Despite the challenging economic indicators, Visix produced a solid first quarter. With still another day to go in the month of March, we are 98% of our inbound target; backlog covers the revenue side of the equation. This target includes Q1 growth on top of our record setting year in 2008. I am confident that as we continue to execute our business plan, we will hit our 2009 growth objectives.
On the development side of the business we delivered our remote control API and web page playback tool. The API and associated SDK will enable third parties to control modes of operation within our application. As an example, a third party might use a mass notification, text messaging application to trigger our players into an alert notification mode. The web page playback tools enable users to point to and playback web pages, regardless of content. This technique is effective in data visualization applications.
Our client services team delivered more web-based (WebEx) training sessions in the first quarter than in any other quarter in history. We have proven that there is a correlation between rapid adoption and quality training. We do not buy into the model that it's so simple to use that it requires no training. Our product is simple to use, but virtually nobody has any real experience in creating effective campaigns, image retention avoidance and the nuances of effective screen design. Training is effective.
Internationally, we shipped one of our business development consultants off to Australia for the next three weeks. We have had a presence there since early 2006. We are optimistic we can incrementally grow our business in other parts of the world while we continue to saturate North America.