If you've been on the forums recently, you'll have noticed that we've surpassed 5000 registered users--or over 1000 new users in just 3 months!  Thanks again to all of you who have supported us so faithfully!

With the ever growing forum content on clearcanvas.ca, finding what you need will be that much easier (and faster!) now that we've installed Google Custom Search on the site. We've indexed all the content on our development portal as well. To give it a try, simply enter your search terms (e.g. DICOM) in the search box in the upper right hand corner and click the search icon. Happy searching!

If you login to our brand new website (nice, isn't it?), you'll be prompted to update your profile with your physical address. Rest assured, this is not a marketing ploy--we definitely won't be sending you any junk mail! Rather, we want to be able to issue product recalls if necessary and a mailing address is required for that. So when you login, help us out by providing a real address. Thanks!

At long last, ClearCanvas 1.5 is finally here! We're as relieved to get this out to all of you, as you are to finally see it. After almost 8 months of intensive development and testing, the full ClearCanvas RIS/PACS is now available for download (yes, that includes the long-awaited RIS!) We've added tonnes of features and made countless bug fixes in the Workstation, ImageServer and RIS. As this is the first time we've released the full integrated product, we'd love to hear what you think of it. So be sure to visit our forums and join in on the conversation! Enjoy!

An impressive ImageServer milestone was reached today:  Over 1 million studies are now online at JDMI!

We upgraded our website software this past weekend. If you're having problems logging in, just clear your browser's cache and try again. Thanks!

In advance of our upcoming product releases, we've made some of our documentation available for review by the community.  We invite you tell us what you think before we finalize things.  Post your feedback on the Workstation, ImageServer and developer forums.  (Links to the guides are in those forum threads.) Thanks!

As of today, 4000 users have registered on clearcanvas.ca! Some other interesting stats:

• Countries: 130
• Top 5 countries: U.S., Canada, India, Germany and China
• Product downloads (last 12 months): 8913
• Forum posts: 3622

Thank you to all of you for supporting us with such passion and enthusiasm!

If you're going to be at SIIM this year, be sure to come by the Open Source Plugfest on Friday, June 5 from 8am-10am to see the latest ClearCanvas products!  It's an informal session where you can see various open source projects, ask questions, and if you bring your laptop, install the software. Of course, if you'd like to get together over coffee at another time during the conference, just let me know (norman AT clearcanvas DOT ca) and we'll set something up.  See you in Charlotte!

How are you using ClearCanvas products?  We want to hear from you in your own words!  Tell us your story about how ClearCanvas has made a difference where you are at our new ClearCanvas Stories Forum.