Just as your pulse is checked during a routine physical, free cash flow is used as an indicator of a company's health. It equals the cash brought in from operations minus the money needed to pay the bills. Think about leftover money in your checking account after you pay this month's bills.

Investors and analysts see this leftover money as a gauge of a company's ability to perform. It is available for transactions such as handing out dividends and working on new products.

Some argue free cash flow is wrongly overshadowed by the emphasis often placed on earnings. Earnings numbers can be manipulated and don't always tell the whole story -- and earnings don't mean much if there's nothing left over after a company pays its expenses. Even if you bring in a six-figure salary, but no money left after paying the bills, are you in great financial shape?

You don't have to be Einstein to figure out free cash flow. To calculate the number, subtract the company's expenditures and dividends from its operating cash flow.

If the free cash flow is written in red ink, it doesn't necessarily signal curtains. This is common for young companies looking to grow. It also could be a result of heavy investments, which in the long run could be worth a standing ovation.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Double-Take(R) Software Brings Latin America Disaster Recovery Seminar Series to Panama City, Panama

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SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Double-Take(R) Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) will host the final stop of its Latin America-area disaster recovery seminar on Aug. 6, 2008, in Panama City, Panama. This educational seminar series focuses on the importance of protecting business critical data and applications, and ensuring the highest levels of recoverability for organizations by implementing Double-Take Software solutions and services.

The series tour, which launched in Sao Paulo, Brazil, stopped in cities around Latin America including Santiago, Chile, Bogota, Colombia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"Partnering with Double-Take Software has provided a great advantage to our business, as we are able to bring leadership solutions to our customers," stated Cesar Escorcia , chief executive officer of Pan Data Services. "It is great to see Double-Take Software have such success as they expand into Latin America, capitalizing on their strong reputation in product innovation and market leadership. We look forward to a great partnership together."

The seminar explores the following topics in detail:

-- Continuous data replication and application failover and how the two can be used to ensure application uptime even during a major disaster.

-- Application-aware protection for Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R), Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SharePoint(R) Services.

-- Exciting new innovations around continuous protection of entire workloads (OS, applications and data) allowing real-time failover or "on demand" recovery.

-- Migration to and protection of virtualized workloads running on today's prevailing virtualization platforms.

Panama City Seminar Information:

Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Location: Panama Marriott Hotel

Calle 52 y Ricardo Arias

Area Bancaria Panama City, Panama

About Double-Take(R) Software

Headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, Double-Take(R) Software (Nasdaq: DBTK) is a leading provider of affordable software for recoverability, including continuous data replication, application availability and system state protection. Double-Take Software products and services enable customers to protect and recover business-critical data and applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint in both physical and virtual environments. With its unparalleled partner programs, technical support, and professional services, Double-Take Software is the solution of choice for more than ten thousand customers worldwide, from SMEs to the Fortune 500. Information about Double-Take Software's products and services can be found at www.doubletake.com.

This release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases that say Double-Take or its management "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "foresees," "forecasts," "estimates" or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements in this release that describe the Company's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are inherently speculative, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include those set forth from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We are under no obligation, and do not undertake any duty, to update these forward looking statements at any time.

(C) Double-Take Software. All rights reserved. Double-Take, GeoCluster, Double-Take for Virtual Systems, and NSI are registered trademarks of Double-Take Software, Inc. Balance and Double-Take ShadowCaster are trademarks of Double-Take Software, Inc. TimeData is a registered trademark of Double-Take Software Canada, Inc. TimeData logo is a trademark of Double-Take Software Canada, Inc. Microsoft, SharePoint, SQL Server, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

SOURCE: Double-Take Software

Double-Take Software Steve Harrington, 508-229-8410
   sharrington@doubletake.com or Racepoint Group, Inc. Andrea Krull, 781-487-4639 akrull@racepointgroup.com

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