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General Information

Address: US Headquarters

Cyber Sprocket Labs
5675 Woodbine Ave, Ste G
North Charleston SC, 29406

Contact Info

Phone: (843) 225-3830
Fax: (843) 225-3830
Email: info@cybersprocket.com
Website: http://www.cybersprocket.com

Business Description

Business technology consulting, broken down into three primary divisions.

Cyber Sprocket Tech: Business technology consulting

  • Web based technology: websites, storefronts, SEO, etc.
  • Business technology consulting: interim CTO, staff building, technology ROI assesments
  • Desktop software
  • Client List

Cyber Sprocket Labs: Research & Development

Cyber Sprocket Studios: Look & Feel

  • Website design: graphics, user interface, "flow" of the site
  • Product design: graphics and user interface elements

Incorporation

State: South Carolina
Date: November, 2006
Type: LLC
Parent Company: None

Mergers & Acquisitions

No mergers or acquisitions have been discussed or presented since incorporation.

Ownership

The founding partners are:

Related Interests

Model Locate, LLC

Lance Cleveland owns 50% of Model Locate, LLC which is now a client of Cyber Sprocket Labs. Cyber Sprocket's primary function is to provide hosting services at a low-end-of-market rate for Model Locate. Limited technical consulting is provided directly by Lance Cleveland.

Cheap Pet Store, Inc.

Lance Cleveland owns approximately 2% of Cheap Pet Store, Inc. Cheap Pet Store's majority shareholder is Gower Idrees. Lance provided CTO level consulting services in return for partial ownership and a reduced consulting rate. The consulting contract is no longer active due to changes in the business environment for Cheap Pet Store.

Metrics

2007, Year-End

Financial

  • Assets: undetermined
  • Revenue: undisclosed
  • Net Income: undisclosed
  • Venture Capital or Private Equity: None

Revenue Breakdown By Discipline

  • Application Service Provider (ASP) : 10%
  • Business Software & Services (CRM,ERP,HR,BI) : 0%
  • Healthcare Information Software & Data: 0%
  • Information Services Provider (data processing, storage): 0%
  • Technology Services (installation, training, advice): 80%
  • Internet Technology Service (eCommerce, online Business): 10%

Revenue Breakdown By Country

  • Domestic: 100%
  • Foreign: 0%

Contracts

  • Average Contract: undisclosed
  • Duration of Contract: 4 weeks
  • Longest Contract: 3Y
  • Customer retention: 90%

Employees

  • Technical: 5
  • Total: 6

Vendor Reliance

As A Manufacturer

  • Windows Desktop Software
    • Enablers: Microsoft (development toolkit), eBay (sales & marketing)

As A Service Provider

  • Technology Consulting
    • Enablers: Charleston Digital Corridor (sales & marketing)
    • Mostly self-reliant, not outside dependencies

As An Operator of Business Services

  • Internet Data Services
    • Enablers: Liquid Web Internet Presence Provider (IPP)

As User of Technology

  • Daily Operations
    • Enablers: Knology Internet Service Provider (ISP), ProVantage, CDW, Microsoft

Data Privacy

  • Known privacy violations: none
  • Third party endorsement/certification of privacy policy: none
  • Third party data accessed/hosted:
    • Business Client Financials: accessed
    • Personal Client Fiancials: -na-
    • Personal HR related: accessed
    • Personal Health related: -na-
    • Company / IP related: accessed
    • Government related: -na-
    • Company/Sales related: accessed
    • Company/Product design related: accessed & hosted
    • Company/Accounting related: -na-
    • Consumer related: accessed & hosted
  • Require users to actively acknowledge privacy policy: no
  • Privacy policy reviewed by attorney: no
  • Annual assesment of HIPPA, GLB, CA1386 compliance: no
  • Privacy provisions specified in sub-contracting agreements: yes (via NDA)
  • Require vendors to show O&E or Network Security Insurance: no

Network Security & Management

  • Review of data auditing on database activity: yes
  • Third party audtio of network security: no

Security Analysis

  • ISO 17799: -na-
  • HIPPA : -na-
  • Firewall: yes
  • Formal security response plan: none
  • Assigned personnel to security: yes
  • Technology active to detect intrusion: yes
  • Encrypt confidential & private data: yes
  • Known security breach by employees: none
  • Physical security on servers and senstive info: yes
  • Unauthorized access to systems: none
  • Acceptable unplanned downtime: 2-3 hours / month
  • Restore of operation after outtage: 4 hours average

Errors and Omissions

  • Product recalls: none
  • Warranties:
    • Software products: 100% satisfaction guaranteed or refunded
    • Consultations: Bi-weekly payments, payment of last invoice not due until 100% satisfied
  • Contractual limitation of liability provisions: per-contract (currently none for 90% of contracts)
  • Refunds on products or services: none
  • Quality control measures employed:
    • Formal customer acceptance procedures: yes (90% of projects)
    • Pre-release testing of malicious code/flaws: yes (80% of projects / 100% of products)
    • Alpha/Beta testing: yes (80% of projects / 100% of products)
    • Customer complain resolution proecures: yes (100% projects / 100% products)

Media and Online Content

  • Externally facing websites: 15+
    • 10+ Basic Information
    • 10+ Interactive: customer service, info requests, etc.
    • 5+ eCommerce: buying/selling products and services
  • Formal review of external content for:
    • Privacy Violations: yes
    • Libel: no
    • Defamation: no
    • Domain Name Infrigement: yes
    • Copyright Infringement: yes
  • Screen Mass Emails for:
    • Privacy Violations: yes
    • Libel: no
    • Defamation: no
    • Domain Name Infrigement: yes
    • Copyright Infringement: yes
  • Allow for 3rd party or employees to post content online: yes
    • Content reviewed by owner before publication: no
    • Content reviewed by onwer after published: yes
    • Procedure to remove content: yes
  • Someone assigned to be responsible for legality of content posted: no

Intellectual Property

Coverage

  • Notices of Infringement: none
  • Dedicated law firm for IP activities: yes
  • Dedicated legal counsel for IP filings: yes
  • Patents: none
  • Trademarks: none
  • Copyrights: none
  • Software used to manage IP: none
  • Percent of revenue on R&D: 25%
  • Percent of revenue to protect IP: none

IP Protection

  • Employee Agreements: yes
  • Non-Disclosure 3rd Party: yes
  • Trade secret agreements 3rd Party: no
  • Prior Act Searches: no
  • Acquisition of necessary IP rights: -na-
  • Annual training of practices with employees: no
  • Written permission from sites linked to: no

Professional Liability Claims

  • Claims: none
  • Notice of reason for claims: none
  • Knowledge of issues that may give rise to claim: no

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