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| So this has proved out to be a good strategy and very successful to this point |
| We expect to realize the full benefits of our initiatives over time, and we're excited about the outlook for the business |
| And so when we talk about equipment, there's been some pretty good margins that have improved |
| We have successfully implemented our business strategy, and we believe it will support our growth and long-term sustainable profitability |
| I'm proud to report we generated a 35% increase in revenue to approximately $6 million for the third quarter of 2023 |
| The first piece is that Tom Kempster that's a heads up Flagship we hope that we're very, very successful on selling equipment and software and cybersecurity software, support and maintenance on the IBM systems |
| So one of the benefits is leveraging all of the technical folks that we have in the company, which is a huge benefit |
| So what ends up happening is by bringing it together where we have some very good major account type business development, very experienced sales folks combined with our overall team, we think that placing that together under one leader will be a good advantage to us |
| At the same time, we have carefully managed expenses and have preserved a strong balance sheet with over $11.5 million in cash and marketable securities enabling us to deploy capital efficiently and effectively to support our long-term growth and drive value to our shareholders |
| As a result, I believe we're at a pivotal point in the company where we are extremely well positioned to enter large international markets, upsell and cross-sell our products and services and secure additional meaningful subscription-based contracts, all leading to sustainable profitability and revenue growth |
| These infrastructure partners are a great way to expand our distribution with their expertise, excellent staff while leveraging our assets deployed |
| Continued wishes for an ongoing strong progress |
| So it helped us increase our opportunities substantially and is helping grow our pipeline |
| As you can see, we are witnessing strong contract momentum and continue to maintain a 94% renewal rate with an average term of 24 months, demonstrating our ability to support clients while meeting or exceeding their needs |
| Across the organization, with the continued execution and further implementation of our growth initiatives, including ongoing expansion of our distribution channels, increased utilization of our digital and direct marketing programs, optimizing our lead generation program, hosting additional revenue driven sales events and exploring strategic M&A opportunities, can continue to increase revenue while maximizing long-term profitability |
| We currently serve over 450 companies and intend to continue to grow this impressive list |
| And we've also companies that are further along the buying cycle, we will arrange an appointment with a sales specialist and that's also proved to be successful |
| Congratulations on a strong quarter |
| Land to expand enables endless cross-selling opportunities |
| And we hope to line up with, frankly, 10 to 15 would be a fantastic start |
| Importantly, we achieved another quarter of profitability with approximately $158,000 in net income for the third quarter |
| However, with a dedicated team, ensuring these opportunities aren't overlooked, we can truly capitalize on significant opportunities within the market |
| Overall, we are executing on our strategic growth plan, which has resulted in profitability for the third quarter of 2023, as well as new and expanded contracts while increasing our penetration within the market |
| So there's some great synergies there to take those 25 very large accounts in addition to the other accounts and moving those higher-margin services that are our product that we create out of our six data centers |
| We believe this is a direct result of our ongoing business growth initiatives, which we have implemented to assist in accelerating our revenue growth and increased profitability |
| We believe this expanded contract validates how we grow with our clients and continually address their needs |
| We are already witnessing the benefits of these initiatives |
| And obviously, that's now translating into the revenue growth profile acceleration |
| In addition, we recently launched a strategic sales and marketing initiative designed to capitalize on the growing demand for our products and services |
| While the increase in equipment sales had a slight impact on our overall gross profit margin, we continue to work to assimilate Flagship business unit and have actively implemented strategies to enhance our gross profit margin by increasing subscription revenues within Flagship and move closer to the 50% margin that we generated CloudFirst |
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| Unfortunately, an unexpected natural disaster happened and following this, they realized they were unable to recover and resume operations |
| So we'll have -- we had a problem in the beginning with flagship, frankly, on the cross-selling of the subscription-based services |
| It seems to me that it's only a matter of time when you have a company like ICBC that's not putting the right controls in place, and it's disrupting treasury markets |
| It actually had a -- it disrupted the treasury markets and it seems like the problem of these attacks is not getting any better |
| So there is a little bit of darkness and expectations not matching up, just as I mentioned in the earnings call with one company with an unexpected downtime |
| Along with the fact that a lot of these problems are also caused by employees that are not educated and the companies are not educating them enough, they help create the problems themselves |
| It's actually getting a lot worse |
| But there have been an exploding number of cases of ransomware, major companies like Johnson Controls, ICBC, which I'm sure you guys know is one of the biggest banks in the world |
| No problem |
| What do you think is a reasonable mid-term gross margin for the services? I know the equipment sales are very lumpy |
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