Does anyone have any opinions on Tadpole,and is there any information regarding the name change?.

Well one mm (Liberum) is bidding for 5 million shares @1.59p and has been for 3 days now?????

Rodders

ENDEAVORS APPLICATION JUKEBOX HITS THE STREET

IRVINE, Calif. and LONDON, April 3, 2008 Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology, and its parent company, Tadpole Technology plc, today announced the immediate availability of Application Jukebox Enterprise Edition and Application Jukebox SaaS Edition. Application Jukebox is the next-generation application virtualization and streaming solution that provides a highly flexible and secure platform for on-demand application delivery.

The two versions of Application Jukebox available today include Endeavors unique, fully-configurable virtualization that provides administrators with the flexibility to publish applications in fully isolated (sandboxed) mode, fully integrated mode, or any combination between the two options. Application Jukebox SaaS Edition features usage metering and a kiosk mode to support a pay-as-you-go model for application rental, plus portals that provide an easy-to-use environment for service providers and ISVs to create a custom application landing site. Application Jukebox Enterprise Edition supports Active Directory and offers user and group monitoring, as well as extensive tracking and support for cost-effective license management.

We performed extensive testing of the beta version of Application Jukebox and are extremely impressed and excited with the product, said Ty Schwab, CEO/CTO at Blackhawk Technology Consulting. The studio component of Application Jukebox allowed us to easily package Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise and subsequently stream the application to a laptop in less than 12 seconds, which is very positive from a usability perspective. We are also impressed by the licensing model and reporting, which we found significantly more robust and reliable than what is offered in the new versions of SoftGrid and AppStream products.

We have seen a great deal of interest in Application Jukebox from current and prospective customers, said Peter Bondar, CEO at Endeavors Technologies. We are excited by the positive feedback from participants in our beta program and believe this will continue to grow as customers now begin deploying Application Jukebox.

About Application Jukebox
The Application Jukebox family of products contain three key components. Application Jukebox Player sits on the client to create the virtual application environment and provides user authentication and application license enforcement. Application Jukebox Server controls and delivers applications, provides usage monitoring and logging, plus group, user and application level administration. Application Jukebox Studio allows ISVs and IT administrators to create a streamable, virtualized appset from standard, Windows-based applications that is then published to the server.

About Endeavors Technologies
Endeavors Technologies creates, develops and markets innovative application virtualization and streaming technologies that allow servers to stream pc-based applications to client computers where they are subsequently executed. These next stage technologies replace thin client computing paradigms. Application virtualization and streaming enables organizations to reduce the total cost of ownership while improving service levels, simplifying the management of computers and improving security and reliability. This innovative application distribution methodology provides companies with new revenue opportunities while reducing IT costs and increasing user productivity. Endeavors Technologies is a pioneer and thought leader with eight patents granted and 25 pending, including the first patents granted for streaming applications. Endeavors Technologies provides its solutions through licensing, royalty and technology transfer models. Visit www.endeavors.com for more details.

Rodders. thanks for the update.
Tadpole website still says to keep waiting for an update re name change. I have had this one for a while now and have been waiting for a bit of good news.
I suppose this is what happens until they are successful in finally getting the goods to market.Good to see they got the patents granted for the streaming application.

Application Jukebox getting a lot of press coverage..........

http://www.techweb.com/showPressRelease.jhtml?articleID=X685926

http://www.euroinvestor.co.uk/news/shownewsstory.aspx?storyid=9788568

http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=380

Rodders

A minnow to tuck away.

A minnow to tuck away.

I used to be a (tadder). a long time ago....I've not been following it lately...a little bit suspicious of this...lost a packet on this in the dotcomboom dive....I can see halifax reckons it is worth a punt...!

One mm, Liberum is back bidding for 3m shares @1.95p. DYOR

Rodders

750K buy near the close at full offer. DYOR

Rodders

Liberum now upped their bid, now looking for 2m shares @2.05p, yesterday they were bidding for 3m shares @1.95p. DYOR

Rodders

What ever happened to that ainsoph?? bloke. did he kill himself in the end? lol !!

The last and first time I saw Keith in the flesh was at the TAD AGM a few years back. Not long after that he seems to have dissapeared off the bbs and has not showed up at the EGM/AGM's either from what I hear, thats all I know, end of story.

TAD was due to run out of money last month, but at the last minute managed to raise some money at 1p to hopefully keep them going until more substantial funding can be arranged. The question is will they find the the investors to put up the dosh and more importantly, what will the dilution be to shareholders. The rumoured tie up with the likes of Google (mentioned in the Express) would get the ball rolling.

For the first time they do seem to have the right product, at the right time with ''Application Jukebox'' launched a few days ago to +ve reviews and one company has already dumped its competitors in favour of TAD's Saas software.

The jury is out.

DYOR

Rodders

This is a step in the right direction........

Tadpole Technology PLC
22 April 2008

Endeavors and Partners to Offer Microsoft Office on a Rental Basis


Tadpole Technology plc ('the Company'), through its UK subsidiary Endeavors
Technologies Ltd ('Endeavors'), has announced support for the Microsoft program
amending the Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA). The new program allows
service providers to stream Microsoft Office for delivery through a
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.


'We've anticipated this change and are pleased that Microsoft now has a date for
allowing service providers to stream Microsoft Office,' said Peter Bondar, CEO
at Endeavors. 'We have completed proof of concept programs with a number of
providers and have been waiting for the amended SPLA program to roll out new
services. Through our partnerships, we are poised to take advantage of the new
business opportunities on day one.'


Service providers will use Application Jukebox as the platform to stream and
virtualize Microsoft Office so it can be offered on a rental basis through a
SaaS model. Application Jukebox enables service providers to introduce flexible
licensing models for Microsoft Office and other Windows applications, improve
the efficiency of software rollouts, ensure that subscribers stay up-to-date
with the latest versions and guarantee license agreement compliance.


Mat Clothier, managing director of Partner Advantage Ltd, a service provider
planning to offer 'Office in a Box' commented, 'In the future most applications
will be paid for as they are used, often as part of a monthly contract, in a
similar manner to mobile phone services. We have been preparing for this market
for some time and have the complete solution available, based upon Application
Jukebox, Endeavors' application virtualization and streaming product.'




This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

"Microsoft is Changing the SPLA. So, is that the Clock Ticking, or your Heart?
22/04/2008

Posted by Simon Dadswell, Channel Marketing Manager, Endeavors Technologies.

Tick. Tock. Are you ready for application streaming? If not, what if your competition is? Or your customers? What if Microsoft opens the floodgates for streaming Office applications? How will that impact your software as a service (SaaS) business model? And in the moment of ice-cold realization, a voice from the Microsoft channel shouts: Microsoft has finally made changes to The Service Provider license Agreement (SPLA). They have approved a program which will allow service providers to stream Office products to the desktop.

And those service providers that are already poised to take advantage of application streaming will inevitably have first mover advantage on the Microsoft Office SaaS opportunity.

By allowing application streaming under the Microsoft SPLA, Microsoft are enabling service providers to exploit new technology to create and manage a catalogue of Microsoft applications centrally and stream them on demand to any client as if they are natively installed. Application streaming is a modern software delivery platform that takes advantage of local computing power and modern network capabilities and eliminates the bandwidth consumption, performance and security issues typically experienced with traditional terminal services environments, allowed under the Microsoft SPLA.

The decision to approve application streaming under the Microsoft SPLA has been long in waiting by the Microsoft channel.

Microsoft and The SPLA

Behold the Microsoft SPLA; an agreement that may once have been the best thing to happen to your business - enabling you to license Microsoft products, host them in a data centre environment, and sell metered access to these applications. But until this decision was made, youve been asking yourself:

Why does the Microsoft SPLA allow applications to be delivered through legacy terminal services environments, but not through application streaming?
Why cant I exploit application streaming as a distribution methodology for better controlling and managing the delivery of application content to the end user?
Why do I have to continually firefight scalability and performance issues for hosting in a multi-tenant, terminal services environment?
Why cant I remove compatibility and stability issues by isolating the streamed application from other applications configuration/run time environment?
Why cant I improve license management control and the security of application content?... The list continues.
Its true, that delivering software through a terminal services environment can achieve SaaS revenue streams albeit rather inefficiently and clumsily. Application streaming happens to be a whole lot smarter. So you can better control your infrastructure, costs, the software you deliver, and your business. And you dont have to be a computer scientist to figure it all out.

for the brave.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080422/3641959en_public.html?.v=1

Same 'ole, same 'ole. Message too complex, market too diffuse and ill-defined.

Who needs this stuff?

City AM (Free paper)

"Troubled IT minnow Tadpole Technology swam into safer waters after a landmark deal which will allow PC users to rent Microsoft Office products from their broadband service providers over the internet. Its shares rose 16 per cent to 2.13p. Chief executive Peter Bondar tells me he expects to sign deals with as many as three broadband suppliers who will use his software to do this by June. "

Rodders

Looking good for the long term again.
Finally got their act together at last.Now time to start getting a better picture re financials.
This product hitting the market at a good time and with the ever developing IT market,surely this has got to be a success.
Will be interesting to see who the three b/b suppliers are.Others might follow suit at a later date.