as StormKing has already reported:

4:01 PM –PDSG/CDX Tom (Kooy,VP of Product development and Management joined PTSC in May 2008)

-New product line coming out end of February, named CDX 4, the Next Generation (Slogan is Right Info, Right Place, Right Time)

-PDSG primary success has been selling professional services to JPS clients

-Struggle has been going up against IBM, SUN, Oracle, HP

-Previous version, CDX3 had been highly dependent on professional services expertise (meaning, the people had to be there to teach other how to use it, thereby slowing their ability to market many places at once)

-Differences in CDX 4:

a)Full Service architecture

b)Incorporates “Best of Breed” enterprise service offerings – wholly configurable and scalable

c)CDX Exchange builder – The Engineers knowledge (i.e. professional expertise) is now in the software.

d)Simplifies deployment – speeds up time of delivery

e)CDX4 seeks to increase return on investment, incorporate all JPS national standards- Tom says it is the 1st platform to embrace that.

f)SOA =governance – I didnt catch much about this expect he said it a 40 Billion dollar business.

g)Can License CDX4 to our competitors. It is “agnostic”, can plug and play with other tools – No proprietary “hooks” intrinsic

h)CDX Connect for NDEX– Coming out in early February)

Tom Kooy presentation ends at 4:25 PM CT

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Now, why don't I see where it's being given away, with little or no profit for years to come?

As intimated before, this new announcement puts that little more pressure on a prospective partner to sign up before someone else does.

Not only did CDX Connect for NDEX come out in early February(note h, above) it has already been deployed.

Before giving any credence to alternative suggestions as to how the news should be viewed, I respectfully suggest a re-read of StormKing's objective report to clear away any FUD.

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Be well