Happy New Year Everyone!

The pundits are predicting all types of economic scenarios for 2010. My read is that we’re going to see mixed results throughout the year and growth will vary based on sector of the economy. Overall, I believe we are going to experience a slow recovery and real economic growth with pitfalls and roadblocks along the way. Every month, the market will feel like we are taking two steps forward but then one step backward.

In 2009, we made significant investments in Axispoint including people (our core asset), processes and systems (we’re about to launch a new website, developing a new ERP system, etc.). We are continuing to invest in the first half of 2010. Our objective is to grow and become a stronger firm to best meet our vision of being a trusted technology partner to our clients. We purposely spent while others retracted not for the sake of spending dollars in a down market, but to position ourselves for success in the future. Only time will tell if we invested wisely, but the preliminary results of our investments look really promising. I believe 2010 can be a highly positive year and then 2011 when the economy really begins humming again, we can leapfrog the competition to experience exceptional growth.

I have no doubt that the pitfalls and roadblocks will occur and at times even with smart investments, we will take one step backwards. The real trick is to be incredibly nimble in these uncertain times and make good business calls to take advantage of the opportunities (and there are a lot of them in this market) and attack the issues head on. I believe now is a critical time in building and ensuring the long term success of your company by developing and deploying core capabilities, new initiatives, innovative ideas, etc. Good luck and I wish you true success in 2010!