Following up on strong sales in Q1'09, New Atlanta had a very good second quarter, April through June 2009 (Q2'09). While we weren't quite able to match the first quarter results, highlights of Q2'09 are:

• New Atlanta total sales for Q2'09 were 25% higher than the same quarter last year (Q2'08)
• BlueDragon sales for Q1'09 were more than 65% higher than the same quarter last year (Q2'08)
• sales growth was once again primarily driven by the BlueDragon product line, both Java and .NET editions

• Total sales for New Atlanta for the first half of 2009 were 45% higher than our original budget forecast at the beginning of the year; put another way, we achieved 145% of our sales forecast
• In just the first half of 2009, New Atlanta has already achieved 75% of our total sales forecast for the entire year
• Four of the all-time top ten BlueDragon customers--as measured in total sales--made their first BlueDragon purchases during the first half of 2009; two of these are BlueDragon.NET customers and two are running BlueDragon for Java EE

Once again, I'd like to thank our customers who continue to demonstrate their confidence in our company and products in the most tangible way possible. We look forward to continuing to serve you with innovative, high-quality products and responsive, expert technical support for many years into the future.

As a privately held company, New Atlanta does not regularly discuss sales figures in public. However, in spite of these overall tough economic times, we have some good news to share. New Atlanta sales for the first quarter, January through March 2009 (Q1'09), achieved strong year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth. Specifically:

• sales for Q1'09 were 35% higher than the same quarter last year (Q1'08)
• sales for Q1'09 were 70% higher than the immediately preceding quarter, October through December 2008 (Q4'08)
• Q1'09 was New Atlanta's strongest sales quarter since the beginning of the global economic recession in Q4'07
• sales growth was primarily driven by BlueDragon, both .NET and Java editions, but we also achieved sales growth across nearly all product lines

We're hopeful that these results for the first quarter represent the beginning of a trend that will continue throughout 2009 and beyond. We're grateful to our customers who continue to demonstrate their confidence in our company and products, and we look forward to serving you for many years into the future. Thank you.

I have a trip to the UK planned for the week of March 9-13, 2009 to visit BlueDragon customers and prospects. My schedule currently includes dates in Dublin, Gloucester, and London, and is filling quickly. Drop me a note if you're interested in having me stop by your office to discuss how you can use BlueDragon.NET to:

• migrate existing ColdFusion applications to ASP.NET without rewriting code
• improve the performance and reliability of your ColdFusion applications
• integrate ColdFusion (CFML) and ASP.NET technologies

New Atlanta is currently hiring technical staff for our London, UK office. Positions are available for pre-sales technical support and consulting engineers (duties of these positions may overlap). We're looking for senior CFML developers; experience with BlueDragon--especially BlueDragon.NET--is helpful but not required. Please send email to jobs@newatlanta.co.uk for more information and to apply.

With tax day just past, I've been given the final 2006 revenue numbers for New Atlanta by our accountants. I'm very pleased to announce that BlueDragon posted record revenue numbers in 2006, continuing its unbroken string of annual revenue growth. While record annual revenue for BlueDragon is nothing new, 2006 did mark two important milestones:

• For the first time, in 2006, BlueDragon contributed more than half of New Atlanta's total revenue.

• With the growth of BlueDragon and continued strong contributions from our ServletExec and JTurbo product lines, New Atlanta's total revenue for 2006 was the highest it's been since BlueDragon was introduced in 2002.

We'd like to thank all of our BlueDragon, ServletExec, and JTurbo customers for their ongoing confidence in our company and our products. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 1997 founding of New Atlanta, and we look forward to continuing to serve you with high quality products and outstanding technical support for the next ten years and beyond.