Welcome to the first issue of Pivotal Insights, the monthly newsletter for Pivotal Insight. Thanks for your interest. We hope and trust you find the newsletter useful.

First, a quick word on the company. Pivotal Insight is a business research and intelligence firm providing government decision makers with analysis to reduce the risk of buying services and technology. Our mission is to provide perspective and information on government, and those businesses that work with it, not available today.

Pivotal gathers key data from buyers on the success of the solutions they purchased and data on contract performance. Pivotal then combines this data with vendor supplied information to provide the first truly clear, objective, verified, and easily accessible evaluation of vendors across key services and technologies. Working with many buyers and sellers, Pivotal is in a unique position to identify best practices and improve the way government and industry work together.

Now, about the newsletter. Pivotal Insights is part of Pivotal's commitment to delivering timely information that addresses the significant business and technology challenges facing the public sector and includes our latest analysis on hot industry topics, relevant events and tools, and information on Pivotal's current research. In each newsletter, we will spotlight an area for in-depth examination.

For this inaugural issue, we are focusing the role and importance strategic management for today's government. There is also related analysis on current trends in other Pivotal Domain areas such as Human Resources and Acquisition Management. By organizing the newsletter this way, we are able to examine the interrelationship of various technologies, processes, and providers that must work together in public sector strategic management. If you want to delve more on this topic, I invite you to download our free white paper on emerging best practices for strategic management Also, look for more information on this topic in coming months, including when you should seek expert help, from where, and how much you should expect to pay for it.

I hope this and future interactions with Pivotal help you understand Public Sectors trends and best practices to make faster, more cost effective, more enlightened decisions. Please note, Pivotal is here to serve your needs. If you believe that there is an important topic that we are not addressing, or if the focus of our newsletter is not on target, please let us know. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter and other information from Pivotal Insight, please unsubscribe by sending us an e-mail at unsubcribe@pivotal-insight.com.

Thanks again for your interest,
David O. Cooke, Jr
President and CEO