UnifiedOnline Inc fka UOIP

[busterh]

There's a confluence of factors out there that give clear signals. Some of them viewed in isolation just seem silly. This situation needs to be viewed in it's entirety. There's a great parable for this but it alludes me at the moment.

Alright, here goes.

1) Iceweb PRs are absolutely screaming sales in the pipeline as well as pending deals with major players. Sure, Iceweb and many others make forecasts and don't live up to them. They are usually mumbled hoping you will forget. This is screaming. The latest quarterly report gives some credibility.

2) Documentation. Two months ago, there was zero publicly available. Karl Chen did a video, but that was marketing oriented. Not documentation. They are completely different things. Those of you in the tech industry know that doc is always the last thing to get done. In the last month, there were two doc videos released in addition to the IceSTORM manual today.

http://www.iceweb.com/knowledge_pdf/IceSTORM_User_Manual.pdf
The sudden appearance of this public doc indicates two things. First, there is a demand for it from current and potential customers or partners. Second, this is a very mature product and Iceweb is not ashamed to make this publicly available. Most of the warts and blemishes are gone. The part about the evaluation license was obviously added recently. If you read it, you'll see that it's an automated process. Not "call us and we'll tell you to use 'password'". They've also been beefing up the support options on the site to include phone, email, web-based, and an option for 24/7 onsite support. All of this is an indication that the staff is very busy in production, sales, and support. Management is attempting to relieve the burden through automation.

3) Samsung is an Iceweb customer and Samsung is hellbent on becoming a major cloud player. These facts are undeniable although there are no guarantees of continued Samsung sales, of course.

4) Steven Toole and the late great John R. Signorello have piqued interest in the company without spending huge amounts of money. Potential investors, customers, and partners are all paying more attention. Indications include increased share volume, blog mentions, and awards won. Remarkably, they've managed to do this with hardly anyone (actually, probably no one) with any detailed, credible complaints about the product or the company.