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FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE INC - Quarter Report: 2002 June (Form 10-Q)


                                    FORM 10-Q

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



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

            For the quarterly period ended           June 30, 2002
                                          --------------------------------------

/ /         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 0-23970

                            FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             DELAWARE                                    77-0216135
      (State of Incorporation)                        (I.R.S. Employer
                                                      Identification No.)

           125 Baylis Road
          Melville, New York                               11747
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 631-777-5188

            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  /X/    No  / /

The number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of August 1, 2002
was 45,224,176, which includes redeemable common shares.






                   FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                    FORM 10-Q

                                      INDEX

                                                                            Page

PART I.     Financial Information                                            3

Item 1.     Consolidated Financial Statements                                3

            Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2002
                (unaudited) and December 31, 2001                            3

            Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
                three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001            4

            Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
                six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001                      5

            Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated
                Financial Statements                                         6

Item 2.     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                and Results of Operations                                    9

Item 3.     Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures about Market Risk      18

PART II.    Other Information                                               19

Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders             19

Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                19

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.     Consolidated Financial Statements

                   FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                                                                June 30, 2002   December 31, 2001
                                                                                -------------   -----------------
                              Assets                                             (unaudited)
Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents ................................................   $ 27,838,015    $ 38,370,937
   Marketable securities ....................................................     30,819,875      26,156,180
   Accounts receivable, net .................................................      2,532,878       2,539,987
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets ................................      1,066,955       1,077,017
                                                                                ------------    ------------

            Total current assets ............................................     62,257,723      68,144,121

Property and equipment, net .................................................      2,067,369       1,605,396
Investments .................................................................      2,375,062       2,300,062
Other assets ................................................................      2,422,766       2,421,376
                                                                                ------------    ------------

            Total assets ....................................................   $ 69,122,920    $ 74,470,955
                                                                                ============    ============

                      Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
   Accounts payable .........................................................   $    395,590    $    544,998
   Accrued expenses .........................................................      1,372,416       1,588,723
   Deferred revenue .........................................................        847,415         357,912
   Net liabilities of discontinued operations ...............................      6,556,048       8,134,322
                                                                                ------------    ------------

            Total current liabilities .......................................      9,171,469      10,625,955
                                                                                ------------    ------------

    Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations ........................         60,691         283,428
                                                                                ------------    ------------

Commitments

Stockholders' equity:
   Convertible preferred stock - $.001 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized           --              --
   Common stock - $.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
      45,456,794 and 45,049,379 shares issued, respectively                           45,457          45,049
   Additional paid-in capital ...............................................     79,231,785      77,991,996
   Deferred compensation ....................................................       (703,175)     (1,026,674)
   Accumulated deficit ......................................................    (17,197,525)    (12,151,469)
   Common stock held in treasury, at cost (235,000 shares) ..................     (1,435,130)     (1,220,730)
   Accumulated other comprehensive loss .....................................        (50,652)        (76,600)
                                                                                ------------    ------------

            Total stockholders' equity ......................................     59,890,760      63,561,572
                                                                                ------------    ------------
            Total liabilities and stockholders' equity ......................   $ 69,122,920    $ 74,470,955
                                                                                ============    ============

     See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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                   FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

                                              Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,
                                              ----------------------------   -----------------------------

                                                  2002            2001           2002            2001
                                             ------------    -------------   ------------    ------------
Revenues .................................   $  2,376,618    $     43,400    $  4,357,460    $     43,400

Operating expenses:
   Cost of revenues ......................        574,557         555,174       1,167,809         555,174
   Software development costs ............      1,822,433       1,323,929       3,517,189       2,285,421
   Selling and marketing .................      2,263,565       2,306,433       4,301,355       3,450,703
   General and administrative ............        637,536         610,431       1,255,024       1,495,489
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
                                                5,298,091       4,795,967      10,241,377       7,786,787
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
           Operating loss ................     (2,921,473)     (4,752,567)     (5,883,917)     (7,743,387)
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Interest and other income ................        456,802         305,455         837,861         384,107
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

         Loss before income taxes ........     (2,464,671)     (4,447,112)     (5,046,056)     (7,359,280)

Provision for income taxes ...............           --             1,312            --             1,312
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

         Net loss ........................   $ (2,464,671)   $ (4,448,424)   $ (5,046,056)   $ (7,360,592)
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Beneficial conversion feature attributable
   to convertible preferred stock ........           --         3,896,287            --         3,896,287
                                             ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Net loss attributable to common
   shareholders ..........................   $ (2,464,671)   $ (8,344,711)   $ (5,046,056)   $(11,256,879)
                                             ============    ============    ============    ============

Basic and diluted net loss per share .....   $      (0.05)   $      (0.28)   $      (0.11)   $      (0.38)
                                             ============    ============    ============    ============

Weighted average basic and diluted shares
   outstanding ...........................     45,238,657      30,333,760      45,211,607      29,572,159
                                             ============    ============    ============    ============


     See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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                   FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

                                                      Six Months Ended  Six Months Ended
                                                       June 30, 2002     June 30, 2001
                                                       -------------     -------------
Cash flows from operating activities:
   Net loss .........................................   $ (5,046,056)   $ (7,360,592)
      Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
         used in operating activities:
         Depreciation and amortization ..............        769,194         133,476
         Non-cash professional services expenses ....         16,353         429,671
         Equity-based compensation earned ...........        459,305         217,055
      Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
         Accounts receivable, net ...................          7,109        (459,814)
         Prepaid expenses and other current assets ..         10,062        (118,940)
         Other assets ...............................        (53,890)       (248,197)
         Accounts payable ...........................       (149,408)        510,279
         Accrued expenses ...........................       (216,307)      1,016,940
         Deferred revenue ...........................        489,503         690,400
                                                        ------------    ------------

            Net cash used in operating activities ...     (3,714,135)     (5,189,722)
                                                        ------------    ------------

Cash flows from investing activities:
   Purchase of marketable securities ................    (11,990,346)           --
   Sale of marketable securities ....................      7,326,429            --
   Purchase of investment ...........................        (75,000)           --
   Purchase of property and equipment ...............       (828,667)       (796,267)
   Purchase of software licenses ....................       (350,000)           --
   Payments of liabilities of discontinued operations     (1,801,011)           --
                                                        ------------    ------------

      Net cash used in investing activities .........     (7,718,595)       (796,267)
                                                        ------------    ------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
   Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock ....           --        30,522,086
   Payments to acquire treasury stock ...............       (214,400)           --
   Proceeds from exercise of stock options ..........      1,088,038          58,765
                                                        ------------    ------------

      Net cash provided by financing activities .....        873,638      30,580,851
                                                        ------------    ------------

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash .............         26,170         (19,508)
                                                        ------------    ------------

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents     (10,532,922)     24,575,354

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period ......     38,370,937       7,727,182
                                                        ------------    ------------

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ............   $ 27,838,015    $ 32,302,536
                                                        ============    ============

The Company did not pay any interest expense or income taxes for the six
months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001.

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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                   FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

         Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


(a) The Company and Nature of Operations

FalconStor  Software,  Inc., a Delaware  Corporation (the "Company"),  develops,
manufactures and sells storage networking  infrastructure  software and provides
the related maintenance, implementation and engineering services.

(b) Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated  financial  statements  include the accounts of the Company and
its  wholly  owned  subsidiaries.  All  significant  intercompany  balances  and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

(c) Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001,  included herein have
been prepared,  without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Certain  information  and  note  disclosures   normally  included  in  financial
statements prepared in accordance with accounting  principles generally accepted
in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted  pursuant to such
rules and regulations relating to interim financial statements.

In the opinion of  management,  the  accompanying  unaudited  interim  condensed
consolidated  financial  statements reflect all adjustments,  consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position
of the Company at June 30, 2002 and the results of its  operations for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001.


(d) Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

The Company  considers  all highly liquid  investments  with a maturity of three
months  or  less  when  purchased  to be  cash  equivalents.  Cash  equivalents,
consisting of money market funds and commercial paper, amounted to approximately
$27.5 million at June 30, 2002.  Cash at June 30, 2002 amounted to $0.3 million.
Marketable  securities  at June 30, 2002 amounted to $30.8 million and consisted
of corporate bonds and government securities.

(e)  Revenue Recognition

The  Company  recognizes  revenue  from  software  licenses in  accordance  with
Statement of Position ("SOP") 97-2, Software Revenue  Recognition.  Accordingly,
revenue for  software  licenses is  recognized  when  persuasive  evidence of an
arrangement  exists,  the fee is fixed  and  determinable  and the  software  is
delivered,  provided no  significant  obligations  remain and  collection of the
resulting  receivable is deemed probable.  Software delivered to a customer on a
trial basis is not  recognized  as revenue until a permanent key is delivered to
the customer.  When a customer  licenses  software together with the purchase of
maintenance,  the Company  allocates a portion of the fee to maintenance for its
fair  value  based  on  the  contractual   maintenance  renewal  rate.  Software
maintenance fees are deferred and recognized as revenue ratably over the term of
the  contract.  The cost of providing  technical  support is included in cost of
revenues.

Revenues  associated  with  software  implementation  and  software  engineering
services  are  recognized  as the  services are  performed.  Network  consulting
services,  which are billed on a time and material basis, are also recognized as
revenue when the services are performed.  Costs of providing  these services are
included in cost of revenues.

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The Company has entered into various distribution, licensing and joint promotion
agreements  with OEMs and  distributors,  whereby the Company has  provided  the
reseller a non-exclusive  software license to install the Company's  software on
certain  hardware or to resell the  Company's  software in exchange  for royalty
payments based on the number of products  distributed by the OEM or distributor.
Nonrefundable  advances  received by the Company from an OEM for  royalties  are
recorded as deferred  revenue and  recognized  as revenue when related  software
engineering  services are complete,  if any, and the software  product master is
delivered and accepted.

Revenue  from  maintenance  fees and  services was $278,339 and $624,237 for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively.  All other revenues were
derived from software licenses. Revenues for the three and six months ended June
30, 2001 were  comprised  of $23,000  from  software  licenses  and $20,000 from
network consulting fees.

(f)  Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Basic EPS is computed  based on the weighted  average number of shares of common
stock outstanding.  Diluted EPS is computed based on the weighted average number
of common shares outstanding increased by dilutive common stock equivalents. Due
to a net loss, all common stock  equivalents were excluded from diluted net loss
per share. As of June 30, 2002  potentially  dilutive  common stock  equivalents
included 8,287,118 stock options outstanding.

(g)  Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive  loss amounted to $2,171,997  and  $4,473,931 for the three months
ended June 30, 2002 and 2001,  respectively,  and  $5,020,108 and $7,380,100 for
the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001,  respectively.  Comprehensive  loss
includes the Company's foreign currency  translation  adjustments of $40,319 and
$(25,507) for the three months ended June 20, 2002 and 2001,  respectively,  and
$26,170  and  $(19,508)  for the six  months  ended  June  30,  2002  and  2001,
respectively. Additionally, comprehensive loss includes the Company's unrealized
gains/(losses) on marketable securities of $252,355 and $(222) for the three and
six months ended June 20, 2002, respectively.

(h)  Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial  statements in conformity  with generally  accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect  the  reported  amounts  of assets  and  liabilities  and  disclosure  of
contingent  assets and  liabilities at the date of the financial  statements and
the  reported  amounts of revenues  and expenses  during the  reporting  period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(i) New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2001,  the FASB  issued  SFAS No.  142  "Goodwill  And Other  Intangible
Assets"  ("SFAS No.  142"),  which was effective  January 1, 2002.  SFAS No. 142
establishes accounting and reporting standards for goodwill and other intangible
assets.  In  accordance  with SFAS No.  142,  an entity  can no longer  amortize
goodwill  over its  estimated  useful life.  Rather  goodwill will be subject to
assessments  for  impairment  by applying a  fair-value-based  test.  Intangible
assets must be separately  recognized  and amortized over their useful life. The
Company  adopted SFAS 142  effective  January 1, 2002,  and such adoption had no
impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

The FASB also recently  issued SFAS No. 144,  "Accounting  for the Impairment or
Disposal of  Long-Lived  Assets,"  that is  applicable  to financial  statements
issued for fiscal years  beginning after December 15, 2001. The FASB's new rules
on asset impairment supersede FASB Statement 121, "Accounting for the Impairment
of Long-Lived  Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of," and portions
of APB Opinion 30, "Reporting the Results of Operations." This Standard provides
a  single  accounting  model  for  long-lived  assets  to  be  disposed  of  and
significantly  changes  the  criteria  that would have to be met to  classify an
asset  as  held-for-sale.   Classification  as  held-for-sale  is  an  important
distinction since such assets are not depreciated and are stated at the lower of
fair value and carrying  amount.  This Standard also  requires  expected  future
operating losses from discontinued operations to be recorded in the period(s) in
which  the  losses  are  incurred,  rather  than as of the  measurement  date as
previously required. The Company adopted SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002, and
such adoption had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

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(2) Merger with Network Peripherals Inc.

On  August  22,  2001,   pursuant  to  an  Agreement  and  Plan  of  Merger  and
Reorganization (the "Merger Agreement"),  FalconStor, Inc. ("FalconStor") merged
with Network  Peripherals Inc. ("NPI"),  with NPI as the surviving  corporation.
Under the terms of the Merger  Agreement,  all of FalconStor's  preferred shares
were converted into common shares and the  stockholders  of FalconStor  received
0.721858  shares of NPI common stock for each share of  FalconStor  common stock
that  they  held.  Although  NPI  acquired  FalconStor,   as  a  result  of  the
transaction,  FalconStor stockholders held a majority of the voting interests in
the combined enterprise after the merger. Accordingly,  for accounting purposes,
the acquisition was a "reverse  acquisition"  and FalconStor was the "accounting
acquiror." Further, as a result of NPI's decision on June 1, 2001 to discontinue
its  NuWave  and  legacy  business,  at  the  time  of  the  merger  NPI  was  a
non-operating  public shell with no  continuing  operations,  and no  intangible
assets  associated  with NPI were  purchased  by  FalconStor.  As a result,  the
transaction was accounted for as a  recapitalization  of FalconStor and recorded
based on the fair value of NPI's net  tangible  assets  acquired by  FalconStor,
with no goodwill or other intangible assets being recognized.  Costs incurred by
FalconStor  directly related to the transaction,  amounting to $8,882,998,  were
charged to additional  paid-in  capital.  The conversion of all of  FalconStor's
preferred stock into common stock resulted in an additional 20,207,460 shares of
common stock  outstanding and, for accounting  purposes,  the merger resulted in
the issuance of 13,348,605  common shares to NPI's pre-merger  shareholders.  In
connection with the merger, the name of NPI was changed to FalconStor  Software,
Inc.

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated  financial  information  reflects
NPI as a discontinued  operation and gives effect to the above described  merger
as if the merger had  occurred at the  beginning  of the  respective  periods by
consolidating  the  continuing  results of operations of the Company and NPI for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001.

                                                          Three months Ended               Six months Ended
                                                               June 30,                        June 30,
                                                         2002           2001            2002            2001

Revenues                                            $  2,376,618    $     43,400    $  4,357,460    $     43,400
Net loss from continuing operations                   (2,464,671)     (4,448,424)     (5,046,056)     (7,360,592)
Basic and diluted net
        loss from continuing operations per share   $      (0.05)   $      (0.10)   $      (0.11)   $      (0.17)
Weighted average basic and
       diluted shares outstanding                     45,238,657      43,682,365      45,211,607      42,920,764

The pro forma  information is provided for  illustrative  purposes only and does
not represent what the actual consolidated results of operations would have been
had  the  merger  occurred  on the  dates  assumed,  nor  are  they  necessarily
indicative of future results of operations.

(3) Segment Reporting

         The Company is organized in a single operating  segment for purposes of
making operating decisions and assessing  performance.  Revenues from the United
States to customers in the  following  geographical  areas for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 and the location of long-lived  assets as of
June 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 are summarized as follows:

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                             Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,

                                  2002          2001        2002           2001
                               ----------   -----------  ----------   -----------
Revenues:
United States                  $1,324,595   $   43,400   $2,493,292   $   43,400
Asia and other international    1,052,023         --      1,864,168         --
                               ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------

     Total revenues            $2,376,618   $   43,400   $4,357,460   $   43,400
                               ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========


                                                          June 30,   December 31,
                                                           2002        2001
                                                       ----------   ------------

Long-lived assets (includes all non-current assets):
     United States                                     $6,433,720   $5,963,235
     Asia and other international                         431,477      363,599
                                                       ----------   ----------


               Total long-lived assets                 $6,865,197   $6,326,834
                                                       ==========   ==========

(4) Stockholders' Equity

On May 17, 2002,  the  shareholders  of the Company  approved  amendments to the
Company's 1994 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "1994 Plan")
to (i) increase the number of shares issuable upon exercise of options under the
1994 Plan from 150,000 to 500,000,  (ii)  increase  the initial  grant of shares
underlying options each non-employee  director is entitled to receive on the day
they  become a  non-employee  director  from  15,000 to 50,000  shares of common
stock,  and (iii)  increase the annual grant for shares  underlying  options for
non-employee  directors from 5,000 to 10,000 shares.  Shareholders also approved
an amendment to the  Company's  2000 Stock Option Plan to increase the number of
shares of common  stock  reserved  for issuance  thereunder  by  2,000,000  from
8,662,296 to 10,662,296.

(5) Subsequent Events

On July 3, 2002, FalconStor AC, Inc., a newly formed wholly-owned  subsidiary of
the Company,  acquired all of the common stock of IP Metrics Software, Inc. ("IP
Metrics"),  a provider of intelligent  trunking  software and high  availability
consulting services for mission-critical networks, for $2.5 million in cash plus
payments  contingent on the level of revenues from IP Metrics'  products for the
next twenty-four months.


ITEM 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
          Results of Operations

The following  Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and
Results of Operations contains  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning
of Section 27A of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking  statements can be identified by the
use  of  predictive,   future-tense  or  forward-looking  terminology,  such  as
"believes,"  "anticipates,"  "expects,"  "estimates," "plans," "may," "intends,"
"will," or similar  terms.  Investors  are  cautioned  that any  forward-looking
statements  are not  guarantees of future  performance  and involve  significant
risks and  uncertainties,  and that actual  results may differ  materially  from

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those  projected in the  forward-looking  statements.  The following  discussion
should be read together with the condensed consolidated financial statements and
notes to those statements included elsewhere in this report.


OVERVIEW

FalconStor  was   incorporated  in  Delaware  for  the  purpose  of  developing,
manufacturing  and  selling  storage  networking   infrastructure  software  and
providing the related maintenance,  implementation and engineering services. Our
unique open software approach to storage  networking enables companies to better
capture and  manipulate  the expanding  volume of enterprise  data than existing
storage  solutions,  without rendering those solutions  obsolete.  By moving the
intelligence of storage management from hardware to software, we allow companies
to adopt the  state-of-the-art  Fibre Channel technology while at the same time,
leverage  their  prior  investments  in  Ethernet  information  technology  (IT)
infrastructure,  taking full  advantage of the  ubiquitous  connectivity  of the
industry-standard  Internet  Protocol (IP). Our software  technology can embrace
various  input/output (I/O) interface,  communications  standards and innovative
storage  services as they are introduced.  Our  architecture has been recognized
and  licensed by  partners in Gigabit  Ethernet  Switch,  SCSI-to-Fibre  Channel
Router, Disk-Subsystem and Appliances spaces. We believe our flagship IPStor(TM)
product,  which began  shipping in the second  quarter of 2001, is currently the
only   available   all-software   solution   that   combines   industry-standard
connectivity  with  next-generation  network storage  services,  offering large,
distributed enterprises a complete storage management solution that includes all
four of the key service categories: universal connectivity supporting both Fibre
Channel  and  IP/iSCSI-based  storage  provisioning;   virtualization;   storage
services such as fail-over, mirroring, replication and snapshot; and unified SAN
(storage area network) and NAS (network-attached storage).

From March 2000  through May 2001,  we received  net  proceeds of  approximately
$17.9  million  from the  sale of our  preferred  stock,  which  converted  into
approximately  20.2 million  shares of our common  stock.  Our  operations  from
inception  through  the second  quarter  of 2001 were  mainly  comprised  of the
development  of our core storage  networking  infrastructure  software  product.
During 2000 and the first two quarters of 2001, we were in the development stage
of operations, as a result there were no significant revenues generated from our
planned  principal  operations.  During the second quarter of 2001, we completed
the development of our principal product and released our software.  We began to
generate  significant  revenues from  software  licenses in the third quarter of
2001.

On August 22, 2001, we merged with Network  Peripherals Inc. ("NPI"), a publicly
traded company.  For more information relating to the merger with NPI, including
the accounting  treatment,  see note 2 to the unaudited  condensed  consolidated
financial statements.

Our critical  accounting policies are those related to revenue  recognition.  As
described  in note 1 to our  consolidated  financial  statements,  we  recognize
revenue in  accordance  with the  provisions  of  Statement  of  Position  97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition, as amended. Software license revenue is recognized
only when pervasive  evidence of an arrangement  exists and the fee is fixed and
determinable.  An  arrangement  is evidenced by a signed  customer  contract for
nonrefundable  royalty advances  received from OEMs and, in addition to a signed
agreement with OEMs,  distributors,  and solution  providers (or  resellers),  a
customer  purchase  order  for each  software  license  to be  resold by an OEM,
distributor or solution  provider to an end user. The software  license fees are
fixed and  determinable as our standard  payment terms range from 30 to 90 days,
depending on the regional billing practice,  and we have not provided any of our
customers  extended payment terms.  When a customer  licenses  software together
with  the  purchase  of  maintenance,  we  allocate  a  portion  of  the  fee to
maintenance  for its fair value  based on the  contractual  maintenance  renewal
rate.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 COMPARED TO THE
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2001.

Revenues

Revenues  for the three  months  ended  June 30,  2002 were  approximately  $2.4
million  compared  to $43,000  for the three  months  ended June 30,  2001.  The
increase in revenues was due to the release of our principal  product at the end
of the second  quarter of 2001.  As a result of the release of our  product,  we
recognized  approximately  $2.1  million in revenue from  software  licenses and
approximately  $0.3 million from  maintenance,  implementation  and  engineering
services. For the three months ended June 30, 2001, we generated only $23,000 of
revenues from software  licenses  since our software was not released  until the
end of the second  quarter of 2001. All other revenue in 2001 related to network
consulting fees.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for the three months  ended June 30, 2002  remained  relatively
consistent  at $0.6  million  compared  to the same  period a year ago.  Cost of
revenues consists  primarily of personnel costs associated with providing system
implementations and technical support under maintenance contracts and training.

Gross  profit for the three  months  ended June 30, 2002 was $1.8 million or 76%
compared to $(511,774) for the three months ended June 30, 2001. The increase in
gross profit was due to increased software license revenues  associated with the
release of our software.

Software Development Costs

Software  development  costs  consist  primarily of personnel  costs for product
development personnel and other related costs associated with the development of
new products,  enhancements to existing products, quality assurance and testing.
Software  development costs were approximately $1.8 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2002 compared to approximately  $1.3 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2001. The $0.5 million increase from the prior year is mainly due
to an increase in product development  personnel.  The increase in employees was
needed to enhance and test our core storage networking  infrastructure  software
product, as well as to develop new innovative features and options.

Selling and Marketing

Selling  and  marketing  expenses  consist  primarily  of  sales  and  marketing
personnel costs,  travel,  public relations  expense,  marketing  literature and
promotions, trade show expenses, and the costs associated with our foreign sales
offices.  Selling and  marketing  expenses was $2.3 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2002 and 2001. Personnel related expenses and commission expenses
increased  for the three months ended June 30, 2002 compared to June 30, 2001 as
we expanded our sales force to accommodate our revenue growth. This increase was
offset by a  non-cash  consulting  expense  for option  grants  during the three
months ended June 30, 2001. For the three months ended June 30, 2002, we did not
incur any similar expense.

General and Administrative

General and  administrative  expenses  consist  primarily of personnel  costs of
general and administrative functions, public company related fees, directors and
officers  insurance,  legal and  professional  fees and other general  corporate
overhead costs.  General and  administrative  expenses were $0.6 million for the
three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001.

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Interest and Other Income

Interest  and other income was  approximately  $0.5 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2002 compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30,
2001.  The $0.2 million  increase in interest  income was due to higher  average
cash,  cash  equivalent  and marketable  securities  balances as a result of the
merger with NPI.

RESULTS OF  OPERATIONS - FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002  COMPARED TO THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2001.

Revenues

Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2002 were  approximately $4.4 million
compared  to $43,000 for the six months  ended June 30,  2001.  The  increase in
revenues is due to the release of our principal product at the end of the second
quarter  of 2001.  As a result of the  release  of our  product,  we  recognized
approximately  $3.7 million in revenue from software  licenses and approximately
$0.7 million from maintenance,  implementation and engineering services. For the
six months ended June 30,  2001,  we  generated  only  $23,000 in revenues  from
software  licenses  since our  software  was not  released  until the end of the
second quarter 2001. All other revenue in 2001 was related to network consulting
fees.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2002 was  approximately  $1.2
million compared to approximately $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30,
2001.  The increase in cost of revenues  from the prior year is mainly due to an
increase in employees.  As a result of the release of our software in the second
quarter of 2001, we hired additional employees to help implement and support our
software.

Gross  profit for the six months  ended  June 30,  2002 was $3.2  million or 73%
compared to $(511,774)  for the six months ended June 30, 2001.  The increase in
gross profit was due to increased  revenues  associated  with the release of our
software.

Software Development Costs

Software  development costs were  approximately  $3.5 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2002  compared to  approximately  $2.3 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2001. The $1.2 million increase from the prior year is mainly due
to an increase in product development  personnel.  The increase in employees was
needed to enhance and test our core storage networking  infrastructure  software
product, as well as to develop new innovative features and options.

Selling and Marketing

Selling and marketing expenses increased from approximately $3.5 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2001 to approximately  $4.3 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2002. This increase in selling and marketing  expenses was due to
our product being  released  during the end of the second  quarter of 2001. As a
result of this release,  we expanded our sales force to accommodate  our revenue
growth and we  increased  our  marketing  efforts to promote  our product and to
create brand awareness.

General and Administrative

General and administrative  expenses were approximately $1.3 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2002,  a decrease of  approximately  $0.2 million from the
six months  ended June 30,  2001.  The  decrease in general  and  administrative
expenses was due to a non-cash  consulting  expense for option grants and higher
legal fees for the six months ended June 30, 2001.  These legal expenses related
to our intellectual property. For the six months ended June 30, 2002, we did not
incur any similar expenses.

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Interest and Other Income

Interest  and other  income was  approximately  $0.8  million for the six months
ended June 30, 2002  compared to $0.4  million for the six months ended June 30,
2001.  The $0.4 million  increase in interest  income was due to higher  average
cash,  cash  equivalent  and marketable  securities  balances as a result of the
merger with NPI

Income Taxes

We did not record a tax benefit  associated  with the pre-tax loss incurred from
the period from  inception  (February  10, 2000)  through  June 30, 2002,  as we
deemed that it was more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be
realized  based  on  our  development  and  now  early  stage   operations  and,
accordingly,  we provided a full  valuation  allowance  against the deferred tax
asset.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June  30,  2002,  we had  approximately  $27.8  million  in cash  and cash
equivalents and $30.8 million in marketable  securities.  Subsequent to June 30,
2002, we acquired all of the common stock of IP Metrics for $2.5 million in cash
plus payments  contingent on the level of revenues from IP Metrics' products for
the next twenty-four  months. Net cash used in operating  activities for the six
months  ended June 30,  2002 was $3.7  million  compared to  approximately  $5.2
million  for the six months  ended  June 30,  2001.  The cash used in  operating
activities  for the six months  ended June 30, 2002 was mainly  comprised of the
Company's  net loss of $5.0  million  and a  decrease  in accrued  expenses  and
accounts payable and an increase in other current assets of $0.4 million.  These
amounts  were  partially  offset by  non-cash  expenses  of $1.2  million and an
increase in deferred  revenue of $0.5 million.  Net cash used for the six months
ended  June 30,  2001 was mainly  comprised  of the  Company's  net loss of $7.4
million and  increases  in accounts  receivable  and prepaid  expenses and other
current assets  totaling $0.8 million.  These amounts were  partially  offset by
non-cash  expenses of $0.8 million and  increases in accounts  payable,  accrued
expenses and deferred revenue of $2.2 million.

Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2002 was
approximately  $7.7 million compared to  approximately  $0.8 million for the six
months  ended June 30, 2001.  The increase in cash used by investing  activities
was mainly due to $4.7 million in net purchases of marketable  securities,  $1.8
million in payments of liabilities of discontinued  operations,  $0.8 million in
purchases of property and  equipment,  and $0.4 million in purchases of software
licenses.  For the six  months  ended  June  30,  2001,  the net  cash  used was
attributable to purchases of property and equipment.

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $0.9 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2002.  This amount was  comprised of $1.1 million from
proceeds  related to the exercise of stock options  partially offset by payments
to acquire  treasury  stock of $0.2  million.  Net cash  provided  by  financing
activities  for the six  months  ended  June 30,  2001 was  approximately  $30.6
million,  which was mainly  comprised of proceeds from the issuance of preferred
stock.

As of  June  30,  2002,  we had  $6.6  million  of  liabilities  related  to the
discontinued operations of NPI.

In October 2001,  our Board of Directors  authorized the repurchase of up to two
million  shares of our  outstanding  stock,  of which  235,000  shares have been
purchased through June 30, 2002.

Our principal  sources of liquidity are cash,  cash  equivalents  and marketable
securities,  which  are  expected  to be used for  general  corporate  purposes,
including expansion of operations and capital expenditures.

We believe that our current  balance of cash,  cash  equivalents  and marketable
securities  and expected cash flows from  operations  will be sufficient to meet
our cash requirements for at least the next twelve months.

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Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2001,  the FASB  issued  SFAS No.  142  "Goodwill  And Other  Intangible
Assets"  ("SFAS No.  142"),  which was effective  January 1, 2002.  SFAS No. 142
establishes accounting and reporting standards for goodwill and other intangible
assets.  In  accordance  with SFAS No.  142,  an entity  can no longer  amortize
goodwill  over its  estimated  useful life.  Rather  goodwill will be subject to
assessments  for  impairment  by applying a  fair-value-based  test.  Intangible
assets must be separately  recognized  and amortized  over the useful life.  The
Company  adopted SFAS 142  effective  January 1, 2002,  and such adoption had no
impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

The FASB also recently  issued SFAS No. 144,  "Accounting  for the Impairment or
Disposal of  Long-Lived  Assets,"  that is  applicable  to financial  statements
issued for fiscal years  beginning after December 15, 2001. The FASB's new rules
on asset impairment supersede FASB Statement 121, "Accounting for the Impairment
of Long-Lived  Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of," and portions
of APB Opinion 30, "Reporting the Results of Operations." This Standard provides
a  single  accounting  model  for  long-lived  assets  to  be  disposed  of  and
significantly  changes  the  criteria  that would have to be met to  classify an
asset  as  held-for-sale.   Classification  as  held-for-sale  is  an  important
distinction since such assets are not depreciated and are stated at the lower of
fair value and carrying  amount.  This Standard also  requires  expected  future
operating losses from discontinued operations to be recorded in the period(s) in
which  the  losses  are  incurred,  rather  than as of the  measurement  date as
previously required. The Company adopted SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002, and
such adoption had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.


                                  RISK FACTORS

We have had limited revenues and a history of losses,  and we may not achieve or
maintain profitability.

         Due to the early stage of our product, we have had limited revenues and
a history of losses.  For the year ended  December  31,  2001 and the six months
ended June 30, 2002, we had revenues of $5,591,729 and $4,357,460, respectively.
For the period from inception  (February 10, 2000) through June 30, 2002 and for
the three  months  ended June 30,  2002,  we had a net loss of  $17,197,525  and
$2,464,671,  respectively.  We have signed contracts with resellers and original
equipment  manufacturers,  or  OEMs,  and  believe  that as a  result  of  these
contracts,  our  revenues  should  increase in the future.  Our  business  model
depends  upon  signing   agreements  with  additional  OEM  customers,   further
developing our reseller sales channel, and expanding our direct sales force. Any
difficulty  in  obtaining  these OEM and  reseller  customers  or in  attracting
qualified sales personnel will negatively impact our financial performance.

Failure to achieve  anticipated  growth could harm our  business  and  operating
results.

         Achieving  our  anticipated  growth will depend on a number of factors,
some of which include:

o        retention of key management, marketing and technical personnel;

o        our ability to increase our customer  base and to increase the sales of
         our products; and

o        competitive   conditions  in  the  storage  networking   infrastructure
         software market.

         We cannot assure you that the anticipated growth will be achieved.  The
failure  to  achieve  anticipated  growth  could  harm our  business,  financial
condition and operating results.

The market for ip-based storage solutions is new and uncertain, and our business
will suffer if it does not develop as we expect.

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         The rapid adoption of Internet protocol (IP)-based storage solutions is
critical  to our future  success.  The market for  IP-based  solutions  is still
unproven,  making it difficult to predict its  potential  size or future  growth
rate, and there are currently only a handful of companies with IP-based  storage
products that are  commercially  available.  Most potential  customers have made
substantial investments in their current storage networking infrastructure,  and
they may elect to remain  with  current  network  architectures  or to adopt new
architecture,  in limited stages or over extended  periods of time. We will need
to convince these  potential  customers of the benefits of our IP-based  storage
products for future storage network  infrastructure  upgrades or expansions.  We
cannot be certain  that a viable  market  for our  products  will  develop or be
sustainable.  If this market does not develop,  or develops  more slowly than we
expect,  our business,  financial  condition and results of operations  would be
seriously harmed.

If we are unable to develop and manufacture new products that address additional
storage  networking  infrastructure  software  market  segments,  our  operating
results may suffer.

         Although  our  current  products  are  designed  for  one of  the  most
significant segments of the storage networking  infrastructure  software market,
demand may shift to other market segments.  Accordingly,  we may need to develop
and  manufacture  new  products  that  address   additional  storage  networking
infrastructure  software  market  segments and emerging  technologies  to remain
competitive in the data storage software industry.  We cannot assure you that we
will  successfully  qualify  new  storage  networking   infrastructure  software
products  with  our  customers  by  meeting  customer  performance  and  quality
specifications or quickly achieve high volume  production of storage  networking
infrastructure  software  products.  Any  failure to address  additional  market
segments could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our complex  products  may have errors or defects  that could  result in reduced
demand for our products or costly litigation.

         Our IPStor platform is complex and designed to be deployed in large and
complex networks. Many of our customers have unique  infrastructures,  which may
require  additional  professional  services  in order for our  software  to work
within their  infrastructure.  Because our products are critical to the networks
of our customers,  any significant  interruption in their service as a result of
defects in our  product  within our  customers'  networks  could  result in lost
profits  or damage to our  customers.  These  problems  could  cause us to incur
significant  service and  warranty  costs,  divert  engineering  personnel  from
product  development  efforts and  significantly  impair our ability to maintain
existing  customer  relationships  and attract new  customers.  In  addition,  a
product  liability  claim,  whether  successful  or not,  would  likely  be time
consuming  and  expensive  to  resolve  and  would  divert  management  time and
attention.  Further,  if we are unable to fix the errors or other  problems that
may be  identified in full  deployment,  we would likely  experience  loss of or
delay in revenues and loss of market share and our business and prospects  would
suffer.

Our future quarterly results may fluctuate significantly,  which could cause our
stock price to decline.

         Our future performance will depend on many factors, including:

o        the timing of securing  software license  contracts and the delivery of
         software and related revenue recognition;

o        the average unit selling price of our products;

o        existing or new competitors  introducing better products at competitive
         prices before we do;

o        our ability to manage successfully the complex and difficult process of
         qualifying our products with our customers;

o        our customers canceling,  rescheduling or deferring  significant orders
         for our  products,  particularly  in  anticipation  of new  products or
         enhancements from us or our competitors;

o        import or export restrictions on our proprietary technology; and

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o        personnel changes.

         Many of our expenses are  relatively  fixed and  difficult to reduce or
modify.  As a result,  the fixed nature of our expenses will magnify any adverse
effect of a decrease in revenue on our operating results.

The storage networking  infrastructure software market is highly competitive and
intense competition could negatively impact our business.

         The storage  networking  infrastructure  software  market is  intensely
competitive even during periods when demand is stable.  Our management  believes
that we compete primarily with Network Appliance and Veritas.  Those competitors
and other potential  competitors  may be able to establish  rapidly or to expand
storage networking  infrastructure software offerings more quickly, adapt to new
technologies and customer requirements faster, and take advantage of acquisition
and other opportunities more readily.

         Our competitors also may:

o        consolidate or establish  strategic  relationships  among themselves to
         lower their  product  costs or to otherwise  compete  more  effectively
         against us; or

o        bundle their products with other products to increase  demand for their
         products.

         In  addition,  some  OEMs  with  whom  we do  business,  or  hope to do
business,  may enter the market directly and rapidly capture market share. If we
fail  to  compete  successfully  against  current  or  future  competitors,  our
business, financial condition and operating results may suffer.

The loss of any of our key personnel could harm our business.

         Our  success  depends  upon  the  continued  contributions  of our  key
employees,  many of whom would be extremely difficult to replace. We do not have
key person life insurance on any of our personnel. Many of our senior management
and a significant  number of our other  employees  have been with us for a short
period of time.  Worldwide  competition  for  skilled  employees  in the storage
networking  infrastructure  software  industry is extremely  intense.  If we are
unable to retain existing employees or to hire and integrate new employees,  our
business,  financial  condition and operating results could suffer. In addition,
companies whose employees accept positions with competitors often claim that the
competitors  have engaged in unfair hiring  practices.  We may be the subject of
such claims in the future as we seek to hire qualified personnel and could incur
substantial costs defending ourselves against those claims.

Our board of directors may  selectively  release shares of our common stock from
lock-up restrictions.

         Currently,  approximately  28.6 million  shares of our common stock are
subject to  contractual  lock-up  restrictions  expiring on April 30, 2003,  and
approximately  0.9 million shares of our common stock are subject to contractual
lock-up restrictions expiring on August 22, 2002. Our board of directors may, in
its sole  discretion,  release any or all of the shares of our common stock from
lock-up  restrictions  at any time with or without  notice.  Any release of such
shares from lock-up  restrictions may be applied on a proportionate or selective
basis. If the release is selectively  applied, the stockholders whose shares are
not  released  will be forced to hold such shares while other  stockholders  may
sell.  In addition,  the release of any of such shares  could  depress our stock
price.

If we are unable to protect our intellectual property, our business will suffer.

         Our success is dependent upon our  proprietary  technology.  Currently,
the IPStor  software suite is the core of our  proprietary  technology.  We have
nine pending  patent  applications  and twenty  pending  trademark  applications
related to our IPStor product. We cannot predict whether we will receive patents

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for our pending or future  patent  applications,  and any patents that we own or
that  are  issued  to us may be  invalidated,  circumvented  or  challenged.  In
addition,  the laws of certain  countries in which we sell and  manufacture  our
products,  including various countries in Asia, may not protect our products and
intellectual  property  rights  to the same  extent  as the  laws of the  United
States.

         We also rely on trade secret,  copyright and trademark laws, as well as
the  confidentiality  and other  restrictions  contained in our respective sales
contracts  and  confidentiality  agreements to protect our  proprietary  rights.
These legal protections afford only limited protection.

Our  technology  may be  subject  to  infringement  claims  that  could harm our
business.

         We may  become  subject to  litigation  regarding  infringement  claims
alleged by third parties.  If an action is commenced  against us, our management
may have to devote  substantial  attention and resources to defend these claims.
An  unfavorable  result for the Company could have a material  adverse effect on
our business,  financial  condition  and  operating  results and could limit our
ability to use our intellectual property.

Our efforts to protect our intellectual property may cause us to become involved
in costly and lengthy litigation, which could seriously harm our business.

     In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States
involving  patents,  trademarks and other  intellectual  property rights.  Legal
proceedings could subject us to significant  liability for damages or invalidate
our  intellectual  property rights.  Any litigation,  regardless of its outcome,
would  likely be time  consuming  and  expensive  to  resolve  and would  divert
management's time and attention.  Any potential intellectual property litigation
against us could force us to take specific actions, including:

     o   cease  selling  our  products  that  use  the  challenged  intellectual
         property;

     o   obtain from the owner of the infringed  intellectual  property  right a
         license to sell or use the  relevant  technology  or  trademark,  which
         license may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all; or

     o   redesign those products that use  infringing  intellectual  property or
         cease to use an infringing trademark.

We have a significant  amount of authorized but unissued  preferred stock, which
may affect the likelihood of a change of control in our Company.

         Our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the
stockholders,  to issue up to 2,000,000  shares of preferred stock on such terms
and  with  such  rights,  preferences  and  designations,   including,   without
limitation  restricting  dividends on our common  stock,  dilution of the voting
power of our common stock and impairing the liquidation rights of the holders of
our  common  stock,  as  the  Board  may  determine  without  any  vote  of  the
stockholders.  Issuance  of such  preferred  stock,  depending  upon the rights,
preferences and designations thereof may have the effect of delaying,  deterring
or  preventing  a  change  in  control.  In  addition,  certain  "anti-takeover"
provisions of the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law,  among other things,  may
restrict  the  ability  of our  stockholders  to  authorize  a merger,  business
combination  or change of  control.  Finally,  we have  entered  into  change of
control agreements with certain executives.

We have a significant number of outstanding options, the exercise of which would
dilute the then-existing stockholders' percentage ownership of our common stock.

         As of June  30,  2002,  we have  outstanding  options  to  purchase  an
aggregate of 8,287,118 shares of our common stock at a weighted average exercise
price of $3.57 per share.

         The  exercise  of all of  the  outstanding  options  would  dilute  the
then-existing  stockholders' percentage ownership of common stock, and any sales
in the public  market of the common  stock  issuable  upon such  exercise  could
adversely affect prevailing market prices for the common stock. In addition, the

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existence of a significant  amount of  outstanding  options may encourage  short
selling by the option  holders  since the  exercise of the  outstanding  options
could depress the price of our common stock.  Moreover,  the terms upon which we
would be able to obtain  additional  equity capital could be adversely  affected
because  the holders of such  securities  can be expected to exercise or convert
them at a time when we would,  in all  likelihood,  be able to obtain any needed
capital on terms more favorable than those provided by such securities.

Network  peripherals  inc. Has  liabilities  and ongoing  obligations to certain
customers and suppliers as a result of the winding down of its business.

            Network  Peripherals  Inc.  had  existing  agreements  with  certain
suppliers and customers.  NPI may have liabilities to certain existing customers
and suppliers as a result of the termination of these  agreements.  While we are
taking steps to minimize any such  potential  liability,  we cannot be sure that
our efforts to remove all such liability will be successful.

We may not successfully integrate the products, technologies or businesses from,
or realize the intended benefits of our recent acquisition.

 After the end of the quarter,  we purchased IP Metrics Software,  Inc., for the
purpose of complementing and expanding our business. Integration of the acquired
products,   technologies  and  business,  could  divert  management's  time  and
resources.  Further,  we may not be  able to  properly  integrate  the  acquired
products,  technologies or business,  with our existing products and operations,
train,  retain and motivate  personnel  from the acquired  business,  or combine
potentially  different corporate  cultures.  If we are unable to fully integrate
the acquired products,  technologies or business,  or train, retain and motivate
personnel from the acquired  business,  we may not receive the intended benefits
of the  acquisition,  which  could  harm our  business,  operating  results  and
financial condition.


Item 3.      Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risks. Our return on our investments in cash, cash equivalents and
marketable  securities  is subject to interest rate risks.  We regularly  assess
these risks and have established  policies and business  practices to manage the
market risk of our marketable securities.

Foreign  Currency  Risk.  We have  several  offices  outside the United  States.
Accordingly,  we are  subject to  exposure  from  adverse  movements  in foreign
currency   exchange  rates.  The  effect  of  foreign  currency   exchange  rate
fluctuations  have  not  been  material  since  our  inception.  We do  not  use
derivative financial instruments to limit our foreign currency risk exposure.

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PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

            The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 17, 2002.
            38,604,421  shares of Common Stock,  85% of the outstanding  shares,
            were represented in person or by proxy.

            Steven R.  Fischer was elected to serve as a director of the Company
            for a term  expiring in 2005 with  38,288,963  shares voted in favor
            and 315,458 shares withheld.

            Amendments to the Company's 1994 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan
            were  approved  with  35,536,561  shares  voted in favor,  3,005,117
            shares voted against, and 62,743 shares abstained.

            An  amendment to the  Company's  2000 Stock Option Plan was approved
            with  35,370,325  shares  voted in  favor,  3,159,389  shares  voted
            against, and 74,707 shares abstained.

            The selection of KPMG LLP as independent accountants for the Company
            was approved with 38,389,295  shares voted in favor,  201,508 shares
            voted against, and 13,618 shares abstained.



ITEM 6.    Exhibits and Reports On Form 8-K

           (a)   Exhibits

                    99.1      Stock  Purchase  Agreement  dated July 1, 2002, by
                              and  among  IP  Metrics   Software,   Inc.,  David
                              Wilbanks,  Brett  Dolecheck,   Mike  Reyero,  Mark
                              Coker,   FalconStor   AC,  Inc.,   and  FalconStor
                              Software, Inc.

                    99.2      Amendments  to the 1994  Outside  Directors  Stock
                              Option Plan.

                    99.3      Amendments to the 2000 Stock Option Plan.

                    99.4      Certification  of the Chief Executive  Officer and
                              the Chief Financial Officer.



           (b)   Reports on Form 8-K

                 On July 16, 2002, we filed a Form 8-K under Item 5.

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                                   SIGNATURES

            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 thereunto duly authorized.



                                           FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC.

                                           /s/ ReiJane Huai
                                           ----------------
                                           ReiJane Huai
                                           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                                           /s/ Jacob Ferng
                                           ---------------
                                           Jacob Ferng
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
                                           (Principal Accounting Officer)

August 13, 2002