UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

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FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)

 
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

Or

 
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________to____________

Commission File Number: 000-27385
 
CORPORATE LOGO
INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
 
35-1933097
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
7601 Interactive Way
Indianapolis, IN 46278
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
     
(317) 872-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes   R     No   r
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check One):
 
Large accelerated filer 
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Accelerated filer 
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Non-accelerated filer 
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Smaller reporting company 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes   r        No   R

As of April 30, 2008, there were 17,966,531 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value.
 
 
 


 
 
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
 
   
March 31,
2008
   
December 31,
2007
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(Note 1)
 
Assets
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 36,972     $ 29,270  
Short-term investments
    12,465       17,057  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,262 at March 31, 2008
and $1,076 at December 31, 2007
    27,373       27,527  
Deferred tax assets, net
    5,833       5,833  
Prepaid expenses
    6,283       5,501  
Other current assets
    1,255       1,414  
Total current assets
    90,181       86,602  
Property and equipment, net
    9,197       6,932  
Deferred tax assets, net
    6,699       7,520  
Other assets, net
    2,352       2,384  
Total assets
  $ 108,429     $ 103,438  
                 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 11,942     $ 9,594  
Accrued compensation and related expenses
    3,325       4,381  
Deferred product revenues
    6,959       6,843  
Deferred services revenues
    30,352       28,711  
Total current liabilities
    52,578       49,529  
Noncurrent deferred services revenues
    4,839       5,290  
Total liabilities
    57,417       54,819  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
    --       --  
                 
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, no par value: 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
    --       --  
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized;   17,953,516 issued and outstanding
at March 31, 2008 and 17,901,084 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2007
    180       179  
Additional paid-in capital
    80,680       79,405  
Accumulated deficit
    (29,848 )     (30,965 )
Total shareholders’ equity
    51,012       48,619  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 108,429     $ 103,438  
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Revenues:
           
Product
  $ 14,845     $ 12,356  
Services
    14,638       11,932  
Total revenues
    29,483       24,288  
Cost of revenues:
               
Product
    3,130       2,441  
Services
    5,897       4,797  
Total cost of revenues
    9,027       7,238  
Gross profit
    20,456       17,050  
Operating expenses:
               
Sales and marketing
    10,178       8,654  
Research and development
    4,965       3,897  
General and administrative
    3,827       3,065  
Total operating expenses
    18,970       15,616  
Operating income
    1,486       1,434  
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income, net
    459       472  
Other income (expense), net
    97       (56 )
Total other income, net
    556       416  
Income before income taxes
    2,042       1,850  
Income tax expense
    (925 )     (97 )
Net income
  $ 1,117     $ 1,753  
                 
Net income per share:
               
Basic
  $ 0.06     $ 0.10  
Diluted
    0.06       0.09  
                 
Shares used to compute net income per share:
               
Basic
    17,940       17,247  
Diluted
    19,216       19,236  
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
(In thousands)
 
 
Common Stock
 
 
       
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Additional
Paid-in Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Total
                   
Balances, December 31, 2007
  17,901   $ 179   $ 79,405   $ (30,965 ) $ 48,619
                             
Issuances of common stock
  2     --     62     --     62
Exercise of stock options
  50     1     281     --     282
Stock-based compensation
  --     --     932     --     932
Net income
  --     --     --     1,117     1,117
                             
Balances, March 31, 2008
  17,953   $ 180   $ 80,680   $ (29,848 ) $ 51,012
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
(In thousands)
 
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Operating activities:
           
Net income
  $ 1,117     $ 1,753  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation
    795       573  
Accretion of investment income
    (4 )     (153 )
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options
    932       668  
Deferred income tax
    821       --  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    154       2,792  
Prepaid expenses
    (782 )     (272 )
Other current assets
    159       (518 )
Other assets
    32       6  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    1,871       102  
Accrued compensation and related expenses
    (1,056 )     (933 )
Deferred product revenues
    116       (345 )
Deferred services revenues
    1,190       1,185  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    5,345       4,858  
                 
Investing activities:
               
Sales of available-for-sale investments
    11,200       8,165  
Purchases of available-for-sale investments
    (6,604 )     (3,454 )
Purchases of property and equipment
    (2,583 )     (1,308 )
Net cash provided by investing activities
    2,013       3,403  
                 
Financing activities:
               
Proceeds from stock options exercised
    282       674  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    62       50  
Net cash provided by financing activities
    344       724  
                 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    7,702       8,985  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    29,270       13,531  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 36,972     $ 22,516  
                 
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Income taxes
  $ 128     $ 27  
                 
Other non-cash item:
               
Purchases of property and equipment payable at end of period
  $ (477 )   $ --  
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)
 
1.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION
 
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (the “Company”) have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Company’s financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed, or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, at the respective balance sheet dates, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the respective reporting periods.  Despite management’s best effort to establish good faith estimates and assumptions, actual results could differ from these estimates. In management’s opinion, the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary (which are of a normal and recurring nature) for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented.

The Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2007 has been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. As a result, these accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007, included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2008. The Company’s results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for any other interim period or for a full fiscal year.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all significant intercompany accounts and transactions.

Reclassifications and Adjustments

Certain reclassifications and adjustments have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current period presentation.
 
Effective March 31, 2008, in order to properly classify noncurrent deferred revenues from the current portion, the Company reclassified its noncurrent deferred revenues to a separate line item on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.  In addition, the related prepaid commissions associated with the Company’s noncurrent deferred revenues have also been appropriately reclassified from the current portion of prepaid expenses and included in noncurrent other assets, net. This reclassification did not have any impact on results previously reported.
 
During the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company identified an error that affected amounts previously reported on its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first three 2007 quarterly periods.  During the first three 2007 quarterly periods, the Company deferred maintenance and support revenues based on an assumed 18 month maintenance and support period but in certain cases, the actual support period was less than the maximum period.  With respect to the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company under-recognized product revenues in the amount of $95,000 and related commission expenses during the same period was also under-recognized by $10,000.  This error did not have a material impact on results previously reported.
 
Prior to July 1, 2007, costs related to certain commissions for the sale of services were included in cost of services. Beginning July 1, 2007, for all periods, these costs have been reclassified from cost of services to sales and marketing expenses.
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

2.
SUMMARY OF CERTAIN ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

The Company’s interim critical accounting policies and estimates include the recognition of income taxes using an estimated annual effective tax rate.  For a complete summary of the Company’s other significant accounting policies and other critical accounting estimates, refer to Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

During the three months ended March 31, 2008, there were no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies or critical accounting estimates other than the recent accounting pronouncements discussed below.

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141R”) and SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements– an amendment to ARB No. 51 (“SFAS 160”). SFAS 141R and SFAS 160 require most identifiable assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and goodwill acquired in a business combination to be recorded at “full fair value” and require noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) to be reported as a component of equity, which changes the accounting for transactions with noncontrolling interest holders. Both SFAS 141R and SFAS 160 are effective for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008, and earlier adoption is prohibited. SFAS 141R will be applied to business combinations occurring after the effective date. SFAS 160 will be applied prospectively to all noncontrolling interests, including any that arose before the effective date. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS 141R and SFAS 160 will have a material impact on its results of operations and financial position.

In December 2007, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 110, Share-Based Payment (“SAB 110”), an amendment of SAB No. 107, which extended the permissibility of the simplified method for calculating expected terms for options granted after December 31, 2007. SAB 110 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2008. The Company has determined that due to a change in the life of its options from ten years to six years, it currently does not have sufficient historical data to support using a method to determine the expected term of options to be outstanding other than the simplified method.  The Company will continue to monitor its use of the simplified method quarterly to determine if it is appropriate.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an amendment of SFAS No. 115 , Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS 159 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2008.  Upon adoption of SFAS 159, there was no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies to previous accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. Accordingly, SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2008. Upon adoption of SFAS 157, there was no material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 157-2 (“FSP 157-2”), which delays the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for one year for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. The Company elected a partial deferral of SFAS No. 157 under the provisions of FSP 157-2 related to the measurement of fair value used when evaluating goodwill, other intangible assets and other long-lived assets for impairment. See Note 3 for further information and related disclosures regarding the Company’s fair value measurements.
 
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
3.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

SFAS 157 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. SFAS 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes the following three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
 
 
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
 
 
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.  
 
 
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
 
The Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include most money market securities and equity investments.  Such instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.  The Company invests in money market funds that are traded daily and does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments.  The types of instruments valued based on quoted prices in less active markets, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency include the Company’s corporate notes, commercial paper and asset-backed securities.  Such instruments are generally classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  The Company uses consensus pricing, which is based on multiple pricing sources, to value its fixed income investments.
 
The following table sets forth a summary of the Company’s financial assets, classified as cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments on its condensed consolidated balance sheet, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2008 (in thousands):
 
   
Fair Value Measurements at
Reporting Date Using
Description
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Cash & cash equivalents:
               
Money Market Funds
  $ 6,049   $ 6,049   $ --   $ --
                         
Short-term investments:
                       
Corporate Notes
  $ 4,846   $ --   $ 4,846   $ --
Commercial Paper
    4,600     --     4,600     --
Asset-Backed Securities
    3,019     --     3,019     --
Total
  $ 12,465   $ 6,049   $ 12,465   $ --
 
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
4.
NET INCOME PER SHARE

Basic net income per share is calculated based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding in accordance with SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share . Diluted net income per share is calculated based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares. When the Company reports net income, the calculation of diluted net income per share excludes shares underlying stock options outstanding that would be anti-dilutive. Potential common shares are composed of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options. The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net income, as reported (A)
  $ 1,117     $ 1,753  
                 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (B)
    17,940       17,247  
Dilutive effect of employee stock options
    1,276       1,989  
Common stock and common stock equivalents (C)
    19,216       19,236  
                 
Net income per share:
               
Basic (A/B)
  $ 0.06     $ 0.10  
Diluted (A/C)
    0.06       0.09  

The Company’s calculation of diluted net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 excludes stock options to purchase approximately 1.1 million and 412,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

5.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Stock Option Plans

The Company’s Stock Option Plans, adopted in 1995, 1999 and 2006, authorize the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee, as applicable, to grant incentive and nonqualified stock options, and, in the case of the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units and other stock-based awards. After adoption of the 2006 Plan by the Company’s shareholders in May 2006, the Company may no longer make any grants under previous plans, but any shares subject to awards under the 1999 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and the Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (collectively, the “1999 Plans”) that are cancelled are added to shares available under the 2006 Plan. A maximum of 4,950,933 shares are available for delivery under the 2006 Plan, which consists of (i) 1,250,000 shares, plus (ii) 320,000 shares available for issuance under the 1999 Plans, but not underlying any outstanding stock options or other awards under the 1999 Plans, plus (iii) up to 3,380,933 shares subject to outstanding stock options or other awards under the 1999 Plans that expire, are forfeited or otherwise terminate unexercised on or after May 18, 2006. The number of shares available under the 2006 Plan is subject to adjustment for certain changes in the Company’s capital structure. The exercise price of options granted under the 2006 Plan is equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock, as reported by The NASDAQ Global Market, on the business day immediately preceding the date of grant.

The Company currently issues two types of stock options: (1) non-executive officer and director grants and (2) executive officer grants. Stock options granted to non-executive officers and directors are subject only to time-based vesting.  The fair value of these option grants is determined on the date of grant and the related compensation expense is recognized for the entire award on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.

Performance-based stock options are typically granted to executive officers during the first quarter of the year with the grants subject to cancellation if specified performance targets, as approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee, are not achieved.  If the applicable performance targets have been achieved, the options will vest in four equal annual installments beginning one year after the performance-related year has ended.

The fair value of the executive officer option grants is determined on the date of grant and the related compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period, including the initial period for which the specified performance targets must be met.  Although the valuation assumptions used for executive officer grants are similar to grants made to non-executive and director grants, the assumptions for executive officer grants are used to measure each vesting tranche of the awards.

For most options granted through December 31, 2004, the term of each option is ten years from the date of grant. In 2005, the Company began issuing options with a term of six years from the date of grant.

If an incentive stock option is granted to an employee who, at the time the option is granted, owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the exercise price of the option may not be less than 110% of the market value per share on the date the option is granted and the term of the option shall be not more than five years from the date of grant.

The plans may be terminated by the Company’s Board of Directors at any time.
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
Stock-Based Compensation Expense Information
 
The following table summarizes the allocation of stock-based compensation expense related to employee and director stock options under SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment , and the guidance of SAB 107, as amended by SAB 110,  for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Stock-based compensation expense by category:
           
Cost of services
  $ 72     $ 46  
Sales and marketing
    362       300  
Research and development
    208       100  
General and administrative
    290       222  
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 932     $ 668  

6.
CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

One of the Company’s partners represented a 10% concentration of the Company’s accounts receivables as of March 31, 2008. No customer or partner accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2007. In addition, no customer or partner accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.

7.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTIGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company has received notification from competitors and other technology providers claiming that the Company’s technology infringes their proprietary rights. The Company cannot assure you that these matters can be resolved amicably without litigation, or that the Company will be able to enter into licensing arrangements on terms and conditions that would not have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.

In November 2002, the Company received a notification from the French government as a result of a tax audit that had been conducted encompassing the years 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. In December 2005, the Company received an additional notification from the French government as a result of an updated tax audit that they conducted. Both of these assessments claim various taxes are owed related to Value Added Tax (“VAT”) and corporation taxes in addition to what has previously been paid and accrued. In May 2007, the French court ruled against the Company on the first notification and declared the amounts due ($3.7 million for VAT and $371,000 for corporation taxes). Because the judgment from the French court was against Interactive Intelligence France S.A.R.L. (“SARL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, the Company does not believe that the French government can impose the liability on Interactive Intelligence, Inc. and SARL does not have any significant assets with which to pay.  In addition, the Company’s tax counsel and advisors contend that the case is without merit and the Company has two more appeal routes, which could take up to ten years to resolve.

As of March 31, 2008, the assessment related to VAT was approximately $6.7 million and the assessment related to corporation taxes was approximately $807,000.  As of March 31, 2008, the Company has recorded an accrual for an amount it deems probable of payment for the corporation tax assessment. No accrual has been made by the Company with respect to the VAT assessment.

The Company has filed for VAT refunds in France of more than $600,000, which the Company has not recorded as a receivable and to which the French government has not yet responded. The Company believes that these VAT refunds could be used to offset amounts owed to the French government in connection with the assessments, if necessary.  Although the Company is appealing both the VAT and corporation tax assessments, it cannot assure you that these matters will be resolved without further litigation or that it will not have to pay some or all of the assessments.

From time to time, the Company is also involved in certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of conducting its business. While the ultimate liability pursuant to these actions cannot currently be determined, the Company believes these legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. Litigation in general, and intellectual property litigation in particular, can be expensive and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the results of complex legal proceedings are difficult to predict.
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
Lease Commitment

The Company leases its world headquarters building under an operating lease agreement (“world headquarters lease”), which expires on March 31, 2018 (the “lease expiration date”). The 120,000 square foot building is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition, on June 19, 2007 and March 14, 2008, the Company entered into the third and fourth amendments, respectively, of its world headquarters lease under which the current leased space is to be expanded in three installments through March 2009 totaling approximately 80,000 square feet in an office building that is adjacent to the Company’s world headquarters. Rent payments for the expanded space commenced in March 2008. In consideration for entering into the amendments, the landlord paid the Company a total discretionary allowance of $478,000. The allowance, which the Company intends to use for certain costs associated with its world headquarters building and/or the additional space, as defined in the amendment, will be recognized as a reduction of rent expense over the term of the world headquarters lease.
 
Other Contingencies

The Company has received and may continue to receive certain payroll tax credits and real estate tax abatements that were granted to the Company based upon certain growth projections.  If the Company’s actual results are less than those projections, the Company may be subject to repayment of some or all of the payroll tax credits or payment of additional real estate taxes in the case of the abatements.  The Company does not believe that it will be subject to payment of any money related to these taxes, however the Company cannot provide assurance as to the outcome.

8.
INCOME TAXES

The following table sets forth the items accounting for the difference between expected income tax expense compared to actual income tax expense recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements (in thousands) :
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2008
   
2007
 
Expected income tax expense at 35% tax rate
$ (715 )   $ (648 )
State taxes, net of federal benefit
  (117 )     (93 )
Non-deductible stock-based compensation expense
  (190 )     (162 )
Foreign income tax expense
  104       77  
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance
  --       729  
Other
  7       --  
Income tax expense
$ (925 )   $ (97 )

Upon adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 , the Company has identified an uncertain tax position related to certain tax credits that the Company currently believes meets the “more likely than not” recognition threshold to be sustained upon examination. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2007, this uncertain tax position had not been recognized because the Company had a valuation allowance established.  The balance of the unrecognized tax benefit was approximately $328,000 at December 31, 2007 and, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate. As of March 31, 2008, the unrecognized tax benefit has not changed.

The Company and its subsidiaries file federal income tax returns and income tax returns in various states and foreign jurisdictions.  Tax years 2004 and forward remain open for examination for federal tax purposes and tax years 2003 and forward remain open for examination for the Company’s more significant state tax jurisdictions.  To the extent utilized in future years’ tax returns, net operating loss and capital loss carryforwards at December 31, 2007 will remain subject to examination until the respective tax year is closed.
 
 
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to provide our investors with an understanding of our past performance, our financial condition and our prospects and should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Investors should carefully review the information contained in this report under Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” and in the Item 1A “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. The following will be discussed and analyzed:
 
 
Forward-Looking Information
 
 
Overview
 
 
Financial Highlights
 
 
Historical Results of Operations
 
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain “forward-looking” information (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,   Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that involves risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by their use of such verbs as “expects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intend”, “plan”, “may”, “should”, “will”, “would”, “will be”, “will continue”, “will likely result”, or similar verbs or conjugations of such verbs. If any of our assumptions on which the statements are based prove incorrect or should unanticipated circumstances arise, our actual results could materially differ from those anticipated by such forward-looking statements. The differences could be caused by a number of factors or combination of factors, including, but not limited to, rapid technological changes in the industry; our ability to maintain profitability, to manage successfully our growth and increasingly complex third party relationships, to maintain successful relationships with our current and any new partners, to maintain and improve our current products and to develop new products and to protect our proprietary rights adequately; and other factors set forth in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including the Item 1A “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
 
Overview

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (“Interactive Intelligence”, “we”, “us” or “our”) was formed in 1994 as an Indiana corporation and maintains its world headquarters and executive offices at 7601 Interactive Way, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278. Our telephone number is (317) 872-3000. You can find our website at http://www.inin.com . Our periodic and current reports and all amendments to those reports required to be filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available free of charge through our investor relations website located at http://investors.inin.com under “SEC Filings”.

We are a leading provider of software applications for contact centers and we are leveraging that leadership position to provide mission-critical Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) applications to enterprises. Our solutions are installed by customers in a wide range of industries including, but not limited to, financial institutions, higher education, healthcare, retail, technology, government, business services and increasingly for the remote and mobile workforce.   We also offer a pre-integrated all-software Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange (“IP PBX”) system, a phone and communications solution for mid- to large-sized enterprises that rely on the Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) platform. We offer innovative software products and services for multi-channel contact management, business communications, messaging, and VoIP solutions supported on the Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) global communications standard. Many of our solutions can be deployed at the customer’s site or can be provided in a Software as a Service model.

Our application-based solutions are integrated on a platform developed to increase security, broaden integration to business systems and end-user devices, enhance mobility for today’s workforce, scale to thousands of users, and more wholly satisfy today’s diverse interaction needs in markets for:
 
 
Contact Centers
 
 
Enterprise IP Telephony
 
 
Enterprise Messaging

By implementing our all-in-one solutions, businesses are able to unify multi-channel communications media, enhance workforce effectiveness and productivity, and more readily adapt to constantly-changing market and customer requirements. Moreover, organizations in every industry are able to reduce the cost and complexity of traditional “multi-point” legacy communications hardware systems that are seldom fully integrated.
 
For further information on our business and the products and services we offer, refer to the Item 1 “Business” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
 

Financial Highlights

For the three months ended March 31, 2008, revenues grew 1% over the previous three month period and 21% over the three months ended March 31, 2007. The increase over the three months ended March 31, 2007 was primarily due to a 39% increase in the dollar value of orders.

Factors that affect revenues in any particular quarter include potential customers’ budget constraints, personnel resources to implement our solutions, historical product order patterns and willingness to implement a critical telecommunications system. Revenues in any particular quarter can greatly fluctuate from other periods.

The amount of orders we receive, while impacting product revenues, does not have an exact correlation to revenues because the terms in the contracts, collection history with the customer or partner, and other contractual conditions can affect whether we recognize the order during the quarter or in subsequent quarters.  Consequently, product revenues for any particular quarter are impacted not only by orders received in the current quarter but also by orders received in previous quarters that are being recognized in the current quarter.

The information below shows our total revenues (in millions) for the most recent five quarters and the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 and the percentage change over the previous period (including the impact of reclassifications and adjustments as discussed in Note 1 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

Period
 
Revenues
   
Growth %
 
Three Months Ended:
           
March 31, 2008
  $ 29.5     1 %
December 31, 2007
    29.3     -- %
September 30, 2007
    29.2     8 %
June 30, 2007
    27.1     12 %
March 31, 2007
    24.3     2 %
               
Year Ended December 31:
             
2007
  $ 109.9     32 %
2006
    83.0     32 %
2005
    62.9     14 %

During the first quarter of 2008, product revenues increased, compared to the same period in 2007, as a result of increased demand for our software and appliances, third party products we license and third party hardware we sell. We experienced a 19% and 25% increase in revenue growth in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, respectively, during the first quarter of 2008 in part due to an increase in demand for our contact center solutions, compared to the same quarter in 2007. We also attribute revenue growth to a number of other factors including but not limited to: adoption of VoIP technologies by our customers; increasing market awareness of our solutions; improvements in scalability and the functionality of our products; reductions in hardware costs to deploy our solutions making our solutions more financially attractive to customers; changes in our sales program to target new customers; and establishment of an inside sales group to work with current customers.

During the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, services revenues primarily increased due to additional support fees and annually renewable license fees, which were recognized for our growing installed customer base. Professional services slightly increased due to the increased delivery of professional services that assisted in implementation of our solutions at our customers’ locations.

Our costs of product increased due to our media servers and gateways appliances that we have developed and licensed, additional hardware delivered by us and increased royalty expenses as a result of licensing more third party software as part of the orders received.

Our costs of services and operating expenses, which include sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses, increased for the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the same quarter in 2007, primarily due to a $2.6 million, or 17%, increase in company-wide staffing at March 31, 2008, compared to March 31, 2007. Included in the compensation expense increase during the first quarter of 2008 was $264,000 of additional stock-based compensation expense related to Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (“SFAS 123R”), compared to the same period in 2007. We expect stock-based compensation expense related to SFAS 123R to be approximately $2.7 million for the remainder of 2008. In addition, our general corporate allocable costs including rent, insurance and depreciation increased primarily due to additional offices we opened after the first quarter of 2007.  In March 2008, we expanded into one floor of a new building adjacent to our world headquarters and will be expanding into another floor later in the year. We also opened or expanded offices domestically and internationally.

During the first quarter of 2008, we recorded income tax expense of $925,000, compared to $97,000 in the same quarter during 2007. During the fourth quarter of 2007, we recorded a tax benefit of $8.1 million associated with the reduction in the valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets. There was no valuation allowance at December 31, 2007.  As the deferred tax assets recorded in our condensed consolidated financial statements are utilized, we record deferred income tax expense. Of the $925,000 total income tax expense recorded, only $104,000 is expected to result in cash payments, and the remainder was the impact of utilizing the deferred tax assets.
 

Historical Results of Operations

The following table presents certain financial data, derived from our unaudited statements of income, as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated. The operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or for any future period.
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Revenues:
           
Product
    50 %     51 %
Services
    50       49  
Total revenues
    100       100  
Cost of revenues:
               
Product
    11       10  
Services
    20       20  
Total cost of revenues
    31       30  
Gross profit
    69       70  
Operating expenses:
               
Sales and marketing
    34       35  
Research and development
    17       16  
General and administrative
    13       13  
Total operating expenses
    64       64  
Operating income
    5       6  
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income, net
    2       2  
Other income (expense), net
    --       --  
Total other income
    2       2  
Income before income taxes
    7       8  
Income tax expense
    (3 )     --  
Net income
    4 %     7 %
 
 
Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

Revenues
   
Three Months Ended
 
Product Revenues
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Product revenues
  $ 14,845     $ 12,356  
Change from prior year period
    20 %     39 %
Percentage of total revenues
    50 %     51 %

Product revenues, which include software and hardware revenues, increased $2.5 million during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, orders received increased 39% and we received 15 orders between $250,000 and $1.0 million, compared to seven such orders received during the same quarter in 2007. Our existing installed customer base accounted for 75% of our orders received during the first quarter of 2008 while a majority of the orders entered into between $250,000 and $1.0 million were generated through new customers. We also received an increase in hardware orders of $882,000, or 96%, during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same quarter in 2007, which was primarily due to a higher demand for our media server and interaction gateway appliances, which have added to the scalability and functionality of our solutions.

Product revenues can fluctuate from quarter to quarter depending on the mix of orders between perpetual licenses and annually renewable licenses.  If other revenue recognition criteria are satisfied, we recognize license revenue upfront for perpetual licenses, and we recognize revenue for annually renewable licenses ratably over the term.  The impact of the mix of contracts on our product revenues occurs only in the initial year of an order; subsequent renewal fees received for the annually renewable licenses and the renewal support fees for perpetual contracts are all allocated entirely to services revenues.

   
Three Months Ended
 
Services Revenues
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
    ($ in thousands)  
Services revenues
  $ 14,638     $ 11,932  
Change from prior year period
    23 %     32 %
Percentage of total revenues
    50 %     49 %

Services revenues include the portion of the initial license arrangement allocated to maintenance and support revenues from annually renewable and perpetual contracts, license renewals of annually renewable contracts, and support fees for perpetual contracts, as well as professional services, educational and other miscellaneous revenues.

The increase during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 was primarily due to our growing installed base of customers, both in number and size, and the related payments of annual license renewal fees and support fees for perpetual licenses. License renewal and support revenues increased by $2.3 million, or 26%, during the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. As we sign contracts and install our solutions with new customers and partners, we expect that our services revenues will continue to increase as customers and partners renew licenses and pay for support on our software applications.  The actual percentage fee charged for renewal of annually renewable licenses and perpetual support agreements as compared to the initial annually renewable license fee and perpetual license, respectively, is comparable on a relative percentage basis, and therefore, the mix of these types of contracts in the future is not expected to impact our future services revenues.

During the first quarter of 2008, our professional services revenues increased $127,000, or 7%, and our educational and other services increased $255,000, or 22%, primarily due to the increased delivery of professional services, compared to the same period in 2007. These professional services revenues have and will fluctuate based on the number of customers and partners that attend our educational classes and the amount of assistance our customers and partners need for implementation and installation.
 
   
Three Months Ended
 
Cost of Revenues
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Cost of revenues:
 
($ in thousands)
 
Product
  $ 3,130     $ 2,441  
Services
    5,897       4,797  
Total cost of revenues
  $ 9,027     $ 7,238  
Change from prior year period
    25 %     65 %
Product costs as a % of product revenues
    21 %     20 %
Services costs as a % of services revenues
    40 %     40 %
 
Costs of product consist of hardware costs, principally for media server and interaction gateway appliances which we have developed, servers, telephone handsets and gateways, royalties for third party software and other technologies included in our solutions and, to a lesser extent, software packaging costs, which include product media, duplication and documentation. Costs of product can fluctuate depending on which software applications are licensed to our customers, the third party software, if any, which is licensed by the end user from us as part of our software applications and the dollar amount of orders for hardware.

The majority of the increase in costs of product resulted from a $527,000 increase in hardware costs from $1.2 million to $1.7 million. The additional increase was due to slightly higher shipping costs and royalties paid to third parties.
 

Costs of services consist primarily of compensation expenses for technical support, educational and professional services personnel and other costs associated with supporting our partners and customers. These expenses increased primarily due to a $962,000 increase in compensation expense, as a result of a 25% staffing increase in our services personnel at March 31, 2008 compared to March 31, 2007. In the second quarter of 2007, we acquired the professional services division of Alliance Systems Ltd. (“Alliance”), which added 13 engineers to our professional services group and contributed significantly to our increased compensation expenses in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007.  As a result of the increased professional services staff during the first quarter of 2008, travel related expenses also increased $125,000, compared to the same period in 2007. In addition, because of our Alliance acquisition, our expenses related to outsourced services decreased by $393,000 during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007.

We anticipate costs of services will continue to increase based on additional personnel costs and delivery of professional services to our existing installed customer base and potential new customers.
 
   
Three Months Ended
 
Gross Profit
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Gross profit
  $ 20,456     $ 17,050  
Change from prior year period
    20 %     26 %
Percentage of total revenues
    69 %     70 %

Gross profit as a percentage of total revenues decreased slightly during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, primarily due to additional costs of product as discussed previously. The gross margin on our hardware sales is less than the gross margin on our software licenses; therefore, as we continue to sell more hardware such as media servers, interaction gateways and telephone handsets, our total gross margin percentage may decrease compared to historical margins. Gross margins in any particular quarter are dependent upon revenues recognized versus costs of product and costs of services incurred and are expected to vary.

Operating Expenses
   
Three Months Ended
 
Sales and Marketing
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Sales and marketing expenses
  $ 10,178     $ 8,654  
Change from prior year period
    18 %     26 %
Percentage of total revenues
    34 %     35 %
Percentage of net product revenues
    87 %     87 %

Sales and marketing expenses are comprised primarily of compensation expenses, travel and entertainment expenses and promotional costs related to our sales, marketing, and channel management operations. Compensation expense increased $471,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2008, which was due in part to an 8% staffing increase in our sales and marketing personnel at March 31, 2008, compared to March 31, 2007. We increased our corporate marketing efforts during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007, which included increased advertising and brand promotions, seminars, web seminars and tradeshows resulting in an increased cost of $436,000.  Outsourced services increased $213,000 during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, primarily due to lead generation activities and redevelopment of our corporate website. We also incurred an increase of $118,000 during the first three months in 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, primarily due to more referral fees paid to our customers and partners. General corporate expenses such as rent, communication and depreciation expenses increased a combined $198,000 during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007 and were mainly due to leasehold improvements and related purchases in several new sales and marketing offices.

We expect sales and marketing costs to continue to increase primarily due to additional personnel costs and expansion of our marketing and channels efforts to increase our brand awareness and distribution.
 
   
Three Months Ended
 
Research and Development
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Research and development expenses
  $ 4,965     $ 3,897  
Change from prior year period
    27 %     25 %
Percentage of total revenues
    17 %     16 %

Research and development expenses are comprised primarily of compensation and depreciation expenses. Research and development expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007, primarily due to an increase in compensation expense of $783,000, resulting from an 18% staffing increase in our research and development personnel at March 31, 2008 compared to March 31, 2007. General corporate expenses such as rent, communication and depreciation expenses increased a combined $140,000 during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007 and were mainly due to leasehold improvements and related purchases in the new building adjacent to our world headquarters.

We continue to believe that investment in research and development is critical to our future growth and competitive position in the marketplace and is directly related to timely development of new and enhanced solutions that are central to our business. As a result, we expect research and development expenses will increase in future periods. In the short term, we expect research and development expenses to remain a relatively constant percentage of revenues.
 

   
Three Months Ended
 
General and Administrative
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
General and administrative expenses
  $ 3,827     $ 3,065  
Change from prior year period
    25 %     21 %
Percentage of total revenues
    13 %     13 %

General and administrative expenses are comprised of compensation expense and general corporate expenses that are not allocable to other departments including legal and other professional fees and bad debt expense. General and administrative expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007, primarily due to an increase in compensation expense of $336,000, as a result of a 17% staffing increase in our general and administrative personnel at March 31, 2008 compared to March 31, 2007. Professional services expenses increased $230,000 during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, principally due to incremental accounting, legal and tax fees.

As we continue to expand, we expect general and administrative expenses will continue to increase primarily due to additional personnel costs, and increases in supplies and depreciation expense of leasehold improvements and other assets.

Other Income (Expense)
   
Three Months Ended
 
Interest Income, Net
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments (average)
  $ 47,882     $ 29,300  
Interest income
    459       472  
Return on investment (annualized)
    3.8 %     6.4 %

Interest earned on investments during the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, decreased slightly due to lower interest rates on investments.  We continue to monitor the allocation of funds in which we have invested to maximize our return on investment.  We do not have any investments in subprime assets.

   
Three Months Ended
 
Other Income (Expense), Net  
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Other income (expense)
  $ 97     $ (56 )

Other income (expense), net includes foreign currency transaction gains and losses, as well as foreign tax withholdings.  These amounts depend on the amount of revenue that is generated in certain international currencies, particularly the Euro, and the exchange gain or loss that results from foreign currency disbursements and receipts.  The income for the first quarter of 2008 consisted of $209,000 in gains related to foreign currency transactions, offset by $112,000 in foreign tax withholdings.  The expense during the first quarter of 2007 consisted primarily of foreign tax withholdings.

   
Three Months Ended
 
Income tax expense
 
March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Income tax expense
  $ (925 )   $ (97 )

In the fourth quarter of 2007, we recorded an $8.1 million income tax benefit to reduce the valuation allowance of the deferred tax assets at December 31, 2007.  As a result, we began recording income tax expense in the first quarter of 2008. We incurred $925,000 of income tax expense during the three months ended March 31, 2008; however, only $104,000 of the income tax expense recorded is expected to result in cash payments and the remaining $821,000 was associated with the utilization of the deferred tax assets.

We had over $45.5 million of tax net operating loss carryforwards and $1.6 million in tax credit carryforwards at December 31, 2007. Included in the net operating loss carryforwards was $23.1 million of operating losses that were generated as a result of excess tax benefits for stock options.  In accordance with SFAS 123R, these stock option deductions have not been recognized for financial reporting purposes because they have not yet reduced taxes payable.  The tax benefit of these deductions will be primarily recorded as a credit to additional paid-in capital. The effective income tax rate was 45% for the three months ended March 31, 2008. However, due to the tax net operating loss carryforwards, the tax credit carryforwards and stock option related compensation deductions, we do not expect to have a significant cash outlay to pay income taxes in 2008. Most of the income tax expense during the first quarter of 2008 is a non-cash reduction of the deferred tax assets.
 
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
We generate cash from the collections we receive related to licensing our contact center and IP-PBX applications and from annual license renewals, maintenance and support and other services revenues.  We use cash primarily for paying our employees (including salaries, commissions and benefits), leasing office space, paying travel expenses and marketing activities, paying vendors for hardware, other services and supplies and purchasing property and equipment. We continue to be debt free.

We determine liquidity by combining cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments as shown in the table below. Based on our recent performance and current expectations, we believe that our current liquidity position, when combined with our anticipated cash flows from operations, will be sufficient to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, contractual obligations, commitments and other liquidity requirements associated with our operations over the next 12 months. If cash flows from operations are less than anticipated or we have additional cash needs (such as an unfavorable outcome in legal proceedings), our liquidity may not be sufficient to cover our needs. In this case, we may be forced to raise additional capital, either through the capital markets or debt financings. In doing so, we may not be able to receive favorable terms in raising this capital.
 
On October 31, 2007, our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended, was declared effective by the SEC.  This registration statement allows us to offer and sell up to 3,000,000 shares of our common stock, and allows Dr. Donald E. Brown, our Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, to sell up to 1,000,000 shares of our common stock that he owns, from time to time in one or more transactions.  The offer and sale of any shares of our common stock under the shelf registration statement remains at the discretion of our Board of Directors, and there is no assurance that we would be able to complete any such offering of our common stock.
 
Our liquidity position at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was as follows:
 
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
2008
   
2007
 
($ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 36,972     $ 29,270
Short-term investments
  12,465       17,057
Liquidity, net
$ 49,437     $ 46,327
 
The amount that we report as cash and cash equivalents or as short-term investments fluctuates depending on investing decisions in each period. Purchases of short-term investments and property and equipment are reported as a use of cash and the related receipt of proceeds upon maturity of investment is reported as a source of cash.

During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, our operating activities resulted in net cash provided of $5.3 million and $4.9 million, respectively.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $2.0 million and $3.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The decrease in cash provided resulted primarily from property and equipment with a cost of $2.6 million purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to $1.3 million purchased in the same period in 2007. In March 2008, we expanded into one floor of a new building adjacent to our world headquarters and will be expanding into another floor later in the year. These purchases related mainly to leasehold improvements for our new building. We also opened or expanded offices domestically and internationally. As staffing increases, our property and equipment becomes obsolete and our operations continue to increase, we anticipate that our purchases of property and equipment will continue to increase in future periods.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $344,000 and $724,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The decrease in cash provided was mainly due to lower proceeds from stock options that were exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the same period in 2007.
 
As of March 31, 2008, there have been no material changes in our contractual obligations as set forth in the Contractual Obligations table disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Except as set forth in the Contractual Obligations table disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material impact on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources as of March 31, 2008.
 
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses.  Actual results may differ from those estimates and judgments under different assumptions or conditions.  We have discussed the critical accounting policies that we believe affect our more significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of the Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.  For a further summary of certain accounting policies, see Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
 
We develop software application products in the United States and license our products worldwide. As a result, our financial results could be affected by various factors, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in certain markets. We transact business in certain foreign currencies including the British pound and the Euro. However, as a majority of the orders we receive are denominated in United States dollars, a strengthening of the dollar could make our products more expensive and less competitive in foreign markets. We have not historically used foreign currency options or forward contracts to hedge our currency exposures because of variability in the timing of cash flows associated with our larger contracts.  We did not have any such hedge instruments in place at March 31, 2008. Rather, we attempt to mitigate our foreign currency risk by generally transacting business and paying salaries in the functional currency of each of the major countries in which we do business, thus creating natural hedges. Additionally, as our business matures in foreign markets, we may offer our products and services in certain other local currencies. As a result, foreign currency fluctuations would have a greater impact on our company and may have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Historically, our gains or losses on foreign currency exchange translations have been immaterial to our consolidated financial statements.  

We invest cash balances in excess of operating requirements in short-term securities that generally have maturities of one year or less. The carrying value of these securities approximates market value, and there is no long-term interest rate risk associated with these investments.

We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and our Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2008 pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 

The information set forth in Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is incorporated herein by reference.
 
In addition to the information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and before deciding to invest in, or retain, shares of our common stock, you also should carefully review and consider the information contained in our other reports and periodic filings that we make with the SEC, including, without limitation, the information contained under the caption Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Those risk factors could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The risks that we describe in our public filings are not the only risks that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us, or that we presently deem to be immaterial, also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, there were no material changes from risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
 

 
(a)
Exhibits

                 
Incorporated by Reference
   
Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit Description
 
Form
 
Exhibit
 
Filing Date
 
Filed
Herewith
3.1
 
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as currently in effect
S-1
(Registration No.
333-79509)
 
3.1
 
5/28/1999
   
                               
3.2
 
Amended By-Laws of the Company, as currently in effect
 
8-K
 
3.2
 
8/21/2007
   
                               
10.16
 
Fourth Lease Amendment, dated March 14, 2008, between the Company and Duke Realty Limited Partnership (formerly Duke-Weeks Realty Limited Partnership)
           
X
                               
31.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
           
X
                   
31.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
           
X
                   
32.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U. S. C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
           
X
                   
32.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U. S. C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
           
X






 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
           
Interactive Intelligence, Inc.
(Registrant)
                 
Date:   May 12, 2008
     
By:
 
/s/  Stephen R. Head
               
Stephen R. Head
Chief Financial Officer,
Vice President of Finance and Administration,
Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 
 
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