Innodata (INOD) 8 Mar 182017 Q4 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to the Innodata Q4 and Fiscal 2017 Results Call. Today's conference is being recorded. And at this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Amy Agress. Please go ahead, ma'am.

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