Well, it was a tough to do, but I am back at work after spending last week in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Our trip started in Orlando with a visit to the Kennedy Space Center. We were able to see several launch pads, including ones being reconfigured for futuristic launch vehicles, as well as ride the new Shuttle Launch Experience, which was a “blast” (sorry, I couldn’t resist that). As a boy, I was obsessed with Space exploration; I remember spending countless hours working on a model of the 363-foot tall Saturn V rocket used for most of the Apollo and Skylab missions in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Being up-close and personal with one of these behemoth rockets was very humbling. I tell people that I work in a technology field, but that is technology at its finest!

White sands and the sound of crashing ocean waves accompanied beautiful sunsets and the sun-kissed warmth of the Atlantic Ocean. If you have never been to this part of the world then I thoroughly recommend it, although be sure to pack your sunscreen as it is pretty hot and humid. I just hope that this side of the coast line remains unaffected by the environmental disaster that is happening on the gulf coast side.

Anyway, I am glad to be back in Minnesota now. (Did that sound at all convincing?)

In my absence, there was fevered discussion about the possible abolition of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the U.S. Supreme Court due to the challenge on a section of the law. But before you start cheering with delight that your complex reporting requirements are over, Monday saw the court give unanimous support to the section that could have caused the entire act to be thrown out due to the fact that the government did not build “severability” into the law. Severability allows a law to remain standing even if parts are discarded as being unconstitutional, so if this one section was ruled unconstitutional, the whole law would have been eliminated.

To add to the requirement of having good reporting practices in place, new laws are also currently being pushed through Congress, although some may actually reduce the reporting burden on smaller companies.

From the PowerTech corner, Network Security Version 6 has been extremely well-received in the market place. We recently updated and executed the first online training sessions to include Version 6 enhancements, and will be scheduling another class for next quarter. We are also preparing for a similar class on Authority Broker, so watch out for that announcement. If you are interested in any type of custom training (onsite or remote), then contact Nancy Berg, our services coordinator.

Drop me a line at robin.tatam@powertech.com for more information about PowerTech, or visit www.powertech.com.

Cheers!

- rt

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