recent quote from Tom Brady.  It seems that two weeks ago an opponent attempted to pull a verbal Joe Namath and “guarantee” a victory over the Patriots.

This type of stunt is best left to Namath himself.

Brady and the Pats said nothing, and worked their standard game plan of methodically eviscerating their opponents, specifically one defensive player gifted with “a mouth that shot itself in the foot.” After the game, when Brady was asked about what his now-beaten adversary had guaranteed, Brady said only:

“Well done is better than well said”

Great quote!

And Brady reminded everyone the quote belongs to Benjamin Franklin.

I bring this up for a reason. I’ve recently been reading some industry blogs and one in particular also reminds me of a mouth determined to shoot itself in the foot. 

For the record, I guarantee nothing. I offer only my sleep-deprived but hopefully lucid observations of the last seven months and point to the mercurial rise and acceptance of the MetaLINCS product by our community in the governnment and private sectors.

The way I see it, two of the biggest, highest-profile financial institutions in the world are now using our software to give them the competitive advantage in litigation by minimizing risk and reducing spend. I see others in my crystal ball, too.

Within the last two weeks we’ve added two top-tier international law firms and a leading litigation services consulting firm to the mix. They’re all floored by our technology and quickly embracing the advantages they now have over their competitors in the legal space.  My crystal ball shows me others on the horizon.

Within the last six months, I’ve seen our technology go up against all the usual suspects. I’ve seen us be the last one standing (tall) when the global creme-de-la-creme of accounting firms chose us. In fact they’ve just entered the e-discovery services market with our technology.

Several service providers have talked to us about bringing our technology to their own offerings menu.  In fact, one is probably signing while you read this entry. (DONE! - announcements to follow)

And this product has gained the recognition it’s honestly earned among analysts around the country.

I’ve watched a $12-billion company take a very hard look at this marketplace, understand who has value and who doesn’t and then acquire MetaLINCS to serve as the cornerstone of a developing e-discovery offering. Stay tuned.

So 2008 is showing more promise than anyone could have imagined. I’m  watching our product being vetted by prominent organizations in the pharm, communications and insurance verticals and I fully expect some in each of those ranks to follow the financial players and adopt our technology.

I’ve got old acquaintances in the business calling me to set up lunch “just to talk” about our offering, because now they  want to get rid of the stopgap devices they purchased in the last two years and step up to our application.

So I’ll close here and wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year in 2008.

It looks to be a great one here — I hope you’ll be with us for the ride.

All the best.

-On the Mark 

p.s - good luck D Downing with your Pats. Cheers to Bill B. and Lawrence L.

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