Byte and Switch: Last year, you said you'd reach cash-flow breakeven this year, and this year, you're saying it will be next year. Are you going to come back next year and say it's another year off?
Leisman: I hope not. I think the difference is customers. Last year, customers didn't budget for us. This year, customers have budgeted for us. This quarter is the first time ever that people have called us out, and said: "We're taking out an RFP [request for proposal] on storage management, and we want you to participate." This has never happened to us... We're probably a quarter or maybe two behind where we thought we were going to be.
Byte and Switch: So that means you're not planning on looking for any more funding?
Leisman: We're always looking for more money. But it will be different, partly because there's so much opportunity for us to invest. That's the only reason we look for more. It's not about, can we get there. We're in the hundreds of thousands of dollars from breakeven. Not millions. Hundreds of thousands... So we're very comfortable that we're going to get there. That's nice.
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