Negative Candidate (Medium term) - Jul 9, 2004 TADPOLE TECH. ORD 10P is in a falling trend and a continued decline within this trend may be expected. However, the price is now close to the bottom of the trend channel, which may give a reaction up. Gave a negative signal from a rectangle formation by the break down through the support at 14.70. Further fall to 11.67 or lower is signaled. The stock has broken down through the support at p 15.40. This predicts a further decline. Volume tops and volume bottoms correspond well with tops and bottoms in the price. This weakens the falling trend and could be an early signal for a coming trend break. RSI is oversold. The stock can still fall further, and we should see an increasing RSI before this is used as a positive signal. The stock is overall assessed as technically negative for the medium long term. Negative Candidate (-79) (Overall analysis) - Jul 9, 2004Score explanation TADPOLE TECH. ORD 10P is technically negative for the short and medium term, and neutral for the long term. Negative Candidate (-88) (Short term) Has broken down through the floor of the falling trend channel, which signals an even stronger falling rate. The negative development, however, may give rise to short term corrections up from today's level. It also gave a negative signal from a rectangle formation at the break down through the support at 14.70. Further fall to 11.67 or lower is signaled. The stock has resistance at p 15.10. RSI is oversold, which indicates a potential short-term reaction up. The RSI curve shows a falling trend, which supports the negative trend. The stock is overall assessed as technically negative for the short term. Negative Candidate (-91) (Medium term) TADPOLE TECH. ORD 10P is in a falling trend and a continued decline within this trend may be expected. However, the price is now close to the bottom of the trend channel, which may give a reaction up. Gave a negative signal from a rectangle formation by the break down through the support at 14.70. Further fall to 11.67 or lower is signaled. The stock has broken down through the support at p 15.40. This predicts a further decline. Volume tops and volume bottoms correspond well with tops and bottoms in the price. This weakens the falling trend and could be an early signal for a coming trend break. RSI is oversold. The stock can still fall further, and we should see an increasing RSI before this is used as a positive signal. The stock is overall assessed as technically negative for the medium long term. Neutral (-8) (Long term) Has broken through the floor of a rising trend channel. This indicates a slower rising rate at first, or the start of a more horizontal development. Is moving within a rectangle formation between support at 1.39 and resistance at 23.96. A decisive break through one of these levels indicates the new direction for the stock. The stock has support at p 5.80 and resistance at p 19.00. The stock is overall assessed as technically neutral for the long term. The TA above is not intended as investment advice and is just a snaphot taken on 10 July 2004 from www.investtech.com.

I find that investtec, which is computor created analisis, does tend to give conflicting indications in the same prognosis (I hope that is the word)
It is however an excellent site for charts and TA and works very fast!!

> July 9, 2004]
> MCI Offers On-Demand Application Service For Ease of Software
> Distribution
>
> BY MICHELLE PASQUERELLO
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Recently, MCI (news - alert - quote) introduced its On-Demand
> Application Service, an innovative solution to assist companies with the
> distribution of software to remote users. In conjunction with Endeavors
> Technology, MCI's On-Demand Application Service allows businesses to
control
> software licenses and track usage all under a pay-as-you-go model. Shirley
> Chun, MCI's Product Manager was available to answer some questions for
> TMCnet regarding On-Demand and it's contribution to corporate-wide usage
of
> applications.
>
>
>
> What are the challenges of offering a managed service on such a
large
> scale?
>
>
>
> SC: MCI has a long history of launching innovative managed services
> that leverage our global IP infrastructure. Our launch of On-Demand
> Application Service was similar to that other product launch efforts. The
> keys to success were finding the right underlying technology and
integrating
> it with MCI's industry-leading IP network and computing infrastructure,
and
> providing the right operational support. Also required is rigorous
> technology and operational testing to ensure the service is fully
> functional.
>
>
>
> What kind of service level agreements do you have in place to
protect
> your customers?
>
>
>
> SC: The service level agreements for our On-Demand Application
Service
> are based on platform up-time as derived from our networking and hosting
> service SLAs.
>
>
>
> What benefits does this bring to enterprise users of VoIP (define -
> news - alert)?
>
>
>
> SC: We are focused on two types of customers; enterprise and
software
> providers, including Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Application
> Service Providers (ASPs).
>
>
>
> For our enterprise customers, the benefit of this new service is one
> of better software license management and control. In today's world, many
> enterprises are faced with two challenging areas: 1) Use of IT
resources
> for daily management of application delivery and upgrades to ensure
> efficient delivery and application updates and management; 2) How to
capture
> information on how applications are utilized and the user community
served.
> MCI's On-Demand Application Service provides a centralized platform for
> efficient means of application streaming only what is needed to the user
> desktop, thus eliminating a portion of the desktop total cost of ownership
> (TCO) in terms of application updates, patch management, and minimizing
> associated support issues. The solution also offers a level of software
> compliance and usage tracking to provide customers quantifiable metrics on
> detailed usage tracking information so that decisions can be made on how
> many licenses need to be purchased and allocated within the enterprise.
>
>
>
> For our ISV/ASP customers, On-Demand Application Service offers a
new
> approach to securely distributing software on a large-scale basis. As part
> of the service's multi-pronged security defense, MCI encrypts the data
> end-to-end down to the end-user desktop, providing a level of security not
> available via traditional distribution methods. Also, because of the
> flexibility of the approach, new business models can be achieved for
> managing temporary licensing, which are not practical with current
> distribution options.
>
>
>
> There is no strong connection to VoIP for this service although
client
> applications such as soft-phones and remote access dashboards and related
> applications can be distributed to VoIP users.
>
>
>
> How easy is it to implement?
>
>
>
> SC: The service is easy to implement. On-Demand Application Service
> has two major components; the application publishing process and the
> customer portal.
>
>
>
> The publishing or "transcoding" process takes Windows-based
> application as is and converts it into sizable chunks which prepares it to
> be "streamed" to the end user desktop. The Windows-based applications can
> be custom in-house applications or commercial off-the-shelf applications.
> The customer only needs to provide the application source code and
licensing
> information and MCI will provide the end-to-end service in terms of
> publishing, hosting, and delivering the application. Customers can choose
> to perform their own "publishing" and, in this scenario, MCI will provide
> the training and tools.
>
>
>
> The Web-based portal offers customers a range of reporting options
to
> enable them to gather information about user and application usage. In
> addition, the portal is where license information is invoked and policies
> are established to set user hierarchies. MCI provides the ability for
> customers to administrate licenses to users, which is ideal for companies
> that want to retain control of the software yet give administrators a
> certain level of control. These reporting and management tools are
intuitive
> and easy to use. After a quick review, most subscribers can easily master
> the service, without the need for a dedicated IT resource.
>
>
>
> What Endeavors technology is MCI using?
>
>
>
> SC: MCI uses Endeavor's AppExpress software as the underlying
> technology which has been moved into a robust, managed service for our
> customer base. Combined with MCI's hosting, networking and management
> capabilities, this service offers an innovative application-streaming
> delivery model for software distribution and management.
>
>
>
> Why did MCI choose Endeavors?
>
>
>
> SC: Endeavors was chosen due to its unique ability to stream parts
or
> entire applications to end user desktops in a secure manner with a suite
of
> management tools. MCI reviewed several excellent alternatives and
Endeavors
> was selected based on technological excellence and compatibility with
MCI's
> business model for the service.
>
>
>
> How does the platform integrate with MCI's Convergence Networking
> strategy?
>
>
>
> SC: MCI's strategy is to evolve our core competencies in networking
> and computing to meet the needs of businesses. MCI's On-Demand Application
> Service does exactly this. It builds on the software-as-a-service model,
> where software is expanding from a licensing model to a subscription-based
> model. Part of this on-demand model implies the ability for network and
> global delivery and management. It leverages MCI's excellence in the
> fields of application hosting through out Digex capabilities, MCI's global
> IP networking, and our success as a managed services provider to deliver a
> solution that addresses our customer's computing needs.
>
>
>
> Who are your main competitors?
>
>
>
> SC: Today, we do not have direct competitors that provide a managed
> application streaming offering. However, vendors in the server-based
> computing space as well as the electronic software distribution market
> provide similar solutions for application delivery and management. While
we
> view our solution as complementary to what is available today, we believe
> that our application streaming approach provides greater flexibility from
a
> network delivery perspective with no perceived latency and the same
> performance as though the application is running right at the end user's
> desktop. There is a key advantage in the metering, monitoring, and
> management aspect of the application that provides options for customers
who
> may subscribe to a concurrent licensing model enabling them to better
> allocate the use of their software, or the ability to virtually
re-allocate
> license to another user based on pertinent, quantifiable metrics.
>
>
>
> Is On-Demand easy to migrate to? How long does the migration process
> take?
>
>
>
> SC: Implementing the offering is fairly easy and straightforward.
> However, if a customer is migrating off another application delivery
> solution, there may be some planning involved based on the complexity of
the
> original solution. MCI works with customers to deploy the solution and can
> work with customers to initially run the offering in tandem, helping the
> customer to better understand the On-Demand service capabilities and to
> assess the best migration plan.
>
>
>
> Does On-Demand require training? If so, how much?
>
>
>
> SC: The service is very intuitive and very easy to use. On-Demand
> Application Service customers are provided with training to help them
> administrate, distribute and manage the licenses and the users. MCI
> customers have access to this and other training information through its
> customer portal.
>
>
>
> MCI also assigns a company representative to work with the customer
to
> prepare and set up specific applications for publication and delivery.
> Customers can easily be up and running within two weeks or less following
> the receipt of the application(s).
>
>
>
> How do you run customer support for On-Demand?
>
>
>
> SC: MCI provides an MCI representative to help with the publishing,
as
> earlier indicated. We also have an 800 number for trouble resolution and
> other questions that may arise. MCI provides proactive technical support
for
> the fully managed version of this service. It is monitored 24/7 by our
> hosting operations team.
>
>
>
> How do you see the state of the VoIP industry and how do you feel
> MCI's contribution lends to the future?
>
>
>
> SC: On-Demand Application Service is not a VoIP service. As stated
> above, it can complement a VoIP service by delivering and monitoring VOIP
> client applications to VoIP users.
>
>throw your charts out the window this is going up just read all the positives going on
MCI, Microsoft, Wyse, Parsons, ect ect

>
> Regarding MCI's view on the VoIP industry and our contribution, MCI
is
> an innovator in this area and is the first service provider to offer a
> hosted VoIP solution to the business community through its MCI Advantage
> service, the industry's only true network-based communications product
> serving both enterprises and small business markets. MCI continues to set
> the pace for businesses wanting to simply and cost effectively take
> advantage of the benefits of VoIP.
>
> For more information, please visit MCI on the web.
>
> Michelle Pasquerello is the Assistant Online Content Director for
> TMCnet. She welcomes your comments.

What was the outcome of Tadpole update?