doog, growth like this is synergistic and quite likely to be exponential. take for example proteus: 2 units sold to SLB could turn into 20 -- 4 each for five of SLB's competitors. or take a new hire like gregory boucher: we have no idea yet if he's working on some deals, but you just have to imagine -- management was in discussions with him before the official handshake, and they determined it was well worth it to get him aboard. no one does this kind of thing arbitrarily, and especially this bunch.
what else is just beginning to develop? how about matrix? that sounds to me like a relationship that could turn lucrative -- first with the commissions to the bottom line, then once they start selling our products in asian markets it will hit our top line.
the number of brand new initiatives at work here are many, but just this handful gives us an idea how much is outside the core business, and yet to land on any income statement. jmho.