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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

     
(Mark One)
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

OR

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

For the Period from                      to                     .

Commission File No. 000-31045

Raindance Communications, Inc.
(a Delaware Corporation)

I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 84-1407805
1157 Century Drive
Louisville, Colorado 80027
(800) 878-7326

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Not Applicable

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $.0015 Par Value Per Share

     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 requirement for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes þ No £

     As of March 1, 2005, there were 55,880,946 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding and the aggregate market value of such shares held by nonaffiliates of the registrant (based upon the closing sale price of such shares on the Nasdaq National Market on June 30, 2004) was approximately $96,633,726. Shares of the registrant’s common stock held by each current executive officer and director and by each person who is known by the registrant to own 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from this computation in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the registrant. Share ownership information of certain persons known by the registrant to own greater than 10% of the outstanding common stock for purposes of the preceding calculation is based solely on information on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission and is as of December 31, 2004. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

     Information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) is incorporated by reference to portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of the 2004 year.

     Certain exhibits filed with the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-30708), Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-31045, for fiscal year ended December 31, 2000) and Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-31045, for fiscal year ended December 31, 2003) are incorporated by reference into Part IV of this report on Form 10-K.

 
 

 


RAINDANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Form 10-K

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

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 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302
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PART I

     Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “Raindance,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Raindance Communications, Inc.

     This Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements regarding our strategies, future financial performance, and future operations that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the extent and timing of future revenues and expenses and customer demand, statements regarding the deployment of our products, and statements regarding reliance on third parties. In some cases, these statements may be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” and words of similar import. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to; those discussed in this section and in the sections entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors that May Affect Our Operating Results and The Market Price of Our Common Stock.” All forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any subsequent events or circumstances. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this report and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that attempt to advise interested parties of certain risks and factors that may affect our business.

ITEM 1.      BUSINESS

Overview

     We provide remote communication services for everyday business meetings and events. Virtually all of our communication services are based on proprietary architecture that integrates traditional telephony technology with real-time interactive web tools. Our continuum of interactive services includes Raindance Meeting Edition, Reservationless Conferencing, Web Conferencing Pro, Operator-Assisted Conferencing and Unlimited Conferencing. Raindance Meeting Edition, which was released in March 2004, is our next-generation communication service that integrates audio, web and multi-point desktop video technology into one multi-media conferencing solution to support small ad-hoc workgroup meetings. Reservationless Conferencing provides for automated reservationless audio conferencing with simple web controls and presentation tools. Web Conferencing Pro allows users to integrate reservationless automated audio conferencing with advanced web interactive tools over the web such as application sharing, web touring and online whiteboarding to support large seminar events. Operator-Assisted Conferencing provides customers with operator assistance during high profile conferencing events and additional services such as call taping, digital replay and transcription, which we often bundle with our Web Conferencing Pro service. Unlimited Conferencing offers unlimited local toll access to our reservationless conferencing service for a fixed monthly rate. We sell these services to businesses in various markets as well as to resellers of conferencing and communications services, through our direct and indirect sales channels. Our business model is largely usage-based, which generally means that our customers only pay for the services that they use. We also offer our customers monthly subscription rates based on a fixed number of concurrent users. In addition, through our distribution partners, we may also offer our services on a software license basis. We operate as a single business segment.

     We were incorporated in Delaware in April 1997. We first recorded revenue in 1998 and, excluding the fiscal year 2003, have incurred net losses every year since inception. Our principal executive offices are located at 1157 Century Drive, Louisville, Colorado 80027.

Remote Meeting Solutions

     Our integrated audio, web and video conferencing services support various types of meetings from a simple, on-the-fly audio conference to company-wide online training initiatives. These flexible service offerings enable businesses to choose the right solution to meet their specific needs.

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     Our remote communication services offer the following benefits:

  •   Integrated Audio, Web and Video Functions. For everyday conference calls, meeting moderators can use their personal ID to begin a phone conference at anytime without a reservation or an operator. To add another layer of interaction and group collaboration, moderators use the same ID to begin a web conference with interactive features to share rich visual content and encourage higher levels of participation. We provide customers simple and convenient remote communications solutions and with the release of Raindance Meeting Edition, we provide our customers access to audio, web and video conferencing with one telephone access number, one user ID, one technical support team and one billing solution.
 
  •   Reliability and Security. We designed our facilities and infrastructure to provide the scalability and reliability required to meet the critical communication needs of our customers. We incorporate telecommunications-grade reliability standards into our communication technologies and design our infrastructure to accommodate more participants and usage than we expect. We monitor servers in our data center with redundant network connections. In addition to offering our services in a secure socket layer, or SSL, environment with 128-bit encryption, we provide a robust firewall configuration that offers layered protection for customer data. Meeting moderators have the ability to further ensure and monitor the security of their meetings using several layers of security, including PIN codes, audio tones that signal when a participant enters or exits, conference lock to prevent additional participants from joining a conference, a participant count feature and unique security codes created by the meeting moderator.
 
  •   Flexible Pricing. Depending on the customer’s communication needs and selected remote meeting solution, we offer a variety of pricing models to accommodate estimated service usage as well as the customer’s preferred method of payment. A large portion of our services are usage-based, which generally means that our customers pay on a per-minute, per-participant basis. In addition, we also offer our customers monthly subscription rates based on a fixed number of concurrent users. For our distribution partners, we may provide our services through software licenses.

     We offer several levels of service depending on the customer’s needs. All of our services can be used together or separately to create the ideal remote meeting solution for each customer.

     Our services include the following:

     Raindance Meeting Edition. In the first quarter of 2004, our next-generation service, which we call Raindance Meeting Edition, became generally available to the public. Built on multimedia architecture, that we call the SwitchTower network, Raindance Meeting Edition intuitively integrates audio, web and video technologies into one seamless solution. Raindance Meeting Edition includes innovative features that drive the complexity out of planning, accessing and managing everyday remote meetings. In addition to easy-to-use multi-point video, browser and application sharing features, Raindance Meeting Edition unites directly with users’ desktops and provides seamless Outlook integration. Meeting moderators can use our unique ‘call-me’ feature to dial themselves into the conference with no access numbers to remember and invite participants using a one-click link. To engage participants in a fully collaborative experience as if everyone were in the same room, meeting moderators can allow participants to easily share documents and information in a virtual public workspace, control participants’ interactivity with customized settings and manage a roster of participants engaged in the audio, web and video portions of the meeting.

     Reservationless Conferencing. Our Reservationless Conferencing combines the reliability and universal availability of traditional audio conferencing services with basic web presentations and controls. Using their dedicated toll-free number and unique conference ID and PIN, meeting moderators can begin a conference at any time with up to 125 participants from the phone or the web, without prior reservations or operator assistance. By leveraging our basic web presentation tools and controls, moderators also have the ability to share a visual presentation, extend the reach of their conference by streaming audio and synchronized slide presentations over the web and leverage a suite of conference controls.

     Web Conferencing Pro. Our Web Conferencing Pro service, available in either Meeting or Seminar version, is a feature-rich web conferencing tool that allows sales, marketing and training professionals to conduct meetings and events online with both internal and external participants. Web Conferencing Pro requires no downloads or

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plug-ins for meeting participants, allows customers to customize the interface with their company’s colors and logo and offers a single, integrated interface enabling meeting moderators to control both the phone and web functions.

          Web Meeting. Using the Meeting version of our Web Conferencing Pro service, Meeting moderators can choose to share a variety of visuals online including collectively viewing and editing desktop applications, displaying slide presentations, conceptualizing on a shared whiteboard and leading a web tour. In addition, moderators can take advantage of features that keep participants engaged and encourage interactivity, such as annotation tools, text chat and polling.

          Web Seminar. Our Web Conferencing Pro Seminar version builds upon the features of the Meeting version with added automated management tools to manage large or recurring online events. Web Seminar allows event organizers, such as training or HR managers, to post meeting schedules, manage participant registration and set automatic email reminders prior to the event. In addition, Web Seminar includes additional features to manage interaction with large groups, such as our online Q&A feature.

     Operator-Assisted Conferencing. Our Operator-Assisted Conferencing service provides a higher level of personalized operator support as well as unique features for high-profile conferences and events that need special attention. This service allows meeting moderators to contact an operator to schedule a conference call, select the appropriate features for their event and provide event management support. Operator-Assisted Conferencing provides features such as an operator-led question and answer session with meeting participants, call taping for later replay and fax services enabling moderators to distribute additional printed materials before or after the conference. Operator-Assisted Conferencing can be used in conjunction with Web Conferencing Pro Meeting or Seminar to support events with up to 2,500 participants.

     Unlimited Conferencing. Raindance’s Unlimited Conferencing service provides small and medium-sized businesses a convenient way to conduct audio and web conferences with a predictable, low price. Our fully automated, flat-rate conferencing service allows meeting moderators to use their unique conference ID and PIN to conference as often as they choose, all billed at one fixed cost. With Unlimited Conferencing, moderators and participants dial into the conference using their dedicated local exchange toll call number. Similar to Raindance Reservationless Conferencing, Unlimited Conferencing requires no reservations to initiate a conference with as many participants as the moderator’s account allows. Unlimited Conferencing also includes phone and web commands to control the conference and integrated web functions to share a presentation, conduct Q&A and view online reports.

Future Service Offerings

     We intend to leverage the infrastructure, technologies, and proprietary systems of our next-generation network and services to facilitate the deployment of service enhancements and additional business communication solutions. For example, in mid-2005 we expect to release Raindance Seminar Edition, our next-generation seminar service designed to support large multi-media events.

Customers

     We have a diverse base of customers across numerous vertical markets, such as computer software, business services, manufacturing and financial services. As of December 31, 2004, we had 4,087 revenue generating customers. In 2004, direct customers accounted for 81% of our revenue. In addition, we partner with resellers, such as conferencing and communications providers, to leverage their large and established customer bases. Some of our distribution partners also use our services internally. In 2004, we generated 19% of our revenue from these relationships. No single customer accounted for greater than 10% of total 2004 revenue. Our five largest customers represented $17.5 million or 23.3% of our total 2004 revenue and $17.7 million or 25.2% of our total 2003 revenue. Our ten largest customers represented $22.1 million or 29.3% of our total 2004 revenue and $22.5 million or 31.9% of our total 2003 revenue. This indicates a diminishing financial concentration in our five and ten largest customers; however, a loss of any one of these customers would still negatively impact our financial results.

     Our results typically fluctuate based on seasonal sales patterns. Our operating results have shown decreases in our usage-based services around certain holiday periods, such as during the spring, summer, Thanksgiving, December and New Year holidays. We expect that our revenue during these seasons will not grow at the same rates as compared to other periods of the year because of decreased use of our services by business customers.

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Technology

     We have invested substantial human and capital resources to develop proprietary systems and applications that integrate disparate telephony and Internet communication technologies. Our layered approach to building applications allows us to effectively leverage our existing infrastructure, technologies and proprietary systems to accommodate changes in the marketplace. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage by allowing us to quickly and reliably develop new services and enhance our existing services based on evolving market needs. We believe that our technological resources give us the following benefits:

•   the ability to identify new, and enhance existing, web conferencing services;
 
•   the ability to build integrated applications by combining traditional telephony, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and Internet communication technologies; and
 
•   the ability to build a reliable and scalable communication infrastructure.

     The technologies that support our business fall into four areas described below:

     Data Infrastructure. Our data infrastructure provides Internet connectivity between our end customers and our automated services. We run a multi-home network infrastructure and operate our own private networks between our on-premises data center and leased data centers. Our entire data infrastructure is redundant with network cores consisting of some of the industry’s most advanced gigabit technology. All data circuits are delivered over multiple local loop providers and travel to our data facilities over disparate paths. Critical choke-points in our data architecture are load balanced. With the architecture design we currently have in place, we have maintained constant service availability at the data layer for our customers’ connectivity. Currently we provide over 450 Mbits of data layer connectivity to our customers over three separate Internet backbones.

     Voice Infrastructure. Our voice infrastructure provides the telephony connectivity to our customers that is required for the audio conferencing aspects of our services. Our voice infrastructure consists mainly of dynamically routed SS7 call processing systems that integrate closely with our network providers. These logical layer connections are made over diverse local loop fiber routes and connect to geographically disparate switching fabrics. Currently we have over 500 T1 voice circuits in production from two service providers. We have developed proprietary schemes and methodologies to provide higher uptime statistics than systems utilizing single network architectures.

     Application Infrastructure. Our application infrastructure is developed in-house and represents a substantial portion of our intellectual property and a considerable competitive advantage. Our ability to offer our customers integrated audio and web functionality is a hallmark of our proprietary layering methodology. This functionality provides us an advantage over competitors with less integrated offerings. Our application infrastructure is largely Java based and is highly redundant and scalable.

     Business Infrastructure. We operate a largely custom and proprietary business infrastructure layer that consists of custom real-time billing and rating engines. These functions enable us to provide our customers with critical business information and tools. Our architecture is designed to allow us to use information from each of the other infrastructure layers described above, and as a result, we can provide current billing information for virtually any type of communication action that is enabled by our platform. The business infrastructure layer uses Oracle 9i for all storage and runs on multiple redundant and host standby servers. Our business layer also allows us to adapt to changing requirements as next generation services mature.

Research and Development

     Our research and development efforts are currently focused on leveraging the infrastructure, technologies, and proprietary systems of our next-generation network and services to facilitate the rapid deployment of service enhancements and additional business communication solutions to meet the changing needs of our diverse customer base. We believe our success will depend, in part, on our ability to develop and introduce new services and enhancements. We expensed, exclusive of stock-based compensation, approximately $10.5 million, $8.3 million and $7.6 million related to research and development activities in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,

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respectively. As of March 1, 2005, we had a total of 68 full-time engineers and developers engaged in research and development activities. We intend to devote substantial resources to research and development for the next several years.

Sales and Marketing

     Sales. We currently sell our services through a direct sales force and indirect sales channels. As of March 1, 2005, we had 123 full-time employees engaged in sales and marketing. Our direct sales force targets our services primarily to large and medium-sized corporations with a proven need for business communication services in diverse vertical markets, such as computer software, business services, manufacturing and financial services. We also have an account management team that is responsible for developing our relationships and expanding opportunities within our existing customers. Our indirect sales initiatives allow us to extend our reach to businesses of all sizes by developing alternative distribution channels. The efforts of our indirect sales group focus on partnering with resellers, such as conferencing and communications providers, to leverage their customer bases and distribution channels. We private label or co-brand our services for these partners depending on their requirements. We also partner with agents to expand the size and reach of our direct sales efforts. A significant percentage of our sales force compensation is commission based.

     Marketing. We primarily focus our marketing efforts on direct marketing programs aimed at our target customers. We seek to generate qualified leads for our sales team, educate and retain existing customers, generate brand awareness through proactive public relations and drive service enhancements using research and customer feedback.

Customer Service

     We offer customer support and operator assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, free of charge, to our customers. Technical and customer support is available through a toll-free telephone number and email request system. In addition, our users can request operator help during a conference directly from their computer or on their telephone. We also offer substantial self-serve information databases in the form of frequently asked questions, and user and quick reference guides hosted on our web site. As of March 1, 2005, we employed 27 full-time technical and customer support representatives to respond to customer requests for support.

     The vast majority of our requests for customer support are based on general product functionality and basic technical assistance, such as browser setting adjustments. The majority of our customer inquiries can be addressed during an operations technician’s initial contact with the customer. If the issue cannot be resolved immediately, it is escalated to our Level II support team. If further help is required the issue is transferred to our Level III support team. Once the issue is identified and a timeline for a resolution is determined, the associated operations account manager will contact the customer with the resolution plan. Additionally, all customer incidents are tracked within our database for future reference and technical pattern analysis.

Competition

     The market for web conferencing services is relatively new, rapidly evolving and intensely competitive. Competition in our market will continue to intensify and competitors are investing significant resources to develop, market and sell competitive services. As a result, we have experienced in the past and may continue to experience further price reductions, reduced sales, revenue and margins, and reduced acceptance of our services.

     We believe that the primary competitive factors in the web conferencing services market include:

•   pricing;
 
•   ease of use of services and breadth of features;
 
•   brand identity;
 
•   quality and reliability of communication services;
 
•   compatibility with new and existing communication formats;

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•   access to and penetration of distribution channels necessary to achieve broad distribution;
 
•   ability to protect intellectual property;
 
•   quality of customer service;
 
•   ability to develop and support secure formats for communication delivery;
 
•   scalability of communication services; and
 
•   challenges caused by bandwidth constraints and other limitations of the Internet infrastructure.

     Our failure to adequately address any of the above factors could harm our competitive position.

     As an integrated provider of web and audio conferencing services, we compete with stand-alone providers of web conferencing and traditional teleconferencing services. In the web conferencing services market our principle competitors include Centra Software, Cisco Systems, Genesys, IBM, Macromedia, Microsoft and WebEx. Our principal competitors in the teleconferencing market include AT&T, Global Crossing, MCI, Premiere Global Services (formerly PTEK), Sprint and West Corporation. Some of our competitors have entered or expanded their positions in the conferencing services market by acquiring competitors of ours. For example, Microsoft acquired Placeware, Cisco Systems acquired Latitude Communications, and West Corporation acquired Intercall. In addition, some large software companies, such as Oracle, IBM, Citrix and Macromedia, are also providing web conferencing products in addition to their software offerings. These large companies have expended significantly greater resources developing, enhancing, marketing and selling conferencing services and/or software that directly compete with our offerings, and because these companies can leverage widespread use of their products and services by existing customers to capture market share in the conferencing market, our market share as well as our revenue may significantly decline. In addition, Oracle, which was a large customer of ours, significantly reduced its use of our services as it completed the transition to an internal conferencing system in the third quarter of 2004.

     Other competitors or potential competitors may enter or expand their positions in the web conferencing services market by acquiring one of our competitors, by forming strategic alliances with these competitors or by developing an integrated offering of services. We also compete with resellers of web and audio conferencing services. Additionally, there are a number of private companies that have entered or may enter the web conferencing services market.

     Many of our current and potential competitors have larger and more established customer bases, longer operating histories, greater name recognition, broader service offerings, more employees and significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, public relations and distribution resources than we do. As a result, these competitors may be able to spread costs across diversified lines of business, and therefore, adopt aggressive strategies, such as reduced pricing structures and large-scale marketing campaigns, that reduce our ability to compete effectively. Telecommunication providers, for example, enjoy lower telephony costs as a result of their ownership of the underlying telecommunication network. Many more companies have entered and will continue to enter this market and invest significant resources to develop conferencing services that compete with ours. These current and future competitors may also offer or develop products or services that perform better than ours and as a result capture market share that may reduce our share as well as our revenue.

Intellectual Property

     The success of our business is substantially dependent on the proprietary systems that we have developed. Currently, we have five issued patents in the United States. These patents cover functionality related to our Web Conferencing Pro service. We also have thirteen pending patent applications in the United States covering aspects of our existing and next-generation services and infrastructure. We may file more patent applications in the future. There is no assurance that our current and future patent applications will result in any patents being issued. If they are issued, any patent claims allowed may not be sufficient to protect our technology. In addition, any current or future patents may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented and any right granted thereunder may not provide meaningful protection to us. The failure of any patent to provide protection for our technology would make it easier

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for other companies or individuals to develop and market similar systems and services without infringing upon any of our intellectual property rights.

     In addition, we have been sued for patent infringement in the past and may be subject to additional claims alleging patent and intellectual property infringement in the future. As the number of competitors in our market grows, there is an increased risk that the proprietary systems and software upon which our services rely may be increasingly subject to third-party infringement claims. From time to time, we have received notices alleging that we infringe issued third-party patents or other intellectual property rights. When this happens, we evaluate the allegations based on an investigation of the intellectual property asserted against our services. In addition, we evaluate our ability to allege counterclaims. We may also evaluate settlement opportunities, including licensing or cross-licensing arrangements that may include royalty provisions or distribution restrictions, neither of which may be advantageous for our business. In some cases, these matters result in litigation, which is expensive, time-consuming and could divert management’s attention and resources. Claims of this nature could require us to spend significant amounts of time and money to defend ourselves, regardless of their merit. If any of these claims were to prevail, we could be forced to pay damages, comply with injunctions, or halt or delay distribution of our services while we reengineer them or seek licenses for necessary intellectual property, which might not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

     We also rely on a combination of trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, copyrights, confidentiality agreements with our employees and third parties, and protective contractual provisions. Our protection efforts may prove to be unsuccessful and unauthorized parties may copy or infringe upon aspects of our technology, services or other intellectual property rights. In addition, these parties may develop similar technology independently. Existing trade secret, copyright and trademark laws offer only limited protection and may not be available in every country in which we intend to offer our services. Policing unauthorized use of our proprietary information is difficult.

     Each trademark, trade name or service mark appearing in this report belongs to its holder. Raindance, Raindance Communications, SwitchTower, OpenGo and our logo are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by us; all other company and product names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Employees

     As of March 1, 2005, we employed 248 full-time people. The employees included 30 in general and administrative functions, 27 in customer service, 123 in sales and marketing and 68 in research and development. Our future success depends in part on our ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified technical and management personnel. Our employees are not represented by a labor union or covered by any collective bargaining agreements. We consider our employee relations to be good.

Available Information

     You may read and copy materials that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20549. You may also obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that, like us, file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s Internet site can be found at “http://www.sec.gov.” Our reports are available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC. Our website address is www.raindance.com. Once at www.raindance.com, go to Investor Center/SEC Filings and Financials. Our internet website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 2.      PROPERTIES

     Our principal executive office is located in Louisville, Colorado where we lease two facilities, which combined, approximate 43,500 square feet. One of the buildings, representing approximately 36,500 square feet, is partially owned by Paul Berberian, our chairman of the board and former chief executive officer and president. This lease commenced in October 1999 and has a term of ten years. Pursuant to this lease, we pay rent of $60,848 per month subject to an annual adjustment for inflation based on the consumer price index. We also pay the operating expenses related to this building, which are currently $17,326 per month and vary on an annual basis. In connection with the acquisition of Interact Conferencing, LLC, we also assumed a facility lease obligation associated with a building that is partially owned by the former president and chief executive officer of InterAct Conferencing who became an officer of the Company upon the completion of the acquisition in 2002 and whose employment with us terminated in June 2004. This facility is located in Roswell, Georgia and approximates 12,000 square feet. The lease obligation commenced in May 2002 and has a term of five years. Pursuant to this lease we pay rent of $12,250 per month and also pay operating expenses of approximately $2,570 per month, which vary on an annual basis. Based on an independent review of both of these properties and the related lease terms, we believe our lease obligations are fair and reasonable. Additionally, the Company leases office space for current or former satellite sales offices that are typically less than 3,000 square feet in six other states. We currently utilize one of these satellite facilities in California for a sales office and sublease the others to third parties. At December 31, 2004, the Company occupied three offices in Colorado, one in California and one in Georgia. We believe that these existing facilities are adequate to meet current foreseeable requirements or that suitable additional or substitute space will be available on commercially reasonable terms.

ITEM 3.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     On May 17, 2004, a complaint was filed against us by iTalk, LLC in the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment, seeking damages and injunctive relief regarding an expired covenant not to compete in a license agreement entered into in March 1999. On June 30, 2004, we filed a motion to dismiss the claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. On July 29, 2004, iTalk filed a response, opposing such motion. On August 24, 2004, Raindance filed a reply in support of our motion to dismiss. On September 24, 2004, the court denied the motion to dismiss. On October 4, 2004, Raindance answered iTalk’s complaint. On December 10, 2004 the Court set a five day jury trial commencing August 29, 2005. Raindance disputes plaintiff’s claims and intends to defend against them vigorously.

ITEM 4.      SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2004.

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PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

     Market Information and Holders

     Our common stock commenced trading under the trading symbol RNDC on The Nasdaq National Market on May 17, 2001. Prior to that, our common stock traded on The Nasdaq National Market under the trading symbol EVOK, which commenced with our listing on July 25, 2000. The price for our common stock as of the close of business on March 1, 2005 was $2.36 per share. As of March 1, 2005, we had approximately 236 stockholders of record.

     The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as of the market close for the periods indicated:

                 
    High     Low  
2004:
               
First Quarter
  $ 3.51     $ 2.51  
Second Quarter
  $ 2.84     $ 1.92  
Third Quarter
  $ 2.01     $ 1.27  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 2.40     $ 1.49  
2003:
               
First Quarter
  $ 3.55     $ 1.30  
Second Quarter
  $ 3.01     $ 1.80  
Third Quarter
  $ 3.19     $ 2.18  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 3.24     $ 2.18  

     Dividends

     We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain earnings, if any, for use in our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. On October 9, 2001, we entered into a loan and security agreement with a bank, pursuant to which we were prohibited from paying any dividends without the bank’s prior written consent. In April 2004, this agreement was terminated and a new loan and security agreement with a different bank was entered into, which continues to prohibit us from paying any dividends without prior written consent from the bank.

     Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

     The information required by this Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference in our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 5, 2005.

     Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

     We did not sell any equity securities during the year ended December 31, 2004 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     Stock Repurchase Program

     On August 31, 2004 our board of directors approved the repurchase of up to $5,000,000 of our common stock over twelve months, unless modified by our board, which we announced in a press release on September 8, 2004. These repurchases may be made from time to time in open market purchases at prevailing market prices, in negotiated transactions off the market, or pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

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ITEM 6.      SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

     The following selected historical consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes to such statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The consolidated statement of operations data for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2004, and the balance sheet data at December 31, 2004 and 2003 are derived from our financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, and are included elsewhere in this filing. The statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the balance sheet data at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 are derived from our audited financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, and are not included in this filing. We acquired Contigo Software, Inc. in June 2000 in a transaction accounted for as a purchase. The consolidated statement of operations data for each of the five years ended December 31, 2004 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000 include the results of operations of Contigo subsequent to June 16, 2000 and the financial position of Contigo as of such date, respectively. We acquired substantially all of the assets of InterAct Conferencing, LLC in April 2002 in a transaction accounted for as a purchase. The consolidated statement of operations data for each of the three years ended December 31, 2004 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 include the results of operations of InterAct subsequent to April 30, 2002 and the financial position of InterAct as of such date, respectively. Historical results are not indicative of the results to be expected in the future.

     In 2002, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (SFAS 142), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” became effective and as a result, amortization of goodwill ceased upon adoption of the Statement on January 1, 2002. Amortization expense related to goodwill would have been $12.2 million in 2003 and $26.5 million in 2002 at the prior amortization rate. In lieu of amortization, we were required to perform an initial impairment review of our goodwill in 2002 and are required to perform at least an annual impairment review thereafter.

                                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2004     2003     2002     2001     2000  
    (in thousands, except per share data)  
Statement of Operations Data:
                                       
Revenue:
                                       
Service
  $ 75,269     $ 66,611     $ 60,651     $ 39,410     $ 18,022  
Software
          4,000                    
 
                             
Total Revenue
    75,269       70,611       60,651       39,410       18,022  
 
                             
Cost of Revenue:
                                       
Service
    34,029       28,506       26,635       22,457       16,144  
Software
                             
 
                             
Total Cost of Revenue
    34,029       28,506       26,635       22,457       16,144  
 
                             
Gross profit
    41,240       42,105       34,016       16,953       1,878  
 
                             
Operating expenses:
                                       
Sales and marketing
    24,044       19,687       18,508       20,362       53,169  
Research and development
    10,466       8,289       7,599       5,704       8,011  
General and administrative
    8,038       7,202       7,515       7,397       8,441  
Amortization of goodwill
                      26,506       14,534  
Stock-based compensation expense
    2,211       2,814       3,028       2,834       8,383  
Asset impairment charges
                138       4,576        
Restructuring charges, contract termination expenses, severance and litigation expenses
          596       584       1,696       11,133  
 
                             
Total operating expenses
    44,759       38,588       37,372       69,075       103,671  
 
                             
Income (loss) from operations
    (3,519 )     3,517       (3,356 )     (52,122 )     (101,793 )
Interest income, net
    330       101       128       887       3,247  
Other income (expense), net
    (136 )     (71 )     (126 )     (1,488 )     (207 )
 
                             
Net income (loss)
    (3,325 )     3,547       (3,354 )     (52,723 )     (98,753 )
Preferred stock dividends and accretion of preferred stock to redemption value
                            1,725  
 
                             
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
  $ (3,325 )   $ 3,547     $ (3,354 )   $ (52,723 )   $ (100,478 )
 
                             
 

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    Years Ended December 31,  
    2004     2003     2002     2001     2000  
    (in thousands, except per share data)  
Statement of Operations Data:
                                       
Net income (loss) per share:
                                       
Basic
  $ (0.06 )   $ 0.07     $ (0.07 )   $ (1.12 )   $ (4.69 )
 
                             
Diluted
  $ (0.06 )   $ 0.06     $ (0.07 )   $ (1.12 )   $ (4.69 )
 
                             
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
                                       
Basic
    53,937       52,672       50,502       47,280       21,443  
Diluted
    53,937       54,774       50,502       47,280       21,443  
Cash dividends declared
                             
 
                                         
    As of December 31,  
    2004     2003     2002     2001     2000  
    (in thousands)  
Balance Sheet Data:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 10,458     $ 39,607     $ 31,699     $ 34,222     $ 43,311  
Short-term investments
    32,935                          
Working capital
    44,246       37,179       31,622       31,567       38,871  
Total assets
    118,725       122,557       113,005       110,252       158,824  
Long-term debt, less current portion
          1,227       2,026       3,064       810  
Restructuring reserve, less current portion
          187       518       914       2,952  
Total stockholders’ equity
    108,006       107,922       100,323       94,768       141,710  

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ITEM 7.      MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements, including without limitation, statements containing the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” and words of similar import and statements regarding our strategy, financial performance, and our operations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the subsection entitled “Risk Factors that May Affect Our Operating Results and The Market Price of Our Common Stock.” Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this report and in our other reports filed with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties of certain risks and factors that may affect our business. You should read this analysis in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes that begin on page F-1.

Overview

     Throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in our consolidated financial statements and related notes that begin on page F-1, you will read about significant events and trends that materially impact earnings, revenue and other metrics of financial performance. Significant events and trends discussed in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis include significant pricing pressure that has negatively impacted, and is expected to continue to negatively impact, revenue, gross margins and our ability to achieve or maintain profitability, changes to accounting rules related to stock compensation expense that are anticipated to significantly affect our financial results in the second half of 2005, a one-time software license we entered into in 2003, severance charges we incurred in 2003, a change in accounting treatment for costs associated with the development of our next-generation service, which commenced in the third quarter of 2003, and restructuring charges and asset impairment charges we incurred in 2002. These significant events and trends have materially impacted, or are expected to materially impact, our business, operations and financial results. Some of these events result from unique facts and circumstances or one-time events that may not recur. While these items are important to understand and evaluate financial results, other transactions, events or trends discussed later in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis and in the section entitled “Risk Factors That May Affect Our Operating Results and The Market Price Of Our Common Stock” may also materially impact our business operations and financial results. A complete understanding of these transactions, as well as the other events and trends explained throughout this report, is necessary to evaluate our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations.

     As of December 31, 2004, we had an accumulated deficit of $171.7 million. Our quarterly and yearly operating results have varied significantly from period to period in the past and are likely to continue to vary significantly in future periods. For example, our net loss was $0.4 million and our net income was $1.4 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and our net loss was $3.3 million and our net income was $3.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Although we reported net income throughout the year ended December 31, 2003, we incurred net losses in each quarter of 2004. Additionally, we expect to report net income in the first quarter of 2005; however there can be no assurance that we will achieve or maintain net income in the future. Our stock-based compensation expense will increase significantly beginning in the third quarter of 2005 due to a change in accounting rules that will require us to record compensation expense for employee stock options and our employee stock purchase plan in the financial statements.

     No single customer accounted for greater than 10% of total 2004 revenue. Our five largest customers represented $17.5 million or 23.3% of our total 2004 revenue and $17.7 million or 25.2% of our total 2003 revenue. Our ten largest customers represented $22.1 million or 29.3% of our total 2004 revenue and $22.5 million or 31.9% of our total 2003 revenue. This indicates a diminishing financial concentration in our five and ten largest customers; however, a loss of any one of these customers would still negatively impact our financial results. In December 2004 we settled a billing dispute with a significant customer and vendor related to the provision and procurement of prior services which resulted in recognition of $0.4 million in revenue and $0.1 million in cost of revenue.

     While our business model is largely usage-based, which generally means that our customers only pay for the services they use, our non-usage revenue, such as from subscriptions and software licenses, may fluctuate based on the timing of new subscription agreements, the expiration and renewal of existing agreements and the timing of and revenue recognition associated with software licenses. This fluctuation can significantly impact our financial results, particularly revenue, gross margins and net income or loss because these subscriptions and software licenses have

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virtually no variable cost of revenue expense. Such opportunities to license our software have arisen infrequently and are difficult to predict, and currently we do not anticipate any software license revenue in the near term. For example, we recognized $1.1 million and $2.9 million in software revenue in the third and fourth quarters of 2003, respectively, associated with the sale of a Web Conferencing Pro license. As a result, the impact this revenue has had on our business and financial results in the past is not consistent and should not be relied upon as indicative of our future performance. In the quarter ended December 31, 2004, 9.7% of our revenue was non-usage based as compared to 22.3% in the quarter ended December 31, 2003. In the year ended December 31, 2004, 8.9% of our revenue was non-usage based as compared to 14.1% in the year ended December 31, 2003. We expect our non-usage based revenue to approximate 7% to 12% of our total revenue in the first quarter of 2005.

     Our next-generation service, Raindance Meeting Edition, was released in March 2004. Raindance Meeting Edition revenue growth has been slower than anticipated and we believe this is due in large part to the small workgroup collaboration services sector being in the early adoption phase. However, we continue to add new customers and revenue from this product is increasing quarter over quarter. We expect to release Raindance Seminar Edition in mid-2005. Raindance Seminar Edition complements Raindance Meeting Edition and is designed for large, planned seminar events where there is one main presenter and hundreds or thousands of participants. Currently, it is difficult to predict with any certainty the impact Raindance Seminar Edition will have on our business, operations and financial results, the market in general, or our existing customer base including those that currently utilize Web Conferencing Pro.

     Our gross profit is higher on our web-based services, namely Web Conferencing Pro and Raindance Meeting Edition and to the extent we are successful in selling more web-based services, we would expect our overall gross profit to increase. We define multi-media revenue as revenue generated from a collaboration event where more than one media type is used, such as an event that combines audio and web conferencing or an event that combines audio, web and video conferencing using Raindance Meeting Edition. Multi-media revenue excludes all service revenue attributable to audio-only conferencing. Multi-media revenue was $12.7 million in 2004 compared to $11.1 million in 2003. Our gross profit margins are typically higher on multi-media events, due to the web integration, as compared to audio-only events and we expect our multi-media revenue to grow as a percentage of revenue in the upcoming year.

Statement of Operations Overview

     The following describes how we recognize revenue for the services and software we offered as of December 31, 2004:

•   Raindance Meeting Edition. Revenue for our Raindance Meeting Edition service is derived from subscription and usage fees. Revenue from subscriptions is recognized monthly regardless of usage, while usage fees are based upon either connections or minutes used. We recognize usage revenue from our Raindance Meeting Edition services in the peri