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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended ____________
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15
(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009.
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Commission File No. 000-52882
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VERECLOUD, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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26-0578268
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification
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6560 South Greenwood Plaza
Boulevard
Number 400
Englewood, Colorado 80111
(Address of principal executive offices)
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(877) 711-6492
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(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known
seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES
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reports to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of
1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant
to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter)
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
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response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405) is not
contained in this form and no disclosure will be contained, to the
best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of
this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
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accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
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Aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates:
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As of February 26, 2010, the Company had 48,728,000 shares of
its $.001 par value common stock issued and outstanding.
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Index to Verecloud, Inc.
Transition Report Form 10-K
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PART I
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Item 1.
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Business
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Item 1A.
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Risk Factors
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Item 1B.
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Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 2.
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Properties
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Item 3.
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Legal Proceedings
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Item 4.
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
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PART II
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Item 5.
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Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related
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Selected Financial Data
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
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Item 8.
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Financial Statements and Supplementary
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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
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PART III
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PART IV
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Exhibits and Financial Statement
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Verecloud, Inc. (“Verecloud”,
“we,” “us,” “our,” or the
“Company”) was founded on July 17, 2007 as Sage
Interactive, Inc. (“Sage”) to provide web development
services. Sage had a fiscal year end of July
31. On August 31, 2009, Sage consummated a share
exchange with the sole member of Cadence II, LLC, a Colorado
limited liability company (“Cadence II”), pursuant to
which it acquired all of the membership interests of
Cadence II in exchange for the issuance to the sole member of
Cadence II of 42,320,000 shares of our common stock representing
92.0% of our issued and outstanding common stock (the “Share
Exchange”). Upon the closing of the Share
Exchange, our business operations consist of those of Cadence II,
we amended our Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the
Company to Network Cadence, Inc. and Cadence II became our wholly
owned subsidiary. In addition, in connection with
the Share Exchange, the Company adopted Cadence II’s fiscal
year end of December 31, as the accounting acquirer, as set forth
in Section 12240.4 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s (the “SEC”) Division of Corporate
Finance Financial Reporting Manual. On December 3, 2009,
the Company’s board of directors approved the change in the
Company’s fiscal year end from December 31 to June
30. On January 25, 2010, the Company instituted a
four-for-one forward split of its common stock and amended its
Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company from
Network Cadence, Inc. to Verecloud, Inc.
This Form 10-K is being filed as a Transition Report to reflect
the change in our fiscal year end from December 31 to June 30.
As reported in this Transition Report on Form
10-K, the Company’s disclosures and related financial
information for our new fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, include
the business operations of Cadence II, as audited for the period
from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009. Results for the
prior fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 represent those
of Cadence II.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
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This Transition Report on Form 10-K for Verecloud contains
“forward-looking statements.” All statements other than
statements of historical fact are “forward-looking
statements” for purposes of federal and state securities
laws, including any projections of earnings, revenue or other
financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and
objectives of management for future operations; any statements
concerning proposed new products or developments; any statements
regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements
of belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the
foregoing. Forward-looking statements may include the words
“may,” “will,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “continue,”
“believe,” “expect” or
“anticipate” and other similar words.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in “Risk
Factors” and elsewhere in this Transition Report on Form
10-K. In addition, our past results of operations do not
necessarily indicate our future results. Moreover, the
telecommunications service business is very competitive and rapidly
changing. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not
possible for us to predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess
the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent
to which any risk factor, or combination of risk factors, may cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statements.
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Except as otherwise required by applicable laws, we undertake no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements or the risk factors described in this Transition Report
on Form 10-K or in the documents we incorporate by reference,
whether as a result of new information, future events, changed
circumstances or any other reason after the date of this Transition
Report on Form 10-K. You should not rely upon forward-looking
statements as predictions of future events or performance. We
cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in
the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Although
we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements.
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PART I
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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
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General
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On July 19, 2007, Sage was incorporated in Nevada as a web
development services company.
On August 31, 2009, Sage consummated the Share
Exchange with the sole member of Cadence II, pursuant to which it
acquired all of the membership interests of Cadence II in
exchange for the issuance to the sole member of Cadence II,
42,320,000 shares of our common stock representing 92.0% of our
issued and outstanding common stock. After the Share
Exchange, our business operations consist of those of Cadence
II. The Share Exchange was treated as a merger of Sage
and Cadence II, which is accounted for as a reverse acquisition
with Cadence II being the acquirer for financial reporting
purposes. As such, for all disclosures referencing
shares authorized, issued, outstanding, reserved for, per share
amounts and other disclosures related to equity, amounts have been
retroactively restated to reflect share quantities as if the
exchange of Cadence II membership interest had occurred at the
beginning of the periods presented as altered by the terms of the
Share Exchange. Upon the closing of the Share Exchange,
the Articles of Incorporation were amended to change the name of
the Company to Network Cadence, Inc. and Cadence II became a wholly
owned subsidiary of Network Cadence, Inc. On January 25,
2010, the Company instituted a four-for-one forward split of its
common stock and amended its Articles of Incorporation to change
the name of the Company from Network Cadence, Inc. to Verecloud,
Inc.
Upon completion of the Share Exchange, the operations of Sage
ceased. As a result, net assets of Sage at August 31,
2009, which were negative $13,774 and consisted of cash and web
development costs ($4,326) offset by amounts owed to the former
President ($18,100) were written off.
The Company is headquartered in Englewood,
Colorado and, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Cadence II,
provides transformation solutions to the telecommunications
industry. The Company creates and implements functional
architectural designs that solve the problems related to the high
costs of integration for communication service providers
(“CSPs”). Through its Service Lifecycle Management
methodology (“SLM”), the Company enables CSPs to
dramatically improve performance in deploying new services while
reducing their operation costs. Although it is
anticipated that these professional services will drive the
short-term revenue growth for the Company, Verecloud is in the
process of developing and rolling out a cloud-based computing
system known as Nimbus. However, if the Company is
unable to secure outside private financing, this may prevent the
Company’s business plan from materializing.
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Our Business
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Verecloud is focused on providing professional services and
business platform solutions to CSPs. These services and solutions
are focused on the service delivery platform component of CSPs back
office systems and enable CSPs to, among other things, operate more
efficiently, introduce new products faster and deliver a better
customer experience.
Cadence II was formed in 2006 and, for the past three
years, has driven operational improvements and innovation with
clients across the telecommunications landscape through
professional services contracts. From architecture design to
solution, or technology selection to delivery and implementation,
Cadence II has provided professional service solutions in
areas of operational support systems (service creation, order
fulfillment, inventory, activation and provisioning, assurance and
billing, among others). For the periods covered by this
report, the Company’s revenue stream consists solely of
billable professional services. No software or product
revenue has yet occurred.
While professional services remain the Company’s sole
source of revenue through at least mid-2010, the Company’s
objective is to develop a unique platform known as
Nimbus, which we hope will position the Company to exploit the
opportunity created by the continued growth in cloud computing.
Nimbus is expected to bridge the gap between (i) small and medium
businesses, that want expanded and integrated services via the
“cloud,” (ii) CSPs who need innovative, high-margin
services to drive growth, and (iii) innovative cloud computing
solution providers who want access to the large distribution
channel that CSPs have developed for voice and data services. The
Company believes that Nimbus can potentially open new revenue
opportunities, protect investments made in existing services and
create a new distribution model for both CSPs and cloud computing
solution providers in a low cost, high return
manner. The success of the Company’s plan will
depend on several major factors. First, its ability to
raise the capital needed to develop Nimbus. Second, the
successful development of Nimbus into a commercially viable and
competitive cloud-based solution. Third, the
Company’s ability to effectively market and sell the Nimbus
solution to CSPs. If the Company is unable to
successfully execute on some or all of these factors, there could
be a material adverse effect on the Company’s business,
financial condition and results of
operations. Currently, the development of Nimbus is in
the early phase with the focus in the first quarter of 2010 on
developing technical timelines and partner
strategies. The Company expects to roll out the beta
phase in the second quarter of 2010 with platform testing and
integration occurring in the third quarter of
2010. Commercial viability is targeted for the fourth
quarter of 2010. However, the entire foregoing plan is
dependent on the Company’s ability to raise the needed
capital in the first half of 2010.
Once Nimbus is commercially available, the Company anticipates
focusing on three streams of revenue. First, upfront
integration fees charged to customers for integrating Nimbus into
their existing systems. Second, license and support fees
for ongoing maintenance and support of the
platform. Finally, revenue sharing with the CSPs related
to revenue generated via the Nimbus platform. If the
Company’s business plan is successful, the revenue share
component will be the major source of revenue moving forward.
Recent Events
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On November 2, 2009, our largest customer, SkyTerra
Communications (“SkyTerra”), terminated our
contract. For the six months ended June 30, 2009,
SkyTerra accounted for 98% of our revenue. As a result,
we were forced to reduce 50% of our work force and our revenues
declined more than 90% beginning in November 2009.
Market Overview
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The global telecommunications industry is a multi-trillion
dollar per year industry. CSPs are a subset of the
telecommunications industry that interact directly with end-users
and wholesale customers to provide communication services such as
voice, data, and wireless. CSPs include AT&T, Verizon, Sprint,
T-Mobile, Qwest, and British Telecom. As deregulation occurred in
the telecommunications industry over the past 20 years, the growth
of CSPs accelerated at an unprecedented level as they were able to
offer a multitude of new and innovative services.
Historically, CSPs have managed to satisfy
growing demand for their services by continuing to add hardware to
their communications networks. Rather than upgrading their core
software systems, CSPs have added more servers, switches and
routers. While capacity and capability of the CSP commercial
network broadly expanded, the two supporting software components,
the Operational Support System and Business Support System
(“OSS/BSS”) remained relatively unchanged.
OSS are a set of programs that help CSPs monitor,
control, analyze and manage a telephone or computer network. BSS
are systems which help CSPs run their business operations when
dealing with customers with respect to, taking orders, processing
bills, and collecting payments. CSPs, while wanting to add new
services, realized they had to overcome significant hurdles such as
the dated designs of their legacy OSS/BSS and the high cost of
deploying new technology in order to capture new revenue
opportunities. High deployment costs, coupled with an inability to
leverage existing hardware resources, have been identified within
the industry as “the Integration Tax.”
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The CSP’s difficulty in managing the
Integration Tax issue has created an opportunity for new entrants
into the communications services industry: IP-based service
providers. IP-based, or Internet Protocol based, refers to the use
of the Internet infrastructure to power communications services.
Companies such as Skype and Google launched creative and new
telecommunication services using the Internet as the foundational
component of their communications networks. While IP-based CSPs are
a threat to the traditional providers, traditional CSPs have a
significant advantage that the Internet companies desire: a large
installed base of customers with an established billing
relationship . Going forward, traditional CSPs choosing to
leverage the power of the Internet, coupled with a wholesale
marketing model, can enhance their revenue realization with the
addition of next generation services to their current product
set.
Telecommunications Transformation, or Telco 2.0, is accepted
terminology that refers to this overall paradigm shift which
reduces the Integration Tax, enabling CSPs to innovate and provide
value-added services to their customers. This can only be
accomplished through the deployment of a Service Delivery Platform
(“SDP”) layer that enables linkage of disparate network
components and Internet based applications (from any source) with
legacy back-office systems unique to each CSP. SDPs are a set of
components which interface with legacy OSS/BSS systems to create a
new entry point for adding, managing, and innovating new services.
When a CSP desires to develop a new communication service, they can
work directly with the SDP rather than inefficiently interfacing
directly with the OSS/BSS. This ultimately creates a way to deliver
new services more quickly and at lower cost.
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Products and Services
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As a result of experience in the telecommunications sector and
operational support systems, with significant focus on operational
support systems, Verecloud has identified the need for a creative
solution in the service management layer via the SDP. The service
management layer resides between the traditional OSS/BSS and the
commercial network of all CSPs and is designed to address all
phases of a service lifecycle. Our approach in the service
management layer consists of the following:
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Service Catalog / Inventory –
Maintains the repository of the service specification definition
and instances of the service. The catalog is the central hub of
service management that maintains the data model, processes, and
rules for the service in its various lifecycle stages.
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Service Fulfillment – This
function is commonly referred to as service provisioning or service
activation. It provides the CSP with the ability to allocate
capabilities and/or resources, either physical or logical, for the
service with as much automation as possible. This function
significantly reduces the classic “swivel chair”
conundrum created by multiple systems input existing in most CSPs
today.
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Service Assurance – Network
resources are monitored for faults or impairments, but determining
the impact to services that customers leverage is challenging. The
Verecloud approach creates a definition of not only the primary
quality indicators of a service, but also the process definition of
how to repair the service as well as the model of the service to
determine the relationships and impacts with other
services.
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Service Charging – New converged
services that cross technological and organizational boundaries
create complexity in charging and billing. Traditional back-office
systems designs do not offer the unique charging options desired by
customers. Verecloud has employed an IMS architectural orientation
to support real-time charging of composite services. This creative
approach offers a CSP greater flexibility in pricing their
offerings to customers and provides for revenue assurance
capabilities to confirm proper billing based upon accurate
usage.
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Service Delivery –A unified SDP
is an enabler for a CSP to offer converged services in a much more
flexible and adaptable environment than what has traditionally been
available. SDPs enable rapid, lower cost service creation for
product developers seeking to experiment with offerings,
accomplished with minimal required involvement from IT and network
operations personnel.
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Nimbus
Verecloud began funding its research and development activities
for the Nimbus project in January 2009 with retained earnings from
operations. This research and development project was
chartered to develop a proof of concept to evaluate product
potential, functionality and product
deliverability. Through December 31, 2009, the cost of
this research and development project totaled approximately
$500,000. These costs consisted primarily of salaries and wages
associated with our technical staffing in assessing the viability,
potential and technical requirements of the Nimbus
solution. Going forward, our research and development
spending will focus on the development of the Nimbus solution,
however, such spending is dependent upon the Company raising
capital in 2010.
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Business Strategy
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While professional services remain the near term opportunity to
drive revenue and operating margin growth, the Company expects to
develop Nimbus, which we hope will position the Company to exploit
the opportunity created by the continued growth in cloud
computing. Nimbus will bridge the gap between
(i) small and medium businesses that want expanded and
integrated services via the “cloud,”(ii) CSPs who need
innovative, high-margin services to drive growth, and (iii)
innovative clouding computing solution providers who want access to
the large distribution channel that CSPs have developed for voice
and data services. We believe that Nimbus can potentially open new
revenue opportunities, protect investments made in existing
services and create an exciting new distribution model for both
CSPs and cloud computing solution providers in a low cost, high
return manner.
Verecloud is focused on providing professional services and
business platform solutions to CSPs. These services and
solutions are focused on the service delivery platform component of
CSPs back office systems and enable CSPs to, among other things,
operate more efficiently, introduce new products faster and deliver
a better customer experience.
Verecloud began in 2006 and, for the past three years, has
driven operational improvements and innovation with clients across
the telecommunications landscape through professional services
contracts. From architecture design to solution, or technology
selection to delivery and implementation, Verecloud has provided
professional service solutions in areas of operational support
systems (service creation, order fulfillment, inventory, activation
and provisioning, assurance and billing, among others).
In addition to developing industry leading technology, Verecloud
is also a contributor to communication industry standards bodies
such as TM Forum’s SID and SDF, OASIS for Telecom, ATIS
Services Oriented Network, Open Mobile Alliance and Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Customers
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Our customer base has been focused in the telecommunications
space. Since inception, our business has been dependent on one
significant customer, SkyTerra. For the six months ended June 30,
2009, SkyTerra represented 98% of our revenue. On
November 2, 2009, we received a contract termination notice from
SkyTerra. As a result, beginning in November 2009, our monthly
revenue was reduced by more than 90% due to this termination. Since
January 1, 2010, we have successfully helped such providers as
Qwest Communications, Numerex, Taser and GigaSpace Technologies in
projects ranging from new implementations, or projects that are not
constrained by prior networks to enhance and expand the
capabilities of legacy systems. We are focused on expanding our
customer base through continuing to offer professional services as
well as the selling the long term vision of our platform.
Competition
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The competitive landscape includes firms that are attempting to
address CSP transformational needs in the telecommunications
industry. These can be segmented into three areas:
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large-scale Systems Integrators (e.g. –
Accenture and IBM);
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full Suite Solution Providers (e.g. –
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, and IBM); and
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CSP Transformation Agents who seek to redefine
how CSPs deliver services (e.g. – JamCracker and
Amdocs).
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Large-scale Systems
Integrators are engaged based upon their broad knowledge in
solving well-defined CSP problems. Their approach provides a
“remedy to a status-quo environment” versus
implementation of transformational change. These large competitors
are focused on multi-year, expensive projects that may not solve
the problem that SLM addresses.
Full Suite Solution Providers
offer a suite of products, that when fully implemented, provide an
integrated approach in solving the CSPs transformation needs. Their
approach, however, comes at a great expense to CSPs. It can be very
time consuming to implement, very costly, provides a
“one-size-fits-all” solution, and is integrated only
within the bounds of their suite. Their solution does not integrate
with a CSPs unique legacy OSS/BSS environment. Cost of implementing
a full suite of products results in a much lower return on
investment for the CSP than a more flexible and less expensive SLM
solution.
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emerging as CSPs embrace the value of and need for a service
delivery layer platform. These competitors are small and are
narrowly focused on specific areas of SLM. For example, they may
address order management but have not fully addressed how this
solution integrates with other areas of the overall service
lifecycle.
Based on these definitions, Verecloud is considered a CSP
Transformation Agent. It is our belief that the SLM methodology
provides a superior end-to-end solution that is:
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significantly more robust than that of other CSP
Transformation Agents;
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less expensive and more cost effective;
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more nimble, flexible, and more suitable to the
dynamically evolving needs of all CSPs.
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Marketing and Advertising
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Verecloud is focused on marketing its professional services and
business platform solutions to CSPs. These services and
solutions are focused on the service delivery platform component of
CSPs back office systems and enable CSPs to, among other things,
operate more efficiently, introduce new products faster and deliver
a better customer experience.
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Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights
Verecloud claims rights in its inventions, code, and other
intellectual property that it has created and that is contained in
the SLM, Nimbus, and other components of Verecloud's future
products and current services. It has not sought formal
registration or filed any U.S. patent or copyright applications for
such intellectual property. It has filed a federal
application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for
the trademark VERECLOUD (U.S. Ser. No. 77/929,616).
Employees
We currently have 26 employees, 21 of which are
full time employees. In addition to our full time employees, we
have five finance and sales consultants. We do not expect to hire
additional employees until such time as our operations require.
None of our employees is covered by a collective bargaining
agreement. Each of our managerial, sales and administrative
employees has entered into a standard form of employment agreement
which, among other things, contains covenants not to compete for 24
months following termination of employment and to maintain the
confidentiality of certain proprietary information. We believe that
our employee relations are good.
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Our principal address is 6560 South Greenwood
Plaza Boulevard, Number 400, Englewood, Colorado 80111. We
currently lease approximately 10,000 square feet of office space.
Our lease expires in April 2010.
Litigation
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ITEM 1A. RISK
FACTORS
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There are numerous and varied risks that may prevent us from
achieving our goals, including those described
below. You should carefully consider the risks described
below and other information included in this prospectus, including
our financial statements and related notes. Our
business, financial condition and results of operations could be
harmed by any of the following risks. If any of the
events or circumstances described below were to occur, our
business, financial condition and results of operations could be
materially adversely affected. As a result, the trading
price of our common stock could decline, and investors could lose
part or all of their investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
We have received a going concern opinion from our auditors.
Our financial statements have been prepared on the basis of
accounting principles applicable to a going concern. This raises
substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our
ability to raise additional capital and implement our business
plan. Based on our current business plan and projections, we will
need approximately $10 million to meet our cash requirements for
the next twelve months. This plan is the basis of
discussion with potential investors and strategic
partners. Of this amount, approximately $4 million will
be used for Nimbus development and product management,
approximately $5 million for sales, marketing, working capital and
administrative expenses, and $1.2 million to meet the obligations
of the promissory note. Furthermore, we intend to seek
funding of up to $20 million to fund operations through
2011. The additional $10 million in 2011 is expected to
be used to fund ongoing working capital needs for sales and
marketing ($3 million), ongoing Nimbus product management and
upgrade ($6 million) and overhead and other working capital net of
gross margins and cash reserves ($1 million). Since January
2010, we have met with several investment firms and strategic
partners in the software and telecommunications industries who have
expressed interest in our strategy and could be potential
investors in the Company. We are exploring funding
options that include debt financing, equity investments,
co-development arrangements and strategic alliances. As
of February 26, 2010, we have not secured any financing or
commitments. Assurances cannot be given that adequate
financing can be obtained to meet our capital needs. If we are
unable to generate profits and are unable to obtain
financing to meet our working capital requirements, we may have to
curtail our business sharply or cease operations altogether. Our
continuation as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to
generate sufficient cash flow to meet our obligations on a timely
basis to retain our current financing, to obtain additional
financing, and, ultimately, to attain profitability. Should any of
these events not occur, we will be adversely affected and we may
have to cease operations.
The products and services we sell are based on an emerging
technology and therefore the potential market for our products
remains uncertain.
The telecommunication transformation products and services we
develop and sell are based on an emerging technology platform and
our success depends on organizations and customers perceiving
technological and operational benefits and cost savings associated
with adopting our solutions. Our relatively limited operating
history and the limited extent to which our solutions have been
currently adopted may make it difficult to evaluate our business
because the potential market for our products remains
uncertain.
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Failure to properly manage projects may
result in unanticipated costs or claims.
Our engagements may involve large scale, highly complex
projects. The quality of our performance on such projects depends
in large part upon our ability to manage the relationship with our
customers, and to effectively manage the project and deploy
appropriate resources, including third-party contractors and our
own personnel, in a timely manner. Any defects or errors or failure
to meet customers’ expectations could result in claims for
substantial damages against us. Our contracts generally limit our
liability for damages that arise from negligent acts, errors,
mistakes or omissions in rendering services to our customers.
However, we cannot be sure that these contractual provisions will
protect us from liability for damages in the event we are sued. In
addition, in certain instances, we guarantee customers that we will
complete a project by a scheduled date or that the network will
achieve certain performance standards. If the project or network
experiences a performance problem, we may not be able to recover
the additional costs we would incur, which could exceed revenues
realized from a project.
Our clients’ complex regulatory requirements may
increase our costs, which could negatively impact our
profits.
Many of our clients, particularly those in the telecommunication
services, are subject to complex and constantly changing regulatory
requirements. On occasion, these regulatory requirements change
unpredictably. These regulations may increase our potential
liabilities if our services are found to contribute to a failure by
our clients to comply with the requirements applicable to them and
may increase compliance costs as regulatory requirements increase
or change. These increased costs could negatively impact our
profits.
In our course of business, we expose ourselves to possible
litigation associated with performing services on our
customers’ properties.
We perform services on our customers’ properties and doing
so can result in claims of property damage, breach of contract,
harassment, theft, and other such claims. These claims may become
time consuming and expensive, which would adversely affect our
financial condition and the reputation of our business.
We are highly dependent upon technology, and our inability
to keep pace with technological advances in our industry could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
results of operations.
Our success depends in part on our ability to develop IT
solutions that keep pace with continuing changes in the IT
industry, evolving industry standards and changing client
preferences. There can be no assurance that we will be successful
in adequately addressing these developments on a timely basis or
that, if these developments are addressed, we will be successful in
the marketplace. We need to continually make significant
investments, with ever increasing regularity, in sophisticated and
specialized communications and computer technology to meet our
clients’ needs. We anticipate that it will be necessary to
continue to invest in and develop new and enhanced technology in
shorter intervals and on a timely basis to maintain our
competitiveness. Significant capital expenditures may be required
to keep our technology up-to-date. There can be no assurance that
any of our information systems will be adequate to meet our future
needs or that we will be able to incorporate new technology to
enhance and develop our existing services. Moreover, investments in
technology, including future investments in upgrades and
enhancements to software, may not necessarily maintain our
competitiveness. Our future success will also depend in part on our
ability to anticipate and develop information technology solutions
that keep pace with evolving industry standards and changing client
demands. Our inability to effectively keep pace with continuing
changes in the IT industry could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our failure to protect or maintain our existing systems
could have material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and result of operations.
Moreover, experienced computer programmers and hackers may be
able to penetrate our network security, or that of our customers,
and misappropriate confidential information, create system
disruptions or cause shutdowns. If this were to occur, we could
incur significant expenses in addressing problems created by
security breaches of our network.
Our business depends on our clients not going offshore for
services.
The potential exists for us to lose existing customers for
information technology outsourcing services or other information
technology solutions, or incur significant expenses in connection
with our customers’ system failures. In addition,
sophisticated hardware and operating system software and
applications that we produce or procure from third parties may
contain defects in design and manufacture, including
“bugs” and other problems that can unexpectedly
interfere with the operation of our systems. The costs to eliminate
or alleviate security problems, viruses, worms and bugs could be
significant, and the efforts to address these problems could result
in interruptions, delays or cessation of service.
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Our business depends on the growth and
maintenance of wireless communications
infrastructure.
Our success will depend on the continued growth and maintenance
of wireless communications infrastructure in the United States and
around the world. This includes deployment and maintenance of
reliable next-generation digital networks with the necessary speed,
data capacity and security for providing reliable wireless
communications services. Wireless communications infrastructure may
be unable to support the demands placed on it if the number of
customers continues to increase, or if existing or future customers
increase their bandwidth requirements. In addition, viruses, worms
and similar break-ins and disruptions from illicit code or
unauthorized tampering may harm the performance of wireless
communications. If a well-publicized breach of security were to
occur, general mobile phone usage could decline, which could reduce
the demand for and use of our applications. Wireless communications
experience a variety of outages and other delays as a result of
infrastructure and equipment failures, and could face outages and
delays in the future. These outages and delays could reduce the
level of wireless communications usage as well as our ability to
distribute our applications successfully.
The industry in which we operate has relatively low
barriers to entry and increased competition could result in margin
erosion, which would make profitability even more difficult to
sustain.
Other than the technical skills required in our business, the
barriers to entry in our business are relatively low.
Business start-up costs do not pose a significant barrier to
entry. The success of our business is dependent on our employees,
customer relations and the successful performance of our services.
If we face increased competition as a result of new entrants in our
markets, we could experience reduced operating margins and loss of
market share and brand recognition.
We operate in a competitive industry with several
established and more horizontally integrated companies. It may be
difficult to sustain our market share in the event of a decline in
market conditions.
Our industry is competitive and rapidly changing. Future
competitors may include large international and domestic
engineering companies. These competitors may have a material
advantage in their financial, technical and marketing resources. We
may be unable to successfully compete against future competitors,
which would adversely affect our business and operations.
Risks Relating To Our Company
With the recent loss of our largest customer, our revenue
has been significantly reduced and we no longer operate at a
profit.
On November 2, 2009, we received a contract termination notice
from our largest customer, SkyTerra. As a result, we lost more than
90% of our revenue. In light of this notice, we reduced our
workforce by approximately 50%. With the loss of our most
significant customer, we have limited revenue and, going forward,
will not operate at a profit without additional business. We cannot
assure you that we will ever be profitable and you should not
invest unless you are prepared to lose your entire investment.
We have a material weakness in our system of internal
controls, which may prevent us from accurately reporting our
financial results or prevent fraud. Currently, the
Company does not have a plan nor the resources to remediate this
material weakness. As a result, current and potential
stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting,
which could harm our business and the trading price of our stock,
if we are ever able to list it on an exchange.
We currently have a material weakness in our system of internal
controls. In addition, we currently do not have a plan
nor the resources to remediate this material
weakness. Effective internal controls are necessary for us to
provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud.
If we cannot provide financial reports or prevent fraud, our
business reputation and operating results could be harmed. Internal
control weaknesses could also cause investors to lose confidence in
our reported financial information, which could have a negative
effect on the trading price of our stock, if we are ever able to
list it on the OTC Bulletin Board or an exchange.
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We may not be able to manage our expansion of operations
effectively and if we are unable to do so, we will not achieve
profitability.
We believe our Nimbus solution will allow us to significantly
expand our business and capture new market opportunities. As
we grow, we must continue to improve our operational and financial
systems, procedures and controls, and expand, train and manage our
growing employee base. In order to fund our on-going operations and
our future growth, we will need to have sufficient internal sources
of liquidity or access to additional financing from external
sources. Furthermore, our management will be required to maintain
and strengthen our relationships with our customers, suppliers and
other third parties. As a result, our continued expansion has
placed, and will continue to place, significant strains on our
management personnel, systems and resources. We will also need to
further strengthen our internal control and compliance functions to
ensure that we will be able to comply with our legal and
contractual obligations and minimize our operational and compliance
risks. Our current and planned operations, personnel, systems,
internal procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our
future growth. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively,
we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities,
execute our business strategies or respond to competitive
pressures. As a result, our results from operations may
decline.
Our limited operating history may not serve as an adequate
basis to judge our future prospects and results of
operations.
Our limited operating history and the unpredictability of our
industry make it difficult for investors to evaluate our business
and future operating results. An investor in our securities must
consider the risks, uncertainties and difficulties frequently
encountered by companies in new and rapidly evolving markets. The
risks and difficulties we face include challenges in accurate
financial planning as a result of limited historical data and the
uncertainties resulting from having had a relatively limited time
period in which to implement and evaluate our business strategies
as compared to companies with longer operating histories.
Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which
makes our future results difficult to predict and may result in our
operating results falling below expectations or our guidance, which
could cause the price of our common stock to decline.
Our operating results may fluctuate due to a variety of factors,
many of which are outside of our control. As a result, comparing
our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be
meaningful. You should not rely on our past results as an
indication of our future performance. If our revenue or operating
results fall below the expectations of investors or securities
analysts or below any guidance we may provide to the market, the
price of our common stock would likely decline substantially.
In addition, factors that may affect our operating results
include, among others:
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fluctuations in demand, adoption, sales cycles
and pricing levels for our products and services;
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changes in customers’ budgets for
information technology purchases and in the timing of their
purchasing decisions;
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the timing of recognizing revenue in any given
quarter as a result of software revenue recognition
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the sale of our products in the timeframes we
anticipate, including the number and size of orders in each
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our ability to develop, introduce and deliver in
a timely manner new products and product enhancements that meet
customer demand, certification requirements and technical
requirements;
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the timing of the announcement or release of
products or upgrades by us or by our competitors;
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our ability to implement scalable internal
systems for reporting, order processing, license fulfillment,
product delivery, purchasing, billing and general accounting, among
other functions;
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our ability to control costs, including our
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If our clients terminate significant
contracted projects or choose not to retain us for additional
projects, or if we are restricted from providing services to our
clients’ competitors, our revenues and profitability may be
negatively affected.
Our clients typically retain us on a non-exclusive basis. Many
of our client contracts, including those that are on a fixed price,
fixed timeframe basis, can be terminated by the client with or
without cause upon 90 days’ notice or less and generally
without termination-related penalties. Additionally, our contracts
with clients are typically limited to discrete projects without any
commitment to a specific volume of business or future work and may
involve multiple stages. In addition, the increased breadth of our
service offerings may result in larger and more complex projects
for our clients that require us to devote resources to more
thoroughly understand their operations. Despite these efforts, our
clients may choose not to retain us for additional stages or may
cancel or delay planned or existing engagements due to any number
of factors, including:
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These potential terminations, cancellations or delays in planned
or existing engagements could make it difficult for us to use our
personnel efficiently. In addition, some of our client contracts
may restrict us from engaging in business with certain competitors
of our clients during the term of the agreements and for a limited
period following termination of these agreements. Any of the
foregoing factors could negatively impact our revenues and
profitability. Other than under existing contractual obligations,
none of our customers is obligated to purchase additional services
from us. As a result, the volume of work that we perform for a
specific customer is likely to vary from period to period, and a
significant customer in one period may not use our services in a
subsequent period.
We may engage in acquisitions, strategic investments,
partnerships, alliances or other ventures that are not successful,
or fail to integrate acquired businesses into our operations, which
may adversely affect our competitive position and growth
prospects.
We may acquire or make strategic investments in complementary
businesses, technologies, services or products, or enter into
strategic partnerships or alliances with third parties in the
future in order to expand our business. We may be unable to
identify suitable acquisition, strategic investment or strategic
partnership candidates, or if we do identify suitable candidates,
we may not complete those transactions on terms commercially
favorable to us or at all, which may adversely affect our
competitive position and our growth prospects.
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failing to adequately identify or assess
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These difficulties could disrupt our ongoing
business and increase our expenses. As of the date of this
Transition Report on Form 10-K, we have no agreements to enter into
any material acquisition, investment, partnership, alliance or
other joint venture transaction.
We are subject to the reporting requirements of the
federal securities laws, which impose additional burdens on
us.
We are a public reporting company and accordingly subject to the
information and reporting requirements of the Securities Act of
1933 (the “Securities Act”), the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and other
federal securities laws, including compliance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”). As a
public company, these rules and regulations may make it more
difficult and expensive for us to obtain director and officer
liability insurance in the future, and we may be required to accept
reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher
costs to obtain the same coverage. As a result, it may be more
difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve
on our board of directors or as executive officers. We are
currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to
these new rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount of
additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.
It may be time consuming, difficult and costly for us to develop
and implement the internal controls and reporting procedures
required by Sarbanes-Oxley. Some members of our management team
have limited or no experience operating a company whose securities
are publicly reported, traded or listed on an exchange, and with
SEC rules and requirements, including SEC reporting practices and
requirements that are applicable to a publicly reporting or
publicly-traded company. We may need to recruit, hire, train and
retain additional financial reporting, internal controls and other
personnel in order to develop and implement appropriate internal
controls and reporting procedures. If we are unable to comply with
the internal controls requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, when
applicable, we may not be able to obtain the independent accountant
certifications required by Sarbanes-Oxley.
Assertions by a third party that we infringe its
intellectual property could result in costly and time-consuming
litigation, expensive licenses or the inability to operate as
planned.
The software and technology industries are characterized by the
existence of a large number of patents, copyrights, trademarks and
trade secrets and by frequent litigation based on allegations of
infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights.
As we face increasing competition, the possibility of intellectual
property rights claims against us may grow. Our technologies may
not be able to withstand third-party claims or rights restricting
their use. Companies, organizations or individuals, including our
competitors, may hold or obtain patents or other proprietary rights
that would prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to provide
our services or develop new services and features, which could make
it more difficult for us to operate our business.
If we are determined to have infringed upon a third
party’s intellectual property rights, we may be required to
pay substantial damages, stop using technology found to be in
violation of a third party’s rights or seek to obtain a
license from the holder of the infringed intellectual property
right, which license may not be available on reasonable terms, or
at all, and may significantly increase our operating expenses or
may require us to restrict our business activities in one or more
respects. We may also be required to develop alternative
non-infringing technology that could require significant effort and
expense or may not be feasible. In the event of a successful claim
of infringement against us and our failure or inability to obtain a
license to the infringed technology, our business and results of
operations could be harmed.
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