Wow and I haven't posted annything on the blog since before tax day, how shameful! I am going to have to insist that you all (9707 visits to date!?!) pester me whenever the blog goes silent for a week or more. Lets see, whats new:

- we've got a new email system, finally we can get away from Microsoft on the server. There are a few oddities in the web client which can be easily handled: 1. messages by default will cluster together in their "thread" - go to preferences to disable this if you have trouble with it. If you seem to be missing some emails this is likely the culprit. 2. html may be off by default - fix this in prefs as well if you wish. Also bear in mind that we can now connect *any* email client to the server via secure IMAP so if you've got one you like better than outlook (mozilla anyone? apple mail?) you can now use it. And your iPhones too. Thanks to Alex for setting all of this up and transferring files over as well.

- we had another successful conference in San Francisco not long ago, with myself, Nick and Laura attending. It was nice to come face to face with folks from the west coast, including a number of smaller companies we may not otherwise have met. Overall a great event (as all VIB events are!) resulting in a healthy number of new prospects for tcVisualize and even a few for Trident. The 360 degree integration concept is still blowing people's hair back.

- speaking of which, Laura and I will be stepping into Paul's role throughout June and Paul will be moving on to new things starting in July. We all owe Paul a debt of gratitude for his tremendous hard work in trying to grow and expand our business.

- we have a new company quality policy which includes elements of SDLC, testing, validation, documentation and more. The new policy represents a *vast* improvement over the prior and I honestly believe it will be of great use to all of us going forward. All software developers in the company will be required to take training on the new policy (and adhere to it) as well as GCP overview and 21 CFR Part 11.

- a few other policies are coming out soon but believe me, they are all streamlined and useful, or I never would have let them come to be.

Thats all for now!

Ed