Giving Thanks

As Thanksgiving nears I wanted to thank all of our employees at Procedo. We have an incredible team from many different backgrounds providing products and solutions that are unique to the market. The team is what makes Procedo what we are today. We have come through many challenges and continually rising to accept the challenges and overcome them with solutions that not only has made Procedo a better company, but also enhances our products and our employees knowledge of the industry and our customers.

Thank you everyone. We've had an incredible year and are on target for an even better 2009.

Joe

Where did all of this data come from?

In the world of current events, e-discovery is in yet another phase of growth. What our customers are starting to ask is "where did all this data come from?" and "What can we do to fix this mess?"

We have customers that have "identified" well over 100TB of potential data to be migrated into an e-discovery platform. What is even more amazing about these numbers is that they are estimates as the customers themselves have no clue how much data they actually have.

Others have guessed from 40-100 TB. This is not only a large amount of data, but it is a massive variance in what might actually be there. Customers are asking us to get their data in an archive as quickly as possible. They know there are going to be regulations coming that will force them to either retain this data, or purge it in a manner that provides a chain of custody of this activity.

We have the ability to not only discover this data, but inventory every message. Even if all of this 100TB of data is outside the customer's retention policy limits, we will mark it as such during the purging process.

Customers archived content is growing at incredible amounts and we have seen this in terms of our average project size as well. In the past 18 months, our average project has increased over 7x. We expect to see this trend continue into 2009 and beyond. Customers are demanding that data is in a location that can be discovered and not roaming their network as a liability.

Election Results - Change is Coming...

Today marks an incredible point in the history of our country. It is a day that our children and grandchildren will read about in the history books in school and ask us about it. While many people have great opinions one candidate vs. another, there are not many people in our country that will debate the need for change. That change has been needed. Our financial markets are changing and demanding more changes. Wall Street in the greatest sense doesn't exist as it did three months ago and the massive mortgage companies no longer exist.

Change was the focus on the race and no matter who was elected, change was promised. Change was needed and change in the eyes of the world is on its way. The one thing that I have always shared with my classes in the past and all of our employees is that the only thing guaranteed to not change is that there will always be change. If we or our products don't change, they will die. Change is required to grow and advance forward.

The world view of the United States of America has instantly been changed, the blogs on the BBC site are filled with comments from people around the globe stating how their view of the USA has instantly been changed and they are looking forward to seeing the change that has been promised. A new face is being embraced by the world at the moments after the election was declared.

McCain's speech tonight was probably the best of his entire campaign and was focused around exactly what we need to work on; Working together to better our country as one country working to right the ship. He is still committed to working for our country and working for his new President.

Obama's speech started slower than I was expecting from him but he finished strong with a historic speech that will be spoken about for years to come. He spoke to everyone about coming together as one and making changes that benefit everyone in our nation. The gracious commanding speech was one that many will be replaying on YouTube and the like for years to come.

No matter what you were hoping the outcome was, one thing is for sure; we're going to get change. We're going to be viewed better by the world and we have to come together and work as one country to create the stability and growth that we've lost the past few years.

Regardless of what your party affiliation is if any, no matter who you voted for, being a part of history is always amazing and today history was made. Congratulations to Senator McCain for fighting for what you believe in and to President-Elect Obama, the world and our country are hoping this historic day is followed by years of positive change for the betterment of everyone in our country.