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As filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration Statement No. 333-164619
   PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT   
(To Prospectus dated March 10, 2010)
 
4,258,042 Shares

 
Common Stock

We are selling 3,775,000 shares of common stock and the selling stockholders are selling 483,042 shares of common stock. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by selling stockholders.
 
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SNCR.” The closing price of the common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 17, 2010 was $25.99 per share.
 
We have granted the underwriters an option to purchase a maximum of 638,706 additional shares to cover over-allotments of shares.
 
Investing in the common stock involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-3 of this prospectus supplement.

 	 	 	 	Underwriting
	 	 	 	Proceeds to
	
 	 	Price to
	 	Discounts and
	 	Proceeds to
	 	Selling
	
 	 	Public	 	Commissions	 	Issuer	 	Stockholders	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Per Share	 	$25.4000	 	$1.1430	 	$24.2570	 	$24.2570	
Total	 	$108,154,266.80	 	$4,866,942.00	 	$91,570,175.00	 	$11,717,149.79	
 
Delivery of the shares of common stock will be made on or about November 23, 2010.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
Credit Suisse	 	
 	Deutsche Bank Securities	 	
 	Goldman, Sachs & Co.	
 
Stifel Nicolaus Weisel	 	
 	Raymond James	 	
 	Lazard Capital Markets	 	
 	Wedbush Securities	
 
The date of this prospectus supplement is November 17, 2010

 
 
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Prospectus Supplement
 	 	 	 	 	
STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION	 	 	S-iii	 	
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY	 	 	S-1	 	
RISK FACTORS	 	 	S-3	 	
USE OF PROCEEDS	 	 	S-5	 	
CAPITALIZATION	 	 	S-6	 	
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY	 	 	S-7	 	
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS	 	 	S-8	 	
UNDERWRITING	 	 	S-10	 	
LEGAL MATTERS	 	 	S-15	 	
EXPERTS	 	 	S-15	 	
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE	 	 	S-16	 	

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Prospectus	 	 	 	 	
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS	 	 	2	 	
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION	 	 	2	 	
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE	 	 	2	 	
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS	 	 	3	 	
THE COMPANY	 	 	4	 	
OUR CORPORATE INFORMATION	 	 	4	 	
RISK FACTORS	 	 	5	 	
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	14	 	
USE OF PROCEEDS	 	 	26	 	
RATIO OF FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS TO EARNINGS	 	 	26	 	
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS	 	 	26	 	
DIVIDEND POLICY	 	 	26	 	
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	 	 	26	 	
LEGAL MATTERS	 	 	27	 	
EXPERTS	 	 	27	 	

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 
This document consists of two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering. The second part is the accompanying prospectus, which describes more general information, some of which may not apply to this offering. You should read both this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, together with additional information described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation by Reference” below.
 
If the description of the offering varies between this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.
 
Any statement made in this prospectus supplement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus supplement or in any other subsequently filed document that is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus supplement. See “Incorporation by Reference.”
 
We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses we have prepared. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any such free writing prospectus is an offer to sell only the shares of common stock offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, any related free writing prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus supplement. Also, you should not assume that there has been no change in the affairs of our company since the date of this prospectus supplement. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.
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STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
 
This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference contain 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. Forward-looking statements include statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or which include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” or variations or negatives thereof or by similar or comparable words or phrases. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects and possible future actions by us that may be provided by management are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about our company and economic and market factors in the countries in which we do business, among other things. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and we have no specific intention to update these statements and undertake no obligation to do so.
 
Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. The principal risk factors that could cause our actual performance and future events and actions to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include loss of customers, the deterioration of our relationship with any of our main customers, our failure to anticipate and adapt to future changes in our industry, lack of growth in communications services transactions on the Internet and a decline in subscribers to the wireless industry. These factors and other factors are discussed more fully herein under the heading “Risk Factors” and in our filings with the SEC incorporated in this prospectus by reference.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
 
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information and our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our securities. You should read the entire prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, together with the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, carefully.
 
Our Company
 
Overview
 
We are a leading provider of on-demand transaction management platforms that enable communications service providers (CSPs), cable operators / multi-service operators (MSOs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with embedded connectivity (e.g. smartphones, laptops, netbooks and mobile Internet devices, among others), e-Tailers / retailers and other customers to accelerate and monetize their go-to-market strategies for connected devices. This includes automating subscriber activation, order management and service provisioning from any channel (e.g., e-commerce, telesales, customer stores, indirect and other retail outlets, etc.) to any communication service (e.g., wireless(2G, 3G, 4G), high speed access, local access, IPTV, cable, satellite TV, etc.) across any connected device type and content transfer. Our ConvergenceNow ® , ConvergenceNow ®  Plus +  and InterconnectNow TM  platforms provide end-to-end seamless integration between customer-facing channels/applications, communication services, or devices and “back-office” infrastructure-related systems and processes. Our customers rely on our cloud-based solutions and technology to automate the process of activating customers while delivering additional communication services, including new service offerings and ongoing customer care. Our platforms are designed to be flexible and scalable to enable multiple converged communication services to be managed across multiple distribution channels allowing us to meet the rapidly changing and converging services and connected devices offered by our customers. We enable our customers to acquire, retain and service subscribers quickly, reliably and cost-effectively by simplifying the processes associated with managing the customer experience for ordering and activating connected devices and services through the use of our platforms.
 
On July 19, 2010, we acquired fusionOne, Inc. (fusionOne). fusionOne provides internet synchronization technology and marketing services that make information access seamless and simple across multiple communications and computing devices across both compatible and traditionally incompatible systems. In addition, fusionOne has expanded its technology to provide personal content management applications for mobile phone users, which includes affordable backup of the user’s address book, calendar, pictures and downloaded content.
 
Our customers include tier 1 service providers such as AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless and Vodafone, tier 1 cable operators / MSOs like Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast and Time Warner Cable and large OEMs / e-Tailers such as Apple, Dell and Nokia. These customers utilize our platforms, technology and services to service both consumer and business customers.
 
Corporate Information
 
We were incorporated in Delaware in 2000. Our principal executive offices are located at 750 Route 202 South, Suite 600, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 and our telephone number is (866) 620-3940. Our Web site address is www.synchronoss.com. The information on, or that can be accessed through, our Web site is not part of this prospectus.
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THE OFFERING

Common stock offered by us	 	3,775,000	
 	 	 	
Common stock offered by the selling stockholders	 	483,042	
 	 	 	
Over-allotment option	 	We have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 638,706 additional shares of common stock to cover over allotment, if any.	
 	 	 	
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering	 	35,785,662 (or 36,424,368 if the underwriting over-allotment option is exercised in full)	
 	 	 	
Use of proceeds	 	We expect the net proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock being offered by us under this prospectus supplement will be approximately $91.172 million (or approximately $106.665 million if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full), after deducting the underwriting fees and our estimated offering expenses. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering by the selling stockholders. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, working capital and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire other businesses or technologies. Our board of directors will have broad discretion in determining how any net proceeds will be used.	
 	 	 	
Dividend policy	 	Currently, we do not anticipate paying cash dividends.	
 	 	 	
Risk factors	 	You should read the “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-3 of this prospectus supplement as well as the risk factors that are described in the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement for a discussion of factors that you should consider carefully before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.	
 	 	 	
NASDAQ Global Select Market symbol	 	SNCR	
 
The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding following this offering is based on 32,010,662 shares of common stock outstanding on November 9, 2010, and excludes:

 	• 	5,429,043 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of November 9, 2010 at a weighted average exercise price of $15.21 per share; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	297,750 shares of common stock reserved as of November 9, 2010 for future issuance under our stock-based compensation plans.	
 
Unless otherwise indicated, this prospectus reflects and assumes the following:

 	• 	No exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.	

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RISK FACTORS
 
Any investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described in the accompanying prospectus under “Risk Factors,” and all other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, before you decide whether to purchase our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also become important factors that may harm our business. The occurrence of any of such risks could harm our business. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks and uncertainties, and you may lose part or all of your investment.
 
Risks Related to the Offering
 
Our Stock Price May Be Volatile and You May Not Be Able to Resell Shares of Our Common Stock At or Above the Price You Paid.
 
The trading prices of the securities of technology companies have historically been highly volatile. Accordingly, the trading price of our common stock is likely to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, including, but not limited to: variations in our operating results; announcements of technological innovations, new services or service enhancements, strategic alliances or significant agreements by us or by our competitors; the gain or loss of significant customers; the recruitment or departure of key personnel; changes in the estimates of our operating results or changes in recommendations by any securities analysts that follow or elect to follow our common stock; market conditions in our industry, the industries of our customers and the economy as a whole; and the adoption or modification of regulations, policies, procedures or programs applicable to our business. Additionally, the price of our common stock may continue to fluctuate greatly in the future due to factors that are non-company specific, such as a decline in economic conditions in the United States or globally, acts of terror against the United States, war or due to a variety of company specific factors, including quarter to quarter variations in our operating results, shortfalls in revenue, gross margin or earnings from levels estimated or projected by securities analysts and the other factors discussed in these risk factors.
 
In addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences continued or greater loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, operating results or financial condition. The trading price of our common stock might also decline in reaction to events that affect other companies in our industry, even if these events do not directly affect us. Each of these factors, among others, could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our common stock. Some companies that have had volatile market prices for their securities have had securities class actions filed against them. If a suit were filed against us, regardless of the outcome, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Future Sales of Shares of Common Stock in the Public Market by Existing Stockholders Could Cause Our Stock Price to Decline.
 
Sales of a substantial number of shares of common stock in the public market by our current stockholders, or the threat that substantial sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly or make it difficult for us to raise additional capital by selling stock. Furthermore, we have various equity incentive plans that provide for awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. As of September 30, 2010, the aggregate number of shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to outstanding awards granted under these plans was approximately 5,375,381 shares (approximately 2,534,302 of which have vested). In addition, approximately 2,625,341 shares may be issued in connection with future awards under our equity incentive plans. Shares of common stock issued under these plans are freely transferable without further registration under the Securities Act, except for any shares held by an affiliate, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock or the effect, if any, that future issuances and sales of shares of our common stock will have on the market price of our common stock.
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Our Board of Directors Will Have Broad Discretion Over the Use of the Proceeds We Receive in This Offering and Might Not Apply the Proceeds in Ways That Increase the Value of Your Investment.
 
Our board of directors will have broad discretion to use the net proceeds from any offerings under this prospectus supplement, and you will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors regarding the application of these proceeds. They might not apply the net proceeds of this offering in ways that increase the value of your investment. We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions. You will not have the opportunity to influence our decisions on how to use the proceeds.
 
If Securities or Industry Analysts Do Not Publish Research or Reports or Publish Unfavorable Research About Our Business, Our Stock Price and Trading Volume Could Decline.
 
The trading market for our common stock will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. We currently have research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to regularly publish reports on us, interest in the purchase of our stock could decrease, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
 
Delaware Law and Provisions in Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws Could Make a Merger, Tender Offer or Proxy Contest Difficult, Therefore Depressing the Trading Price of Our Common Stock.
 
We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in our management or control over us that stockholders may consider favorable. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws:

 	• 	authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to thwart a takeover attempt;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow holders of less than a majority of the stock to elect some directors;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	establish a classified board of directors, as a result of which the successors to the directors whose terms have expired will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following election;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	require that directors only be removed from office for cause;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	provide that vacancies on the board of directors, including newly-created directorships, may be filled only by a majority vote of directors then in office;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	limit who may call special meetings of stockholders;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	prohibit stockholder action by written consent, requiring all actions to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	establish advance notice requirements for nominating candidates for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.	
 
For information regarding these and other provisions, please see “Description of Securities” in the accompanying prospectus.
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We may incur significant fluctuations in acquisition-related costs (credits) associated with changes in fair value of contingent consideration liability in connection with the fusionOne acquisition. Any changes would be recognized in our earnings, which may affect the price of our common stock.
 
The accounting principle for business combinations requires us to estimate the fair value of contingent consideration as of the acquisition date. Subsequent to the acquisition date, any change in the estimate of the fair value of the contingent consideration is recognized in earnings in the period of the change in estimate. Each reporting period, we will estimate the change in the fair value of the contingent consideration and any change in fair value will be recognized in our statement of income. The estimate of the fair value of the contingent consideration requires subjective assumptions to be made of various potential operating result scenarios. Future revisions to these assumptions could materially change the estimate of the fair value of the contingent consideration and therefore materially affect our future financial results. Any change in earnings could affect the price of our common stock.
 
We may engage in future acquisitions that could disrupt our business and cause dilution to our stockholders.
 
In July 2010, we acquired fusionOne. In the future we may acquire other businesses, products or technologies. Our experience in integrating acquisitions is limited. Our acquisition of fusionOne and any acquisitions that we complete may not ultimately strengthen our competitive position or achieve our goals, or the acquisition may be viewed negatively by customers, financial markets or investors. In addition, we may encounter difficulties in integrating personnel, operations, technologies or products from fusionOne and any other acquired businesses and in retaining and motivating key personnel from these businesses. Acquisitions may disrupt our ongoing operations, divert management from day-to-day responsibilities and increase our expenses. Acquisitions may reduce our cash available for operations and other uses and could result in an increase in amortization expense related to identifiable assets acquired, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt.
 
We have no current plans to pay dividends on our common stock, and our ability to pay dividends on our shares of common stock may be limited.
 
We have no current plans to commence payment of a dividend on our common stock. Our payment of dividends, if any, on our common stock in the future will be determined by our board of directors in its discretion and will depend on many factors, including, among other things, business conditions, our financial condition, earnings and liquidity, and contractual and other legal restrictions.
 
Our ability to use net operating losses to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.
 
In general, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to limitations on its ability to utilize its pre-change net operating losses, or NOLs, to offset future taxable income. Our ability to utilize NOLs of companies that we may acquire in the future may be subject to limitations. Future changes in our stock ownership, some of which are outside of our control, could result in an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. For these reasons, we may not be able to utilize a material portion of the NOLs reflected on our balance sheet, even if we maintain profitability.
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We expect the net proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock being offered by us under this prospectus supplement will be approximately $91.172 million (or approximately $106.665 million if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full), after deducting the underwriting fees and our estimated offering expenses. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering by the selling stockholders. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, working capital and capital expenditures. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire other businesses or technologies. Our board of directors will have broad discretion in determining how any net proceeds will be used.
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CAPITALIZATION
 
The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of September 30, 2010:

 	• 	on an actual basis; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	on as adjusted basis to give effect to the common stock we are selling in this offering (3,775,000 shares).	
 
You should read the information in this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds,” and under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of and Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and in our Quarterly Report for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.

 	 	As of September 30, 2010	 	
 	 	Actual	 	 	As Adjusted	 	
 	 	(unaudited)	 	
 	 	(In thousands)	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cash and cash equivalents(1)	 	$	63,116	 	 	$	154,288	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Long term obligations:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lease financing obligation	 	$	9,194	 	 	$	9,194	 	
Contingent consideration obligation	 	 	11,317	 	 	 	11,317	 	
Long term liabilities	 	 	1,195	 	 	 	1,195	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total long term obligations	 	 	21,706	 	 	 	21,706	 	
Shareholders’ equity:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010	 	 	—	 	 	 	—	 	
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized, 33,810 shares issued, and 31,810 outstanding at September 30, 2010, actual; and 35,585 outstanding, as adjusted	 	 	3	 	 	 	4	 	
Additional paid-in capital	 	 	137,114	 	 	 	228,181	 	
Treasury stock, at cost (2,000 shares at September 30, 2010)	 	 	(23,713	)	 	 	(23,713	)	
Accumulated other comprehensive income	 	 	91	 	 	 	91	 	
Retained earnings	 	 	60,212	 	 	 	60,212	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total stockholders’ equity	 	 	173,707	 	 	 	264,775	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total capitalization	 	$	195,413	 	 	$	286,481	 	

 
 	 	 	
(1)	 	Assumes that net proceeds of common stock we are selling will be held initially as cash and cash equivalents.	

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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY
 
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SNCR.” As of November 9, 2010, we had 32,010,662 common stock issued and outstanding.
 
We have not historically paid or declared dividends. We currently intend to retain earnings for acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. We have no current plans to pay dividends.
 
High and low sales prices (as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market) for our common stock for each quarter during 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

 	 	High	 	 	Low	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Year ended December 31, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fourth Quarter (through November 17, 2010)	 	$	28.14	 	 	$	17.54	 	
Third Quarter	 	 	20.27	 	 	 	14.63	 	
Second Quarter	 	 	22.07	 	 	 	18.20	 	
First Quarter	 	 	20.89	 	 	 	15.65	 	
Year ended December 31, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fourth Quarter	 	$	16.07	 	 	$	11.30	 	
Third Quarter	 	 	13.91	 	 	 	10.02	 	
Second Quarter	 	 	14.45	 	 	 	10.65	 	
First Quarter	 	 	13.45	 	 	 	7.92	 	
Year ended December 31, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fourth Quarter	 	$	10.95	 	 	$	5.52	 	
Third Quarter	 	 	13.98	 	 	 	8.18	 	
Second Quarter	 	 	23.54	 	 	 	8.93	 	
First Quarter	 	 	37.75	 	 	 	15.15	 	

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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
The table below sets forth the following information regarding the selling stockholders as of November 9, 2010: the number and percentage of total outstanding shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling stockholder prior to this offering; the number of common stock to be offered by each selling stockholder; and the number and percentage of total outstanding common stock to be beneficially owned by each selling stockholder after completion of this offering (assuming the underwriter’s over-allotment option is not exercised and assuming the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full). The number of shares of common stock outstanding and the percentage of common stock beneficially owned are based on 32,010,662 shares of common stock outstanding at November 9, 2010.

 	 	Shares Beneficially
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	Owned
	 	 	Number of
	 	 	Shares Beneficially Owned
	 	
 	 	Prior to this Offering	 	 	Shares Offered	 	 	After this Offering	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Without
	 	 	With Full
	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Over-Allotment	 	 	Over-Allotment	 	
Name of Selling Stockholder	 	Number	 	 	Pct.	 	 	       	 	 	Number	 	 	Pct.	 	 	Pct.	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stephen Waldis	 	 	1,988,881	(1)	 	 	6.11	%	 	 	350,000	 	 	 	1,588,881	(1)	 	 	4.45	%	 	 	4.08	%	
Waldis Family Partnership, L.P. 	 	 	223,606	(2)	 	 	*	 	 	 	50,000	 	 	 	173,606	(2)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	
Lawrence Irving	 	 	331,157	(3)	 	 	1.03	%	 	 	10,000	 	 	 	321,157	(3)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	
Robert Garcia	 	 	319,084	(4)	 	 	*	 	 	 	20,000	 	 	 	299,084	(4)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	
Ronald Prague	 	 	129,068	(5)	 	 	*	 	 	 	5,000	 	 	 	124,068	(5)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	
Patrick Doran	 	 	87,456	(6)	 	 	*	 	 	 	5,500	 	 	 	81,956	(6)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	
Daniel Rizer	 	 	135,002	(7)	 	 	*	 	 	 	22,000	 	 	 	113,002	(7)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	
Mark Mendes	 	 	148,831	(8)	 	 	*	 	 	 	20,542	 	 	 	128,289	(8)	 	 	*	 	 	 	*	 	

 	 	 	
(1)	 	Mr. Waldis is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Includes 223,606 shares held by the Waldis Family Partnership, L.P. and 173,606 shares held by the Waldis Family Partnership, L.P. after giving effect to the sales indicated in the table above. Includes 10,000 restricted shares granted on October 2, 2006, all of such shares have vested. Includes 7,094 restricted shares granted on December 5, 2006, 25% of such shares vested on December 5, 2007, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Waldis thereafter. Includes 6,477 restricted shares granted on December 4, 2007, 25% of such shares vested on December 4, 2008, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Waldis thereafter. Includes 10,000 restricted shares granted on December 19, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on December 2, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Waldis thereafter. Includes 257,986 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 156,885 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	
 	 	 	
(2)	 	Affiliated with Mr. Waldis who is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and General Partner of the Waldis Family Partnership, L.P.	
 	 	 	
(3)	 	Mr. Irving is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Includes 5,625 restricted shares granted on October 2, 2006, all of such shares have vested. Includes 4,256 restricted shares granted on December 5, 2006, 25% of such shares vested on December 5, 2007, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Irving thereafter. Includes 3,818 restricted shares granted on December 4, 2007, 25% of such shares vested on December 5, 2008 and 1/48th of such shares shall vest each month of continuous service by Mr. Irving thereafter. Includes 5,600 restricted shares granted on December 19, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on December 2, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Irving thereafter. Includes 190,840 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 68,607 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	
 	 	 	
(4)	 	Mr. Garcia is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Includes 10,323 restricted shares granted on April 3, 2006, all of such shares have vested. Includes 5,625 restricted shares	

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 	 	granted on October 2, 2006, all of such shares have vested. Includes 4,256 restricted shares granted on December 5, 2006, 25% of such shares vested on December 5, 2007, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Garcia thereafter. Includes 4,091 restricted shares granted on December 4, 2007, 25% of such shares vested on December 4, 2008, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Garcia thereafter. Includes 9,800 restricted shares granted on December 19, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on December 2, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Garcia thereafter. Includes 284,989 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 115,468 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	
 	 	 	
(5)	 	Mr. Prague is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Includes 2,270 restricted shares granted on December 5, 2006, 25% of such shares vested on December 5, 2007, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Prague thereafter. Includes 1,818 restricted shares granted on December 4, 2007, 25% of such shares vested on December 4, 2008, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Prague thereafter. Includes 3,000 restricted shares granted on December 19, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on December 2, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Prague thereafter. Includes 120,980 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 41,776 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	
 	 	 	
(6)	 	Mr. Doran is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Company. Includes 188 restricted shares granted on April 5, 2006, all of such shares have vested. Includes 1,412 restricted shares granted on December 5, 2006, 25% of such shares vested on December 5, 2007, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Doran thereafter. Includes 773 restricted shares granted on December 4, 2007, 25% of such shares vested on December 4, 2008, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Doran thereafter. Includes 3,000 restricted shares granted on December 19, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on December 2, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Doran thereafter. Includes 5,000 restricted shares granted on August 18, 2009, 25% of such shares vested on August 18, 2010, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Doran thereafter. Includes 77,278 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 61,255 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	
 	 	 	
(7)	 	Mr. Rizer is Executive Vice President of Business Development of the Company. Includes 25,000 restricted shares granted on November 18, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on November 18, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Rizer thereafter. Includes 113,466 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 105,484 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	
 	 	 	
(8)	 	Mr. Mendes is Executive Vice President of InterconnectNow. Includes 25,000 restricted shares granted on September 12, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on September 12, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Mendes thereafter. Includes 1,483 restricted shares granted on December 19, 2008, 25% of such shares vested on December 2, 2009, and 1/48th of such shares will vest for each month of continuous service by Mr. Mendes thereafter. Includes 122,368 shares subject to options exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010. Excludes 109,184 shares subject to options not exercisable within 60 days of November 10, 2010.	

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UNDERWRITING
 
Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting agreement dated November 17, 2010 we and the selling stockholders have agreed to sell to the underwriters named below, for whom Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC is acting as representative, the following respective numbers of shares of common stock:

 	 	Number
	
Underwriter	 	of Shares	
 	 	 	 	 	
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC	 	 	1,490,317	 	
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 	 	 	851,608	 	
Goldman, Sachs & Co. 	 	 	851,608	 	
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated	 	 	425,804	 	
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. 	 	 	340,643	 	
Lazard Capital Markets LLC	 	 	170,321	 	
Wedbush Securities Inc. 	 	 	127,741	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Total	 	 	4,258,042	 	

The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are obligated to purchase all the shares of common stock in the offering if any are purchased, other than those shares covered by the over-allotment option described below. The underwriting agreement also provides that if an underwriter defaults the purchase commitments of non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the offering may be terminated.
 
We have granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase on a pro rata basis up to 638,706 additional shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The option may be exercised only to cover any over-allotments of common stock.
 
The underwriters propose to offer the shares of common stock initially at the public offering price on the cover page of this prospectus supplement and to selling group members at that price less a selling concession of $0.6858 per share. After the public offering the underwriters may change the public offering price and concession and discount to broker/dealers. The offering of the shares by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.
 
The following table summarizes the compensation and estimated expenses we will pay:

 	 	Per Share	 	Total	
 	 	Without
	 	With
	 	Without
	 	With
	
 	 	Over-
	 	Over-
	 	Over-
	 	Over-
	
 	 	Allotment	 	Allotment	 	Allotment	 	Allotment	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Underwriting discounts and commissions paid by us	 	$	1.1430	 	 	$	1.1430	 	 	$	4,314,825	 	 	$	5,044,865	 	
Expenses payable by us	 	$	0.0934	 	 	$	0.0812	 	 	$	398,000	 	 	$	398,000	 	
Underwriting discounts and commissions paid by selling stockholders	 	$	1.1430	 	 	$	1.1430	 	 	$	552,117	 	 	$	552,117	 	
 
We have agreed that we will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) relating to, any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus. However, in the event that either (1) during the last 17 days of the “lock-up” period, we release earnings results or material news or a material event relating to us occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the ‘lock-up’ period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the ‘lock-up’ period, then in either case the expiration of the ‘lock-up’ will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date
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of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC waives, in writing, such an extension.
 
Subject to certain customary exceptions, our executive officers, directors and selling stockholders have agreed that they will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, enter into a transaction that would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our common stock, whether any of these transactions are to be settled by delivery of our common stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus provided that one of our directors is permitted to sell or otherwise transfer up to 500,000 shares of our common stock in the aggregate during the “lock-up” period and one of our executive officers is permitted to sell or otherwise transfer up to 100,000 shares of our common stock in the aggregate during the “lock-up” period. However, in the event that either (1) during the last 17 days of the ‘lock-up’ period, we release earnings results or material news or a material event relating to us occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the “lock-up” period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the “lock-up” period, then in either case the expiration of the “lock-up” will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC waives, in writing, such an extension.
 
We and the selling stockholders have agreed to severally indemnify the underwriters against liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in that respect.
 
The shares of common stock are listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Marked under the symbol “SNCR”.
 
In connection with the offering the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).

 	• 	Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriters of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of shares that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option and/or purchasing shares in the open market.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more shares than could be covered by the over-allotment option, a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Penalty bids permit the representative to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the common stock originally sold by the syndicate member is purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.	

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These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock. As a result the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be effected on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
 
A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the web sites maintained by one or more of the underwriters, or selling group members, if any, participating in this offering and one or more of the underwriters participating in this offering may distribute prospectuses electronically. The representative may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriters and selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriters and selling group members that will make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations.
 
The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of the issuer. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.
 
European Economic Area
 
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each Underwriter represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time,
 
(a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
 
(b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
 
(c) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the manager for any such offer; or
 
(d) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
 
provided that no such offer of our common stock shall result in a requirement for the publication by us or the underwriters of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
 
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of Shares to the public” in relation to any Shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Shares, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
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Notice to Investors in the United Kingdom
 
Each of the underwriters severally represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
 
(a) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling with Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which section 21 of FSMA does not apply to the company; and
 
(b) it has complied with, and will comply with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the common stock in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
 
Notice to Residents of Japan
 
The underwriters will not offer or sell any of our common stock directly or indirectly in Japan or to, or for the benefit of any Japanese person or to others, for re-offering or re-sale directly or indirectly in Japan or to any Japanese person, except in each case pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and any other applicable laws and regulations of Japan. For purposes of this paragraph, “Japanese person” means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan.
 
Notice to Residents of Hong Kong
 
The underwriters and each of their affiliates have not (i) offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, in Hong Kong, by means of any document, our common stock other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32 of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance or (ii) issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere any advertisement, invitation or document relating to our common stock which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to our securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance any rules made under that Ordinance. The contents of this document have not been reviewed by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to exercise caution in relation to the offer. If you are in any doubt about any of the contents of this document, you should obtain independent professional advice.
 
Notice to Residents of Singapore
 
This prospectus supplement or any other offering material relating to our common stock has not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the common stock will be offered in Singapore pursuant to exemptions under Section 274 and Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “Securities and Futures Act”). Accordingly our common stock may not be offered or sold, or be the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, nor may this prospectus supplement or any other offering material relating to our common stock be circulated or distributed, whether directly or indirectly, to the public or any member of the public in Singapore other than (a) to an institutional investor or other person specified in Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, (b) to a sophisticated investor, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act or (c) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the Securities and Futures Act.
 
Notice to Residents of Germany
 
Each person who is in possession of this prospectus supplement is aware of the fact that no German sales prospectus (Verkaufsprospekt) within the meaning of the Securities Sales Prospectus Act
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(Wertpapier-Verkaufsprospektgesetz, the“Act”) of the Federal Republic of Germany has been or will be published with respect to our common stock. In particular, each underwriter has represented that it has not engaged and has agreed that it will not engage in a public offering in (offentliches Angebot) within the meaning of the Act with respect to any of our common stock otherwise than in accordance with the Act and all other applicable legal and regulatory requirements;
 
Notice to Residents of France
 
The common stock are being issued and sold outside the Republic of France and that, in connection with their initial distribution, it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any common stock to the public in the Republic of France, and that it has not distributed and will not distribute or cause to be distributed to the public in the Republic of France this prospectus supplement or any other offering material relating to the common stock, and that such offers, sales and distributions have been and will be made in the Republic of France only to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) in accordance with Article L.411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and decrét no. 98-880 dated 1st October, 1998.
 
Notice to Residents of the Netherlands
 
Our common stock may not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered in or from the Netherlands as part of their initial distribution or at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly, other than to, individuals or legal entities situated in The Netherlands who or which trade or invest in securities in the conduct of a business or profession (which includes banks, securities intermediaries (including dealers and brokers), insurance companies, pension funds, collective investment institution, central governments, large international and supranational organizations, other institutional investors and other parties, including treasury departments of commercial enterprises, which as an ancillary activity regularly invest in securities; hereinafter, “Professional Investors”), provided that in the offer, prospectus and in any other documents or advertisements in which a forthcoming offering of our common stock is publicly announced (whether electronically or otherwise) in The Netherlands it is stated that such offer is and will be exclusively made to such Professional Investors. Individual or legal entities who are not Professional Investors may not participate in the offering of our common stock, and this prospectus supplement or any other offering material relating to our common stock may not be considered an offer or the prospect of an offer to sell or exchange our common stock.
 
Notice to Canadian Residents
 
Resale Restrictions
 
The distribution of the common stock in Canada is being made only on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we and the selling shareholders prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of common stock are made. Any resale of the common stock in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws which will vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of the common stock.
 
Representations of Purchasers
 
By purchasing common stock in Canada and accepting a purchase confirmation a purchaser is representing to us, the selling shareholders and the dealer from whom the purchase confirmation is received that:

 	• 	the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the common stock without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	where required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent;	
 	 	 	
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 	• 	the purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase of the common stock to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to collect the information.	
 
Further details concerning the legal authority for this information is available on request.
 
Rights of Action — Ontario Purchasers Only
 
Under Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of the common stock, for rescission against us and the selling shareholders in the event that this prospectus contains a misrepresentation without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which payment is made for the common stock. The right of action for rescission is exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for the common stock. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us or the selling shareholders. In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which the common stock were offered to the purchaser and if the purchaser is shown to have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we and the selling shareholders will have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we and the selling shareholders will not be liable for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the depreciation in value of the common stock as a result of the misrepresentation relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers should refer to the complete text of the relevant statutory provisions.
 
Enforcement of Legal Rights
 
All of our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein and the selling shareholders may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.
 
Taxation and Eligibility for Investment
 
Canadian purchasers of common stock should consult their own legal and tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in the common stock in their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of the common stock for investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.
 
LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the common stock being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, Waltham, Massachusetts. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Palo Alto, California is acting as counsel for the underwriters in connection with various legal matters relating to the shares of common stock offered hereby.
 
EXPERTS
 
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements and schedule included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements and schedule are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s reports given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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The consolidated financial statements of fusionOne, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2009 appearing as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report (Form 8-K/A) as filed with the SEC on November 12, 2010 have been audited by Mohler, Nixon & Williams, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
This prospectus supplement “incorporates by reference” certain information we file with the SEC under the Exchange Act. This means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to these filings. The information we incorporate by reference is considered a part of this prospectus supplement, and subsequent information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information.
 
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or considered to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement shall be considered to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement to the extent a statement contained in this prospectus supplement or in any other subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement.
 
We incorporate by reference the following documents that we have filed with the SEC:

 	• 	our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on March 9, 2010, including portions of our Proxy Statement for our 2010 annual meeting of holders of our common stock held on May 10, 2010 filed with the SEC on April 8, 2010 to the extent specifically incorporated by reference into such Form 10-K;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2010;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2010, filed with the SEC on August 6, 2010;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2010, filed with the SEC on November 4, 2010;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2010, April 12, 2010, May 13, 2010, July 7, 2010, July 20, 2010 and August 6, 2010 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on October 1, 2010 and November 12, 2010; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the description of our common stock included in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June 13, 2006, and any amendment or report filed thereafter for the purpose of updating that description.	
 
We are not incorporating by reference any information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or any exhibit attached thereto into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or into this prospectus.
 
In addition, we incorporate by reference any future filings we make with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this prospectus supplement until we have sold all of the common stock to which this prospectus supplement relates or the offering is otherwise terminated. We will provide free copies of any of those documents, if you write or telephone us at:
 
750 Route 202 South, Suite 600, Bridgewater, New Jersey, 08807
Attention: Investor Relations — 1-800-575-7606
 
You also may review a copy of the prospectus and registration statement and its exhibits at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC’s internet website (See “Where You Can Find More Information” in the prospectus).
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PROSPECTUS

 
$120,000,000
 
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
 
1,500,000
Shares of Common Stock
Offered by the Selling Stockholders
 
From time to time, we may offer and sell shares of preferred stock, common stock, debt securities or warrants to purchase preferred stock, common stock or any combination of these securities, either separately or in units, in one or more offerings in amounts, at prices and on terms that we will determine at the time of the offering. The debt securities and warrants may be convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for preferred stock, common stock or debt securities and the preferred stock may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock. The aggregate initial offering price of all securities sold by us under this prospectus will not exceed $120,000,000. In addition, the selling stockholders may offer and sell, from time to time, up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of common stock under this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders.
 
Each time we or the selling stockholders offer securities, we or they will provide you with specific terms of the securities offered in supplements to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and the additional information described below under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information” carefully before you invest in any securities.
 
The securities offered by this prospectus may be sold directly by us or the selling stockholders to investors, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. We will set forth the names of any underwriters or agents in an accompanying prospectus supplement. For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.
 
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “SNCR”. The last reported sale price of our common stock on March 8, 2010 was $20.27 per share.
 
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISKS. SEE “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND IN THE OTHER DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO READ ABOUT FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING OUR SECURITIES.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
The date of this prospectus is March 10, 2010.

 
 
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 	 	Page	
 	 	 	 	 	
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS	 	 	2	 	
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION	 	 	2	 	
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE	 	 	2	 	
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS	 	 	3	 	
THE COMPANY	 	 	4	 	
OUR CORPORATE INFORMATION	 	 	4	 	
RISK FACTORS	 	 	5	 	
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	14	 	
USE OF PROCEEDS	 	 	26	 	
RATIO OF FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS TO EARNINGS	 	 	26	 	
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS	 	 	26	 	
DIVIDEND POLICY	 	 	26	 	
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	 	 	26	 	
LEGAL MATTERS	 	 	27	 	
EXPERTS	 	 	27	 	

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement. Neither we nor the selling stockholders have authorized anyone to provide you with information in addition to or different from that contained in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement. We, together with the selling stockholders, will be offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, the shares only in jurisdictions whether offers and sales are permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents.
 
Unless the context otherwise requires, throughout this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, the words “Synchronoss Technologies,” “Synchronoss,” “we,” “us” or the “company” refer to Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries; the term “securities” refers collectively to our preferred stock, common stock, debt securities or warrants to purchase preferred stock, common stock or debt securities, or any combination of the foregoing securities; the term “selling stockholders” refers to certain of our stockholders who may sell their securities under this prospectus and who will be named in a prospectus supplement.
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) using a “shelf” registration process. Using this process, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offering transactions up to a total dollar amount of $120,000,000. The selling stockholders may, from time to time, use this process to sell in one or more offering transactions an aggregate of up to 1,500,000 shares of our common stock. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by the selling stockholders. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we or the selling stockholders may offer. Each time we or the selling stockholders sell any securities under this prospectus, we or the selling stockholders will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain more specific information about the specific terms of that particular offering. Each such prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus. To the extent that any statements that we make in a prospectus supplement are inconsistent with statements made in this prospectus, the statements made in this prospectus will be deemed modified or superseded by those made in the prospectus supplement. This prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus supplements and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, includes all material information relating to the offering of the securities described in this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sales of securities. To obtain additional information that may be important to you, you should read the exhibits filed by us with the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or our other filings with the SEC. You should read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and the additional information described below under “Where You Can Find More Information” before making any investment decision with respect to the securities offered hereby.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We and the selling stockholders have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act with respect to the shares offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is part of the registration statement, omits certain information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration statement, as permitted by the SEC. For further information pertaining to us and the securities offered in this prospectus, reference is made to that registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents or provisions of any documents referred to in this prospectus are not necessarily complete, and in each instance where a copy of the document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matters involved.
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings can be read and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Also, the SEC maintains an Internet website at www.sec.gov  that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including us.
 
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “SNCR.” General information about our company, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as any amendments and exhibits to those reports, are available free of charge through our website at www.synchronoss.com  as soon as reasonably practicable after we file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC. Information on our website is not incorporated into this prospectus or other securities filings and is not a part of these filings.
 
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
 
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information we incorporate by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede some of this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including filings made after the date of the initial registration statement, until we, together with all selling stockholders, sell all of the shares covered by this
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prospectus or the sale of shares by us and the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus is terminated. The documents we incorporate by reference are:

 	• 	our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 13, 2009;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2009 and May 14, 2009; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on June 13, 2006, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions.	
 
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
 
We will provide each person to whom a prospectus is delivered a copy of all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. You may obtain copies of these filings, at no cost, through the “Investor Relations” section of our website ( www.synchronoss.com ) and you may request a copy of these filings (other than an exhibit to any filing unless we have specifically incorporated that exhibit by reference into the filing), at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
 
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
750 Route 202 South, Suite 600
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
(866) 620-3940
Attention: Ronald J. Prague
General Counsel
 
Information on our website is not incorporated into this prospectus or other securities filings and is not a part of these filings.
 
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or which include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” or variations or negatives thereof or by similar or comparable words or phrases. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance (including future revenues, earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or prospects and possible future actions by us that may be provided by management are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about our company and economic and market factors in the countries in which we do business, among other things. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and we have no specific intention to update these statements and undertake no obligation to do so.
 
Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. The principal risk factors that could cause our actual performance and future events and actions to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include loss of customers, the deterioration of our relationship with any of our main customers, lack of market acceptance of VoIP and/or government regulation of VoIP, our failure to anticipate and adapt to future changes in our industry, lack of growth in communications services transactions on the Internet and a decline in subscribers to the wireless industry. These factors and other factors are discussed more fully herein under the heading “Risk Factors” and in our filings with the SEC incorporated in this prospectus by reference.
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THE COMPANY
 
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Synchronoss”) is a leading provider of on-demand transaction management platforms that enable communications service providers (CSPs), equipment manufacturers with embedded connectivity (e.g., handsets, mobile internet devices, laptops, cameras, etc.) (EMECs) and other customers to automate subscriber activation, order management and service provisioning from any channel (e.g., e-commerce, telesales, customer stores and other retail outlets, etc.) to any communication service (e.g., wireless, high speed access, local access, Internet Protocol TV, etc.) across any device type. The Company’s business model enables delivery of its proprietary solutions over the Web as a service. The Company’s ConvergenceNow ®  platforms (including ConvergenceNow ®  Plus+ TM  and InterconnectNow TM ) provide end-to-end seamless integration between customer-facing channels/applications, communication services, devices and “back-office” infrastructure-related systems and processes. The Company’s customers rely on the Company’s Web-based solutions and technology to automate the process of activating customers while delivering additional communication services, including new service offerings and ongoing customer care. Synchronoss has designed its ConvergenceNow ®  platforms to be flexible and scalable to enable multiple converged communication services to be managed across multiple distribution channels, including e-commerce, telesales, customer stores and other retail outlets, allowing the Company to meet the rapidly changing and converging services offered by its customers. By simplifying the processes associated with managing the Company’s customers’ subscribers’ experience for ordering and activating services through the use of the Company’s ConvergenceNow ®  platforms to automate and integrate their disparate systems, Synchronoss enables its customers to acquire, retain, and service subscribers quickly, reliably and cost-effectively.
 
OUR CORPORATE INFORMATION
 
We were incorporated in Delaware in 2000. Our principal executive offices are located at 750 Route 202 South, Suite 600, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 and our telephone number is (866) 620-3940. Our Web site address is  www.synchronoss.com . The information on, or that can be accessed through, our Web site is not part of this prospectus.
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RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following information, together with the other information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 before buying our securities.
 
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
 
We have Substantial Customer Concentration, with One Customer Accounting for a Substantial Portion of our 2009 Revenues.
 
We currently derive a significant portion of our revenues from one customer, AT&T. Our relationship with AT&T dates back to January 2001 when we began providing service to AT&T Wireless, which was subsequently acquired by Cingular Wireless and is now a division of AT&T. For the year ended December 31, 2009, AT&T accounted for approximately 65% of our revenues, compared to 67% for the year ended December 31, 2008. Our five largest customers accounted for approximately 84% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to 89% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008. It is not possible for us to predict the future level of demand for our services that will be generated by these customers or the future demand for the products and services of these customers in the end-user marketplace. Further, some of our contracts with these larger customers permit our customers to terminate our services at any time (subject to notice and certain other provisions). If any of these customers experience declining sales due to market, economic or competitive conditions, we could be pressured to reduce the prices we charge for our services or we could lose a major customer, which would affect our margins and would negatively affect our revenues and results of operations.
 
If We Do Not Adapt to Rapid Technological Change in the Communications Industry, We Could Lose Customers or Market Share.
 
Our industry is characterized by rapid technological change and frequent new service offerings. Significant technological changes could make our technology and services obsolete, less marketable or less competitive. We must adapt to our rapidly changing market by continually improving the features, functionality, reliability and responsiveness of our transaction management services, and by developing new features, services and applications to meet changing customer needs. We may not be able to adapt to these challenges or respond successfully or in a cost-effective way. Our failure to do so would adversely affect our ability to compete and retain customers and/or market share.
 
The Success of Our Business Depends on the Continued Growth of Consumer and Business Transactions Related to Communications Services on the Internet.
 
The future success of our business depends upon the continued growth of consumer and business transactions on the Internet, including attracting consumers who have historically purchased wireless services and devices through traditional retail stores. Specific factors that could deter consumers from purchasing wireless services and devices on the Internet include concerns about buying wireless devices without a face-to-face interaction with sales personnel and the ability to physically handle and examine the devices.
 
Our business growth would be impeded if the performance or perception of the Internet was harmed by security problems such as “viruses,” “worms” and other malicious programs, reliability issues arising from outages and damage to Internet infrastructure, delays in development or adoption of new standards and protocols to handle increased demands of Internet activity, increased costs, decreased accessibility and quality of service, or increased government regulation and taxation of Internet activity. The Internet has experienced, and is expected to continue to experience, significant user and traffic growth, which has, at times, caused user frustration with slow access and download times. If Internet activity grows faster than Internet infrastructure or if the Internet infrastructure is otherwise unable to support the demands placed on it, or if hosting capacity becomes scarce, our business growth may be adversely affected.
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Compromises to Our Privacy Safeguards Could Impact Our Reputation.
 
Names, addresses, telephone numbers, credit card data and other personal identification information, or PII, is collected, processed and stored in our systems. The steps we have taken to protect PII may not be sufficient to prevent the misappropriation or improper disclosure of such PII. If such misappropriation or disclosure were to occur, our business could be harmed through reputational injury, litigation and possible damages claimed by the affected end customers. Our insurance may not cover potential claims of this type or may not be adequate to cover all costs incurred in defense of potential claims or to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed. Concerns about the security of online transactions and the privacy of personal information could deter consumers from transacting business with us on the Internet.
 
Fraudulent Internet Transactions Could Negatively Impact Our Business.
 
Our business may be exposed to risks associated with Internet credit card fraud and identity theft that could cause us to incur unexpected expenditures and loss of revenues. Under current credit card practices, a merchant is liable for fraudulent credit card transactions when, as is the case with the transactions we process, that merchant does not obtain a cardholder’s signature. Although our customers currently bear the risk for a fraudulent credit card transaction, in the future we may be forced to share some of that risk and the associated costs with our customers. To the extent that technology upgrades or other expenditures are required to prevent credit card fraud and identity theft, we may be required to bear the costs associated with such expenditures. In addition, to the extent that credit card fraud and/or identity theft cause a decline in business transactions over the Internet generally, both the business of our customers and our business could be adversely affected.
 
If the Wireless Services Industry Experiences a Decline in Subscribers, Our Business May Suffer.
 
The wireless services industry has faced an increasing number of challenges, including a slowdown in new subscriber growth. Revenues from services performed for customers in the wireless services industry accounted for 56% of our revenues in the year ended December 31, 2009 and 65% in the year ended December 31, 2008. A continued slowdown in subscriber growth in the wireless services industry could adversely affect our business growth.
 
The Consolidation in the Communications Industry Can Reduce the Number of Customers and Adversely Affect Our Business.
 
The communications industry continues to experience consolidation and an increased formation of alliances among communications service providers and between communications service providers and other entities. Should one of our significant customers consolidate or enter into an alliance with an entity and decide to either use a different service provider or to manage its transactions internally, this could have a negative material impact on our business. These consolidations and alliances may cause us to lose customers or require us to reduce prices as a result of enhanced customer leverage, which would have a material adverse effect on our business. We may not be able to offset the effects of any price reductions. We may not be able to expand our customer base to make up any revenue declines if we lose customers or if our transaction volumes decline.
 
If We Fail to Compete Successfully With Existing or New Competitors, Our Business Could Be Harmed.
 
If we fail to compete successfully with established or new competitors, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. The communications industry is highly competitive and fragmented, and we expect competition to increase. We compete with independent providers of information systems and services and with the in-house departments of communications services companies. Rapid technological changes, such as advancements in software integration across multiple and incompatible systems, and economies of scale may make it more economical for CSPs to develop their own in-house processes and systems, which may render some of our products and services less valuable or eventually obsolete. Our competitors include firms that provide comprehensive information systems and managed services solutions, systems integrators, clearinghouses and service bureaus. Many of our competitors have long operating histories, large customer bases, substantial financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources, and strong name recognition.
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Current and potential competitors have established, and may establish in the future, cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase their ability to address the needs of our prospective customers. In addition, our competitors have acquired, and may continue to acquire in the future, companies that may enhance their market offerings. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. As a result, our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly than us to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, and may be able to devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. These relationships and alliances may also result in transaction pricing pressure which could result in large reductions in the selling price of our services. Our competitors or our customers’ in-house solutions may also provide services at a lower cost, significantly increasing pricing pressure on us. We may not be able to offset the effects of this potential pricing pressure. Our failure to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete successfully with established or new competitors may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. In particular, a failure to offset competitive pressures brought about by competitors or in-house solutions developed by AT&T could result in a substantial reduction in or the outright termination of our contract with AT&T, which would have a significant negative material impact on our business.
 
Failures or Interruptions of Our Systems and Services Could Materially Harm Our Revenues, Impair Our Ability to Conduct Our Operations and Damage Relationships with Our Customers.
 
Our success depends on our ability to provide reliable services to our customers and process a high volume of transactions in a timely and effective manner. Although we have a disaster recovery facility in our Bridgewater, New Jersey corporate headquarters, our network operations are currently located in a single facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that is susceptible to damage or interruption from human error, fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, terrorist attacks and similar events. We could also experience failures or interruptions of our systems and services, or other problems in connection with our operations, as a result of, among other things:

 	• 	damage to or failure of our computer software or hardware or our connections and outsourced service arrangements with third parties;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	errors in the processing of data by our system;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	computer viruses or software defects;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	physical or electronic break-ins, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and similar events;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	fire, cyberattack, terrorist attack or other catastrophic event;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	increased capacity demands or changes in systems requirements of our customers; or	
 	 	 	
 	• 	errors by our employees or third-party service providers.	
 
In addition, our business interruption insurance may be insufficient to compensate us for losses that may occur. Any interruptions in our systems or services could damage our reputation and substantially harm our business and results of operations.
 
If We Fail to Meet Our Service Level Obligations Under Our Service Level Agreements, We Would Be Subject to Penalties and Could Lose Customers.
 
We have service level agreements with many of our customers under which we guarantee specified levels of service availability. These arrangements involve the risk that we may not have adequately estimated the level of service we will in fact be able to provide. If we fail to meet our service level obligations under these agreements, we would be subject to penalties, which could result in higher than expected costs, decreased revenues and decreased operating margins. We could also lose customers.
 
We are Exposed to Risks Associated with the Ongoing Financial Crisis and Weakening Global Economy.
 
The recent severe tightening of the credit markets, disruptions in the financial markets and challenging economic conditions have adversely affected the United States and world economies, and in particular, have
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resulted in reduced consumer spending and reduced spending by businesses. Economic uncertainty exacerbates negative trends in consumer spending and may negatively impact the businesses of certain of our customers, which may cause a reduction in their use of our platforms and therefore a reduction in our revenues. These conditions and uncertainty about future economic conditions make it challenging for us to forecast our operating results, make business decisions, and identify the risks that may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. It also may result in a more competitive environment, resulting in possible pricing pressure. In addition, we maintain an investment portfolio that is subject to general credit, liquidity, market and interest rate risks that may be exacerbated by deteriorating financial market conditions and, as a result, the value and liquidity of the investment portfolio could be negatively impacted and lead to impairment. If we are not able to timely and appropriately adapt to changes resulting from the difficult macroeconomic environment, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
 
We are also subject to the credit risk of our customers and customers with liquidity issues may lead to bad debt expense for us. Most of our sales are on an open credit basis, with typical payment terms of 30 days in the United States and, because of local customs or conditions, longer payment terms in some markets outside the United States. We use various methods to screen potential customers and establish appropriate credit limits, but these methods cannot eliminate all potential bad credit risks and may not prevent us from approving applications that are fraudulently completed. Moreover, businesses that are good credit risks at the time of application may become bad credit risks over time and we may fail to detect this change. We maintain reserves we believe are adequate to cover exposure for doubtful accounts. If we fail to adequately assess and monitor our credit risks, we could experience longer payment cycles, increased collection costs and higher bad debt expense. A decrease in accounts receivable resulting from an increase in bad debt expense could adversely affect our liquidity. Our exposure to credit risks may increase if our customers are adversely affected by the difficult macroeconomic environment, or if there is a continuation or worsening of the economic environment. Although we have programs in place that are designed to monitor and mitigate the associated risk, including monitoring of particular risks in certain geographic areas, there can be no assurance that such programs will be effective in reducing our credit risks or the incurrence of additional losses. Future and additional losses, if incurred, could harm our business and have a material adverse effect on our business operating results and financial condition. Additionally, to the degree that the ongoing turmoil in the credit markets makes it more difficult for some customers to obtain financing, those customers’ ability to pay could be adversely impacted, which in turn could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results, and financial condition.
 
The Financial and Operating Difficulties in the Telecommunications Sector May Negatively Affect Our Customers and Our Company.
 
The telecommunications sector faces significant challenges resulting from excess capacity, poor operating results and financing difficulties. The sector’s financial status has at times been uncertain and access to debt and equity capital has been seriously limited. The impact of these events on us could include slower collection on accounts receivable, higher bad debt expense, uncertainties due to possible customer bankruptcies, lower pricing on new customer contracts, lower revenues due to lower usage by the end customer and possible consolidation among our customers, which will put our customers and operating performance at risk. In addition, because we operate in the communications sector, we may also be negatively impacted by limited access to debt and equity capital.
 
Our Reliance on Third-Party Providers for Communications Software, Services, Hardware and Infrastructure Exposes Us to a Variety of Risks We Cannot Control.
 
Our success depends on software, equipment, network connectivity and infrastructure hosting services supplied by our vendors and customers. In addition, we rely on third-party vendors to perform a substantial portion of our exception handling services. We may not be able to continue to purchase the necessary software, equipment and services from vendors on acceptable terms or at all. If we are unable to maintain current purchasing terms or ensure service availability with these vendors and customers, we may lose customers and experience an increase in costs in seeking alternative supplier services.
 
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network services, number portability services, call processed services and enterprise solutions. We have no control over the operation, quality or maintenance of a significant portion of that infrastructure and whether those third parties will upgrade or improve their software, equipment and services to meet our and our customers’ evolving requirements. We depend on these companies to maintain the operational integrity of our services. If one or more of these companies is unable or unwilling to supply or expand its levels of services to us in the future, our operations could be severely interrupted. In addition, rapid changes in the communications industry have led to industry consolidation. This consolidation may cause the availability, pricing and quality of the services we use to vary and could lengthen the amount of time it takes to deliver the services that we use.
 
Our Failure to Protect Confidential Information and Our Network Against Security Breaches Could Damage Our Reputation and Substantially Harm Our Business and Results of Operations.
 
A significant barrier to online commerce is concern about the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks. The encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties on which we rely to securely transmit confidential information, including credit card numbers, may not adequately protect customer transaction data. Any compromise of our security could damage our reputation and expose us to risk of loss or litigation and possible liability which could substantially harm our business and results of operation. Although we carry general liability insurance, our insurance may not cover potential claims of this type or may not be adequate to cover all costs incurred in defense of potential claims or to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed. In addition, anyone who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in our operations. We may need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches or to address problems caused by breaches.
 
If We Are Unable to Protect Our Intellectual Property Rights, Our Competitive Position Could Be Harmed or We Could Be Required to Incur Significant Expenses to Enforce Our Rights.
 
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the protection of our software and other proprietary technology rights, particularly our ConvergenceNow ® , ConvergenceNow ®  Plus+ TM  and InterConnectNow TM  platforms. We rely on trade secret, copyright and trademark laws and confidentiality agreements with employees and third parties, all of which offer only limited protection. The steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not prevent misappropriation of our proprietary rights or the reverse engineering of our solutions. Legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability and scope of protection of intellectual property rights in other countries are uncertain and may afford little or no effective protection of our proprietary technology. Consequently, we may be unable to prevent our proprietary technology from being exploited abroad, which could require costly efforts to protect our technology. Policing the unauthorized use of our products, trademarks and other proprietary rights is expensive, difficult and, in some cases, impossible. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce or defend our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of management resources, either of which could materially harm our business. Accordingly, despite our efforts, we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating our intellectual property.
 
Claims By Others That We Infringe Their Proprietary Technology Could Harm Our Business.
 
Third parties could claim that our current or future products or technology infringe their proprietary rights. We expect that software developers will increasingly be subject to infringement claims as the number of products and competitors providing software and services to the communications industry increases and overlaps occur. Any claim of infringement by a third party, even those without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, and could distract our management from our business. Furthermore, a party making such a claim, if successful, could secure a judgment that requires us to pay substantial damages. A judgment could also include an injunction or other court order that could prevent us from offering our services. Any of these events could seriously harm our business. Third parties may also assert infringement claims against our customers. These claims may require us to initiate or defend protracted and costly litigation on behalf of our customers, regardless of the merits of these claims. If any of these claims succeed, we may be forced to pay damages on behalf of our customers. We also generally indemnify our customers if our services infringe the proprietary rights of third parties.
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If anyone asserts a claim against us relating to proprietary technology or information, while we might seek to license their intellectual property, we might not be able to obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms or on any terms. In addition, any efforts to develop non-infringing technology could be unsuccessful. Our failure to obtain the necessary licenses or other rights or to develop non-infringing technology could prevent us from offering our services and could therefore seriously harm our business.
 
We May Seek to Acquire Companies or Technologies, Which Could Disrupt Our Ongoing Business, Disrupt Our Management and Employees and Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations.
 
We have made, and in the future intend to make, acquisitions of, and investments in, companies, technologies or products in existing, related or new markets for us which we believe may enhance our market position or strategic strengths. However, we cannot be sure that any acquisition or investment will ultimately enhance our products or strengthen our competitive position. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including but not limited to: (1) diversion of management’s attention from other operational matters; (2) inability to identify acquisition candidates on terms acceptable to us or at all, or inability to complete acquisitions as anticipated or at all; (3) inability to realize anticipated benefits; (4) failure to commercialize purchased technologies; (5) inability to capitalize on characteristics of new markets that may be significantly different from our existing markets; (6) exposure to operational risks, rules and regulations to the extent such activities are located in countries where we have not historically done business; (7) inability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights in key technologies; (8) ineffectiveness of an acquired company’s internal controls; (9) impairment of acquired intangible assets as a result of technological advancements or worse-than-expected performance of the acquired company or its product offerings; (10) unknown, underestimated and/or undisclosed commitments or liabilities; (11) excess or underutilized facilities; and (12) ineffective integration of operations, technologies, products or employees of the acquired companies. In addition, acquisitions may disrupt our ongoing operations and increase our expenses and harm our results of operations or financial condition. Future acquisitions could also result in potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of debt, which may reduce our cash available for operations and other uses, an increase in contingent liabilities or an increase in amortization expense related to identifiable assets acquired, each of which could materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Our Expansion into International Markets May Be Subject to Uncertainties That Could Increase Our Costs to Comply with Regulatory Requirements in Foreign Jurisdictions, Disrupt Our Operations and Require Increased Focus from Our Management.
 
Our growth strategy includes the growth of our operations in foreign jurisdictions. International operations and business expansion plans are subject to numerous additional risks, including economic and political risks in foreign jurisdictions in which we operate or seek to operate, the difficulty of enforcing contracts and collecting receivables through some foreign legal systems, unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, potential difficulties in enforcing intellectual property rights in foreign countries and the difficulties associated with managing a large organization spread throughout various countries. As we continue to expand our business globally, our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international operations. However, any of these factors could adversely affect our international operations and, consequently, our operating results.
 
Our Senior Management is Important to Our Customer Relationships, and the Loss of One or More of Our Senior Managers Could Have a Negative Impact on Our Business.
 
We believe that our success depends in part on the continued contributions of our senior management. We rely on our executive officers and senior management to generate business and execute programs successfully. In addition, the relationships and reputation that members of our management team have established and maintain with our customers and our regulators contribute to our ability to maintain good customer relations. The loss of any members of senior management could materially impair our ability to identify and secure new contracts and otherwise manage our business.
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We Continue to Incur Significant Costs as a Result of Operating as a Public Company, and Our Management Is Required to Devote Substantial Time to New Compliance Initiatives.
 
We have only operated as a public company since June 2006 and we will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses as we comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules subsequently implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Global Market’s National Market. These rules impose various new requirements on public companies, including requiring changes in corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel will continue to devote a substantial amount of time to these new compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect these new rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantial costs to maintain the same or similar coverage. These rules and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers.
 
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we include in our annual report our assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and our audited financial statements as of the end of each fiscal year. We successfully completed our assessment of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009. Our continued compliance with Section 404 will require that we incur substantial expense and expend significant management time on compliance related issues. We currently do not have an internal audit group and we will evaluate the need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. In future years, if we fail to timely complete this assessment, there may be a loss of public confidence in our internal control, the market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to regulatory sanctions or investigations by the NASDAQ Stock Market’s National Market, the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources. In addition, any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to timely meet our regulatory reporting obligations.
 
Changes in, or Interpretations of, Accounting Principles Could Result in Unfavorable Accounting Charges.
 
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are subject to interpretation by the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles could have a significant effect on our reported results and may even retroactively affect previously reported transactions. Our accounting principles that recently have been or may be affected by changes in accounting principles are: (i) accounting for stock-based compensation; (ii) accounting for income taxes; (iii) accounting for business combinations and goodwill; and (iv) accounting for foreign currency translation.
 
Changes in, or Interpretations of, Tax Rules and Regulations, Could Adversely Affect our Effective Tax Rates.
 
Unanticipated changes in our tax rates could affect our future results of operations. Our future effective tax rates could be unfavorably affected by changes in tax laws or the interpretation of tax laws or by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities. In addition, we are subject to the continued examination of our income tax returns by the IRS and other domestic tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of outcomes resulting from these examinations, if any, to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes. We believe such estimates to be reasonable, but there can be no assurance that the final determination of any of these examinations will not have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial position.
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Risks Related to the Offering and Ownership of Our Securities
 
Our Stock Price May Be Volatile and You May Not Be Able to Resell Shares of Our Securities At or Above the Price You Paid.
 
The trading prices of the securities of technology companies have been highly volatile. Accordingly, the trading price of our securities is likely to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, including, but not limited to: variations in our operating results; announcements of technological innovations, new services or service enhancements, strategic alliances or significant agreements by us or by our competitors; the gain or loss of significant customers; the recruitment or departure of key personnel; changes in the estimates of our operating results or changes in recommendations by any securities analysts that elect to follow our securities; market conditions in our industry, the industries of our customers and the economy as a whole; and the adoption or modification of regulations, policies, procedures or programs applicable to our business. Additionally, the price of our securities may continue to fluctuate greatly in the future due to factors that are non-company specific, such as the decline in the United States and/or international economies, acts of terror against the United States, war or due to a variety of company specific factors, including quarter to quarter variations in our operating results, shortfalls in revenue, gross margin or earnings from levels by securities analysts and the other factors discussed in these risk factors.
 
In addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences continued or greater loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our securities could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, operating results or financial condition. The trading price of our securities might also decline in reaction to events that affect other companies in our industry even if these events do not directly affect us. Each of these factors, among others, could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our securities. Some companies that have had volatile market prices for their securities have had securities class actions filed against them. If a suit were filed against us, regardless of the outcome, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Future Sales of Shares in the Public Market by Existing Stockholders Could Cause Our Stock Price to Decline.
 
Sales of a substantial number of shares of securities in the public market by our current stockholders, or the threat that substantial sales may occur, could cause the market price of our securities to decrease significantly or make it difficult for us to raise additional capital by selling stock. Furthermore, we have various equity incentive plans that provide for awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. As of December 31, 2009, the aggregate number of shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to outstanding awards granted under these plans was approximately 4,623,000 shares (approximately 2,111,000 of which have vested). In addition, approximately 310,000 shares may be issued in connection with future awards under our equity incentive plans. Shares of common stock issued under these plans are freely transferable without further registration under the Securities Act, except for any shares held by an affiliate, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our securities or the effect, if any, that future issuances and sales of shares of our securities will have on the market price of our securities.
 
Our Management Will Have Broad Discretion Over the Use of the Proceeds We Receive in This Offering and Might Not Apply the Proceeds in Ways That Increase the Value of Your Investment.
 
Our management will have broad discretion to use the net proceeds from any offerings under this prospectus, and you will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of these proceeds. They might not apply the net proceeds of this offering in ways that increase the value of your investment. Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes. We have not allocated these net proceeds for any specific purposes. Our management might not be able to yield a significant return, if any, on any investment of these net proceeds. You will not have the opportunity to influence our decisions on how to use the proceeds.
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Our Stock Price May Continue to Experience Significant Fluctuations.
 
Our stock price, like that of other technology companies, continues to fluctuate greatly. Our stock price can be affected by many factors such as quarterly increases or decreases in our earnings, speculation in the investment community about our financial condition or results of operations and changes in revenue or earnings estimates, announcement of new services, technological developments, alliances, or acquisitions by us. Additionally, the price of our securities may continue to fluctuate greatly in the future due to factors that are non-company specific, such as the decline in the United States and/or international economies, acts of terror against the United States, war or due to a variety of company specific factors, including quarter to quarter variations in our operating results, shortfalls in revenue, gross margin or earnings from levels projected by securities analysts and the other factors discussed in these risk factors.
 
If Securities or Industry Analysts Do Not Publish Research or Reports or Publish Unfavorable Research About Our Business, Our Stock Price and Trading Volume Could Decline.
 
The trading market for our securities will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. We currently have research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to regularly publish reports on us, interest in the purchase of our stock could decrease, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
 
Delaware Law and Provisions in Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws Could Make a Merger, Tender Offer or Proxy Contest Difficult, Therefore Depressing the Trading Price of Our Securities.
 
We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in our management or control over us that stockholders may consider favorable. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws:

 	• 	authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to thwart a takeover attempt;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow holders of less than a majority of the stock to elect some directors;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	establish a classified board of directors, as a result of which the successors to the directors whose terms have expired will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following election;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	require that directors only be removed from office for cause;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	provide that vacancies on the board of directors, including newly-created directorships, may be filled only by a majority vote of directors then in office;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	limit who may call special meetings of stockholders;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	prohibit stockholder action by written consent, requiring all actions to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	establish advance notice requirements for nominating candidates for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.	
 
For information regarding these and other provisions, please see “Description of Securities.”
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
We currently have authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all of which are undesignated and none of which are issued or outstanding as of the date of this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not have any equity securities that would be senior to, or on par with, our authorized preferred stock.
 
Under Delaware law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized, without stockholder approval, to issue shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series. Subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws, the board of directors can determine the number of shares constituting each series of preferred stock and the designation, preferences, voting powers, qualifications, and special or relative rights or privileges of that series. These may include provisions concerning voting, redemption, dividends, dissolution or the distribution of assets, conversion or exchange, and other subjects or matters as may be fixed by resolution of the board or an authorized committee of the board. The preferred stock offered by this prospectus will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable.
 
Our board of directors could authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock with terms and conditions which could have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other transaction which holders of some, or a majority, of our common stock might believe to be in their best interests or in which holders of some, or a majority, of our common stock might receive a premium for their shares over the then market price of those shares.
 
If we offer a specific series of preferred stock under this prospectus, we will describe the terms of the preferred stock in the prospectus supplement for such offering and will file a copy of the certificate establishing the terms of the preferred stock with the SEC. To the extent required, this description will include:

 	• 	the title and stated value;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the number of shares offered, the liquidation preference per share, and the purchase price;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the dividend rate(s), period(s), and/or payment date(s), or method(s) of calculation for such dividends;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends will accumulate;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the provisions for a sinking fund, if any;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether the preferred stock will be convertible into Synchronoss common stock, and, if applicable, the conversion price (or how it will be calculated) and conversion period;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether the preferred stock will be exchangeable into debt securities, and, if applicable, the exchange price (or how it will be calculated) and exchange period;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	a discussion of any material and/or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of Synchronoss; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any material limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of Synchronoss.	
 
Transfer Agent and Registrar.  The transfer agent and registrar for any series or class of preferred stock will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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COMMON STOCK
 
We currently have authorized 100,000,000 shares of common stock. As of March 8, 2010, there were 31,211,726 shares of common stock outstanding held of record by 89 stockholders. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive rights and no right to convert their common stock into any other securities. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and nonassessable.
 
The following summary of the terms of our common stock is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws, copies of which are on file with the SEC as exhibits to previous SEC filings. Please refer to the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” for directions on obtaining these documents.
 
Voting Rights.  The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including, without limitation, the election of our board of directors. Our stockholders have no right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.
 
Dividends.  Subject to preferences that may apply to shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably those dividends declared from time to time by the board of directors.
 
Rights Upon Liquidation.  Subject to preferences that may apply to shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in assets remaining after payment of liabilities.
 
Registration Rights.  After this offering, the holders of approximately 8,621 shares of common stock will be entitled to rights with respect to the registration of those shares under the Securities Act. Under the terms of the agreement between us and the holders of these registrable securities, if we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act, either for our own account or for the account of other security holders exercising registration rights, these holders are entitled to notice of registration and are entitled to include their shares of common stock in the registration. Holders of 8,621 shares of registrable securities are also entitled to specified demand registration rights under which they may require us to file a registration statement under the Securities Act at our expense with respect to our shares of common stock, and we are required to use our best efforts to effect this registration. Further, the holders of these demand rights may require us to file additional registration statements on Form S-3. All of these registration rights are subject to conditions and limitations, including, but not limited to, the right of the underwriters of an offering to limit the number of shares included in the registration.
 
Anti-Takeover Effects of Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware Law.   Some provisions of Delaware law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws could make the following transactions more difficult: our acquisition by means of a tender offer; our acquisition by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; or removal of our incumbent officers and directors.
 
These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage and prevent coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors, and also are intended to provide management with flexibility to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in our composition if our board of directors determines that a takeover is not in our best interests or the best interests of our stockholders.

 	• 	Election and Removal of Directors.  Our board of directors is divided into three classes serving staggered three year terms. This system of electing directors may tend to discourage a third party from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us because generally at least two stockholders’ meetings will be required for stockholders to effect a change in control of the board of directors. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our bylaws contain provisions that establish specific procedures for appointing and removing members of the board of directors. Under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships on the board of directors may be filled only by a majority of the directors then serving on the board, and under our bylaws, directors may be removed by the stockholders only for cause.	

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 	• 	Stockholder Meetings.  Under our bylaws, only the board of directors, the Chairman of the board or our Chief Executive Officer may call special meetings of stockholders.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals.  Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Delaware Anti-Takeover Law.  We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Generally, a business combination includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or another transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Generally, an interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years prior to the date of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock. The existence of this provision may have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions that are not approved in advance by our board of directors, including discouraging attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock held by stockholders.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Elimination of Stockholder Action by Written Consent.  Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation eliminates the right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting after this offering.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Undesignated Preferred Stock.   The authorization of undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to change control of us.	
 	 	 	
 	• 	Amendment of Charter Provisions.  The amendment of certain of the above provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires approval by holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding common stock.	
 
Transfer Agent and Registrar.  The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
 
Listing.  Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “SNCR.”
 
DEBT SECURITIES
 
We may issue, from time to time, debt securities in one or more series that will consist of either senior debt or subordinated debt under one or more trust indentures to be executed by us and a specified trustee. The terms of the debt securities will include those stated in the indenture and those made a part of the indenture (before any supplements) by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The indentures will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Debt securities, whether senior or subordinated, may be issued as convertible debt securities or exchangeable debt securities.
 
The following description sets forth certain anticipated general terms and provisions of the debt securities to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The particular terms of the debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement (which terms may be different than those stated below) and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply to the debt securities so offered will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of a particular issue of debt securities, investors should review both the prospectus supplement relating thereto and the following description. Forms of the senior indenture (as discussed herein) and the subordinated indenture (as discussed herein) are included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
 
General
 
The debt securities will be our direct obligations and may be either senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. The indebtedness represented by subordinated securities will be subordinated in right of payment to the
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prior payment in full of our senior debt (as defined in the applicable indenture). Senior securities and subordinated securities will be issued pursuant to separate indentures (respectively, a senior indenture and a subordinated indenture), in each case between us and a trustee.
 
Except as set forth in the applicable indenture and described in a prospectus supplement relating thereto, the debt securities may be issued without limit as to aggregate principal amount, in one or more series, secured or unsecured, in each case as established from time to time in or pursuant to authority granted by a resolution of our board of directors or as established in the applicable indenture. All debt securities of one series need not be issued at the time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of such series, for issuance of additional debt securities of such series. The applicable indenture may provide that we may issue debt securities in any currency or currency unit designated by us. Except for any limitations on consolidation, merger and sale of all or substantially all of our assets that may be contained in the applicable indenture, the terms of such indenture will not contain any covenants or other provisions designed to afford holders of any debt securities protection with respect to our operations, financial condition or transactions involving us.
 
The prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities being offered will contain the specific terms thereof, including, without limitation:

 	• 	the title of such debt securities and whether such debt securities are senior securities or subordinated securities and the terms of any such subordination;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the aggregate principal amount of such debt securities and any limit on such aggregate principal amount;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the percentage of the principal amount at which such debt securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or (if applicable) the portion of the principal amount of such debt securities which is convertible into common stock or preferred stock, or the method by which any such portion shall be determined;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the date or dates, or the method for determining the date or dates, on which the principal of such debt securities will be payable;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), or the method by which the rate or rates shall be determined, at which such debt securities will bear interest, if any;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the date or dates, or the method for determining such date or dates, from which any interest will accrue, the interest payment dates on which any such interest will be payable, the regular record dates for such interest payment dates, or the method by which any such date shall be determined, the person to whom such interest shall be payable, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of the extensions;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such debt securities will be payable, such debt securities may be surrendered for conversion or registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon us in respect of such debt securities and the applicable indenture may be served;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which such debt securities may be redeemed, as a whole or in part, at our option, if we have such an option;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	our obligation, if any, to redeem, repay or purchase such debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which such debt securities will be redeemed, repaid or purchased, as a whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies in which such debt securities are denominated and payable, which may be a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign currencies or a composite currency or currencies, and the terms and conditions relating thereto;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such debt securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or	

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 	 	method may, but need not be, based on a currency, currencies, currency unit or units or composite currencies) and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;	

 	• 	any additions to, modifications of or deletions from the terms of such debt securities with respect to the events of default or covenants set forth in the indenture;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any provisions for collateral security for repayment of such debt securities;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether such debt securities will be issued in certificated and/or book-entry form;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether such debt securities will be in registered or bearer form and, if in registered form, the denominations thereof if other than $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and, if in bearer form, the denominations thereof and terms and conditions relating thereto;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether issued in the form of one or more global securities and whether all or a portion of the principal amount of the debt securities is represented thereby;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	if other than the entire principal amount of the debt securities when issued, the portion of the principal amount payable upon acceleration of maturity, and the terms and conditions of any acceleration;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	if applicable, covenants affording holders of debt protection with respect to our operations, financial condition or transactions involving us;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the applicability, if any, of defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions of the applicable indenture;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the terms, if any, upon which such debt securities may be convertible into our common stock or preferred stock and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion will be effected, including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate and the conversion period;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	if applicable, any limitations on the ownership or transferability of the common stock or preferred stock into which such debt securities are convertible;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	whether and under what circumstances we will pay additional amounts as contemplated in the indenture on such debt securities in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether we will have the option to redeem such debt securities in lieu of making such payment; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any other material terms of such debt securities.	
 
The debt securities may provide for less than the entire principal amount thereof to be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof. Special federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable to these original issue discount securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth material U.S. federal income tax considerations for holders of any debt securities and the securities exchange or quotation system on which any debt securities are listed or quoted, if any.
 
The applicable indenture may contain provisions that would limit our ability to incur indebtedness or that would afford holders of debt securities protection in the event of a highly leveraged or similar transaction involving us or in the event of a change of control.
 
Senior Debt Securities
 
Payment of the principal of premium, if any, and interest on senior debt securities will rank on parity with all of our other senior unsecured and unsubordinated debt.
 
Subordinated Debt Securities
 
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on subordinated debt securities will be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of our senior debt. We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to any subordinated debt securities the subordination terms of such securities as well as the aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness, as of the most recent practicable date, that by its terms would be senior to the subordinated debt securities. We will also set forth in such prospectus supplement limitations, if any, on issuance of additional senior debt.
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale
 
The applicable indenture will provide that we may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our assets to, or merge with or into, any other corporation, provided that:

 	• 	either we shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor corporation (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of such assets shall expressly assume payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest on, all of the applicable debt securities and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained in the applicable indenture;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes our obligation or an obligation of one of our subsidiaries as a result thereof as having been incurred by us or such subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no event of default under the applicable indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become such an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	an officer’s certificate and legal opinion covering such conditions shall be delivered to the applicable trustee.	
 
Covenants
 
The applicable indenture will contain covenants requiring us to take certain actions and prohibiting us from taking certain actions. The covenants with respect to any series of debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating thereto.
 
Events of Default, Notice and Waiver
 
Each indenture will describe specific “events of default” with respect to any series of debt securities issued thereunder. Such “events of default” are likely to include (with grace and cure periods):

 	• 	default in the payment of any installment of interest on any debt security of such series;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any debt security of such series at its maturity or upon any redemption, by declaration or otherwise;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	default in making any required sinking fund payment for any debt security of such series;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Company contained in the applicable indenture (other than a covenant added to the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities issued thereunder other than such series), continued for a specified period of days after written notice as provided in the applicable indenture;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	default in the payment of specified amounts of indebtedness of the Company or any mortgage, indenture or other instrument under which such indebtedness is issued or by which such indebtedness is secured, such default having occurred after the expiration of any applicable grace period and having resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness, but only if such indebtedness is not discharged or such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of the Company or any of our significant subsidiaries or their property; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any other event of default provided in the applicable resolution of our board of directors or the supplemental indenture under which we issue series of debt securities.	
 
An event of default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default for any other series of debt securities issued under the indenture. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, if an event of default under any indenture with respect to debt securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the applicable trustee or the holders of not less than a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the debt securities of that series are original issue discount securities or indexed securities, such portion of the principal
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amounts may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately by written notice thereof to us (and to the applicable trustee if given by the holders). However, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of such series (or of all debt securities then outstanding under any indenture, as the case may be) has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the applicable trustee, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of such series (or of all debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture, as the case may be) may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 	• 	we shall have deposited with the applicable trustee all required payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the debt securities of such series (or of all debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture, as the case may be), plus certain fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the applicable trustee; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	all events of default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal (or specified portion thereof), with respect to debt securities of such series (or of all debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture, as the case may be) have been cured or waived as provided in such indenture.	
 
If an event of default relating to events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all of the debt securities outstanding, and any accrued interest, will automatically become due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any holder.
 
Each indenture also will provide that the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series (or of all debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture, as the case may be) may waive any past default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

 	• 	in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any debt security of such series; or	
 	 	 	
 	• 	in respect of a covenant or provision contained in the applicable indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby.	
 
Each trustee will be required to give notice to the holders of debt securities within 90 days of a default under the applicable indenture unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that such trustee may withhold notice to the holders of any series of debt securities of any default with respect to such series (except a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any debt security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment in respect of any debt security of such series) if specified responsible officers of such trustee consider such withholding to be in the interest of such holders.
 
Each indenture will provide that no holders of debt securities of any series may institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to such indenture or for any remedy thereunder, except in the case of failure of the applicable trustee, for 60 days, to act after it has received a written request to institute proceedings in respect of an event of default from the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series, as well as an offer of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. This provision will not prevent, however, any holder of debt securities from instituting suit for the enforcement of payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such debt securities at the respective due dates thereof.
 
Each indenture provides that in case an event of default shall occur and be known to any trustee and not be cured, the trustee must use the same degree of care as a prudent person would use in the conduct of his or her own affairs in the exercise of the trustee’s power. Subject to provisions in each indenture relating to its duties in case of default, no trustee will be under any obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under an indenture at the request or direction of any holders of any series of debt securities then outstanding under such indenture, unless such holders shall have offered to the trustee thereunder reasonable security or indemnity. The holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series (or of all debt securities then outstanding under an indenture, as the case may be) shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the applicable trustee, or of exercising any trust or power conferred upon such trustee. However, a trustee may refuse to follow any direction which is in conflict with any law
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or the applicable indenture, which may involve such trustee in personal liability or which may be unduly prejudicial to the holders of debt securities of such series not joining therein.
 
Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, we will be required to deliver to each trustee a certificate, signed by one of several specified officers, stating whether or not such officer has knowledge of any default under the applicable indenture and, if so, specifying each such default and the nature and status thereof.
 
Modification of the Indenture
 
Each indenture provides that we and the trustee may enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of debt securities to:

 	• 	secure any debt securities;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	evidence the assumption by a successor corporation of our obligations;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	add covenants for the protection of the holders of debt securities;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency in the indenture;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	establish the forms or terms of debt securities of any series; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee.	
 
It is anticipated that modifications and amendments of an indenture may be made by us and the trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of each series of the outstanding debt securities issued under the indenture that are affected by the modification or amendment, provided that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of each holder of such debt securities affected thereby:

 	• 	change the stated maturity date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or any installment of interest, if any, on any such debt security;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	reduce the principal amount of (or premium, if any) or the interest, if any, on any such debt security or the principal amount due upon acceleration of an original issue discount security;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	change the time or place or currency of payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such debt security;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to any such debt security;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	reduce any amount payable on redemption;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	modify any of the subordination provisions or the definition of senior indebtedness applicable to any subordinated debt securities in a manner adverse to the holders of those securities;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	reduce the above-stated percentage of holders of debt securities necessary to modify or amend the indenture; or	
 	 	 	
 	• 	modify the foregoing requirements or reduce the percentage of outstanding debt securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or for waiver of certain defaults.	
 
A record date may be set for any act of the holders with respect to consenting to any amendment. The holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of each series affected thereby will have the right to waive our compliance with certain covenants in such indenture. Each indenture will contain provisions for convening meetings of the holders of debt securities of a series to take permitted action.
 
A prospectus supplement may set forth modifications or additions to these provisions with respect to a particular series of debt securities.
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Conversion or Exchange Rights
 
A prospectus supplement will describe the terms, if any, on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock, preferred stock or other securities. These terms will also include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. Such provisions will also include the conversion or exchange price (or manner or calculation thereof), the conversion or exchange period, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion or exchange price, and provisions affecting conversion or exchange in the event of the redemption of such series of debt securities.
 
Registered Global Securities
 
We may issue the debt securities of a series in whole or in part in the form of one or more fully registered global securities that we will deposit with a depositary or with a nominee for a depositary identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and registered in the name of such depositary or nominee. In such case, we will issue one or more registered global securities denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the debt securities of the series to be issued and represented by such registered global security or securities.
 
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities in definitive registered form, a registered global security may not be transferred except as a whole:

 	• 	by the depositary for such registered global security to its nominee;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary; or	
 	 	 	
 	• 	by the depositary or its nominee to a successor of the depositary or a nominee of the successor.	
 
The prospectus supplement relating to a series of debt securities will describe the specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion of such series represented by a registered global security. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements for debt securities:

 	• 	ownership of beneficial interests in a registered global security will be limited to persons that have accounts with the depositary for the registered global security, those persons being referred to as “participants,” or persons that may hold interests through participants;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	upon the issuance of a registered global security, the depositary for the registered global security will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principal amounts of the debt securities represented by the registered global security beneficially owned by the participants;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any dealers, underwriters, or agents participating in the distribution of the debt securities will designate the accounts to be credited; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	ownership of any beneficial interest in the registered global security will be shown on, and the transfer of any ownership interest will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary for the registered global security (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons holding through participants).	
 
The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of the securities in definitive form. These laws may limit the ability of those persons to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in registered global securities.
 
So long as the depositary for a registered global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the registered global security, the depositary or the nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the registered global security for all purposes under the indenture. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in a registered global security:

 	• 	will not be entitled to have the debt securities represented by a registered global security registered in their names;	

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 	• 	will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the debt securities in the definitive form; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	will not be considered the owners or holders of the debt securities under the indenture.	
 
Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a registered global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for the registered global security and, if the person is not a participant, on the procedures of a participant through which the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the indenture.
 
We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a registered global security desires to give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or take under the indenture, the depositary for the registered global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take the action, and those participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through those participants to give or take the action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.
 
We will make payments of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on debt securities represented by a registered global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee to the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owners of the registered global security. None of the Company, the trustee or any other agent of the Company or the trustee will be responsible or liable for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the registered global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to the beneficial ownership interests.
 
We expect that the depositary for any debt securities represented by a registered global security, upon receipt of any payments of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, in respect of the registered global security, will immediately credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the registered global security as shown on the records of the depositary. We also expect that standing customer instructions and customary practices will govern payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the registered global security held through the participants, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name.” We also expect that any of these payments will be the responsibility of the participants.
 
If the depositary for any debt securities represented by a registered global security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, we will appoint an eligible successor depositary. If we fail to appoint an eligible successor depositary within 90 days, we will issue the debt securities in definitive form in exchange for the registered global security. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion decide not to have any of the debt securities of a series represented by one or more registered global securities. In such event, we will issue debt securities of that series in a definitive form in exchange for all of the registered global securities representing the debt securities. The trustee will register any debt securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a registered global security in such name or names as the depositary, based upon instructions from its participants, shall instruct the trustee.
 
We may also issue bearer debt securities of a series in the form of one or more global securities, referred to as “bearer global securities.” We will deposit these bearer global securities with a common depositary for Euroclear System and Clearstream Bank Luxembourg, Societe Anonyme, or with a nominee for the depositary identified in the prospectus supplement relating to that series. The prospectus supplement relating to a series of debt securities represented by a bearer global security will describe the specific terms and procedures, including the specific terms of the depositary arrangement and any specific procedures for the issuance of debt securities in definitive form in exchange for a bearer global security, with respect to the position of the series represented by a bearer global security.
 
Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
 
We can discharge or defease our obligations under the indenture as set forth below. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, the subordination provisions applicable to any subordinated debt securities will be expressly subject to the discharge and defeasance provisions of the indenture.
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We may discharge some of our obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and that have either become due and payable or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year (or are scheduled for redemption within one year). We may effect a discharge by irrevocably depositing with the trustee cash or U.S. government obligations, as trust funds, in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities and any mandatory sinking fund payments.
 
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may also discharge any and all of our obligations to holders of any series of debt securities at any time (“defeasance”). We also may be released from the obligations imposed by any covenants of any outstanding series of debt securities and provisions of the indenture, and we may omit to comply with those covenants without creating an event of default (“covenant defeasance”). We may effect defeasance and covenant defeasance only if, among other things:

 	• 	we irrevocably deposit with the trustee cash or U.S. government obligations, as trust funds, in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay at maturity (or upon redemption) the principal, premium, if any, and interest on all outstanding debt securities of the series; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	we deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel from a nationally recognized law firm to the effect that the holders of the series of debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance and that defeasance or covenant defeasance will not otherwise alter the holders’ U.S. federal income tax treatment of principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on the series of debt securities, which opinion, in the case of legal defeasance, must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service issued, or a change in U.S. federal income tax law.	
 
Although we may discharge or defease our obligations under the indenture as described in the two preceding paragraphs, we may not avoid, among other things, our duty to register the transfer or exchange of any series of debt securities, to replace any temporary, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen series of debt securities or to maintain an office or agency in respect of any series of debt securities.
 
Redemption of Securities
 
Debt securities may also be subject to optional or mandatory redemption on terms and conditions described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
From and after notice has been given as provided in the applicable indenture, if funds for the redemption of any debt securities called for redemption shall have been made available on such redemption date, such debt securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice, and the only right of the holders of the debt securities will be to receive payment of the redemption price.
 
Notices
 
Holders of our debt securities will receive notices by mail at their addresses as they appear in the security register.
 
Title
 
We may treat the person in whose name a debt security is registered on the applicable record date as the owner of the debt security for all purposes, whether or not it is overdue.
 
Governing Law
 
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, New York law will govern the indentures and the debt securities, without regard to its conflicts of law principles.
 
Concerning the Trustee
 
Each indenture provides that there may be more than one trustee under the indenture, each with respect to one or more series of debt securities. If there are different trustees for different series of debt securities, each trustee will
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be a trustee of a trust under the indenture separate and apart from the trust administered by any other trustee under the indenture. Except as otherwise indicated in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, any action permitted to be taken by a trustee may be taken by such trustee only with respect to the one or more series of debt securities for which it is the trustee under the indenture. Any trustee under the indenture may resign or be removed with respect to one or more series of debt securities. All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all registration, transfer, exchange, authentication and delivery (including authentication and delivery on original issuance of the debt securities) of, the debt securities of a series will be effected by the trustee with respect to that series at an office designated by the trustee in New York, New York.
 
Each indenture contains limitations on the right of the trustee, should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in some cases or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee may engage in other transactions. If it acquires any conflicting interest relating to any duties with respect to the debt securities, however, it must eliminate the conflict or resign as trustee.
 
WARRANTS
 
We may issue warrants for the purchase of debt securities, preferred stock, common stock, or any combination thereof. We may issue warrants independently or together with any other securities offered by any prospectus supplement and may be attached to or separate from the other offered securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into by us with a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of warrants. Further terms of the warrants and the applicable warrant agreements will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement relating to any particular issue of warrants will describe the terms of the warrants, including, as applicable, the following:

 	• 	the title of the warrants;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the aggregate number of the warrants;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the designation, terms and number of shares of preferred stock or common stock or principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the designation and terms of the offered securities, if any, with which the warrants are issued and the number of the warrants issued with each offered security;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the related debt securities, preferred stock or common stock will be separately transferable;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the price at which each share of preferred stock, common stock or underlying debt securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be purchased or the manner of determining such price;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the date on which the right to exercise the warrants shall commence and the date on which that right shall expire;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants which may be exercised at any one time;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	a discussion of certain federal income tax considerations; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any other material terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.	
 
We and the warrant agent may amend or supplement the warrant agreement for a series of warrants without the consent of the holders of the warrants issued thereunder to effect changes that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrants and that do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of the warrants.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus supplement, the net proceeds received by us from the sale of the shares described in this prospectus will be added to our general funds and will be used for our general corporate purposes. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by any selling shareholders. From time to time, we may engage in additional public or private financings of a character and amount which we may deem appropriate.
 
RATIO OF FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERENCE DIVIDENDS TO EARNINGS
 
Our ratio of combined fixed charges and preference dividends to earnings for each of the five most recently completed fiscal years and any required interim periods will each be specified in a prospectus supplement or in a document that we file with the SEC and incorporate by reference pertaining to the issuance, if any, by us of preference securities in the future.
 
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
This prospectus also relates to the possible resale by certain of our stockholders of up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of our common stock that were issued and outstanding prior to the original date of filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part (or were issued pursuant to the conversion of securities outstanding as of such date). The selling stockholders acquired shares of such common stock pursuant to issuances, distributions and transfers that occurred in connection with the incorporation of the company in 2000, pursuant to grants of restricted stock made under the company’s various equity incentive plans between 2000 and 2009 and/or upon the exercise of stock options granted between 2000 and 2009 under such plans. Information about the selling stockholders, where applicable, including their identities and the number of shares of common stock to be registered on their behalf, will be set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement, documents incorporated by reference or other documents we file with the SEC. No selling stockholder will sell any shares of our common stock pursuant to this prospectus until we have identified such selling stockholder and the shares being offered for resale by such selling stockholder in a prospectus supplement. However, the selling stockholders may sell or transfer all or a portion of their shares of our common stock pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
 
DIVIDEND POLICY
 
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to compliance with certain covenants under our credit facilities, which restrict or limit our ability to declare of pay dividends, and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We and the selling stockholders may sell the securities covered by this prospectus in any of three ways (or in any combination):

 	• 	to or through underwriters or dealers;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single purchaser; or	
 	 	 	
 	• 	through agents.	
 
Each time we or the selling stockholders offer and sell securities, we or the selling stockholders will provide a prospectus supplement that will set forth the terms of the offering of the securities covered by this prospectus, including:

 	• 	the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents and the amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by each of them;	

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 	• 	the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we or the selling stockholders will receive from the sale;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any underwriting discounts or commissions or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	the initial public offering price of the securities;	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and	
 	 	 	
 	• 	any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.	
 
Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
 
Underwriters or dealers may offer and sell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. If underwriters or dealers are used in the sale of any securities, the securities will be acquired by such underwriters or dealers for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions described above. We or the selling stockholders may offer the securities to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters, or directly by underwriters or dealers. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters or dealers will be obligated to purchase all the securities of the series offered by the prospectus supplement. We will describe the nature of any such relationship in the prospectus supplement, naming the underwriter or dealer.
 
We and the selling stockholders may use underwriters with whom we or they have a material relationship. We and the selling stockholders may sell the securities through agents from time to time. The prospectus supplement will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities and any commissions we and the selling stockholders pay to them. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
 
We and the selling stockholders may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain purchasers to purchase securities from us or them at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The prospectus supplement will set forth the conditions to these contracts and any commissions we or the selling stockholders pay for solicitation of these contracts.
 
The selling stockholders have advised us that they intend to offer and sell the shares described in this prospectus through one or more underwritten offerings. The terms of any offerings, including the number of shares offered, will be described in the prospectus supplement that we will file with the SEC at the time of the offering.
 
LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon by Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, Waltham, Massachusetts.
 
EXPERTS
 
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements and schedule included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. Our financial statements and schedule are incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst & Young LLP’s reports given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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