No wonder he started yesterday's earnings Webcast thanking employees and VARs for their performance. Executives said the strong performance was across all products and geographies and in both direct and indirect sales. For the record, net income in the most recently ended period was $5.8 million up from $3.2 million a year ago. Meanwhile, revenue rose to $87 million, compared to last year's $71.1 million. And the revenue increase was most of the story behind rising profits as gross margins fell to 47 percent, down from 48.4 percent in last year's corresponding period. Behind that was a 41-percent rise in system revenue, which ended the quarter at $42.1 million, an increase from $29.8 million.