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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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Eliminate Downtime in Virtual Migration with Double-Take(R) Virtual Recovery Assistant

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SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Jun 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Double-Take(R) Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) will showcase its latest innovation, Double-Take(R) Virtual Recovery Assistant, in an upcoming webinar on June 24, 2008. Double-Take Virtual Recovery Assistant is a new enhancement to Double-Take that simplifies the process of migrating to VMware(R) ESX virtual machines while online, with virtually no downtime.

Webinar participants will learn how to leverage Double-Take Virtual Recovery Assistant for real-time physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversions, reduce end-user downtime associated with traditional P2V migration products, and automate the protection of workloads running on physical servers by moving them to virtual machines automatically in the event of a server outage or site-wide disaster.

The Double-Take Virtual Recovery Assistant webinar will discuss:

-- The features of Double-Take Virtual Recovery Assistant and its use for P2V or virtual-to-virtual (V2V) Protection

-- The effortless migration from physical systems or other virtualization platforms to virtual machines running on VMware Infrastructure

-- Lower total cost of ownership by reducing the number of software licenses required at the disaster recovery site when used for protection of physical systems

-- Ways to reduce hardware expenses and improve manageability by virtualizing existing physical production and disaster recovery servers on VMware Infrastructure

Webinar Information: To register for the webinar, click here.

Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Time: 11am -- 12pm ET

Nicholas Schoonover, senior solutions architect, Double-Take Software

Nicholas has spent the past fifteen years solving problems for some of the world's largest financial institutions, internet sites, and small/mid-sized enterprises. He has designed and implemented recoverability strategies for Windows and Unix platforms and over the past eight years has architected hundreds of projects for high availability and disaster recovery using virtualization.

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, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware. 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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