2007 represents our most successful year to date, with 30 new customers signing with Covalent bringing the total customer base to 98.
Within the councils market, Covalent is now the undisputed market leader with 77 customers of all sizes and types, compared to our nearest competitors 64 customers. Notable wins this year were Doncaster MBC, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Solihull. We secured a further 4 Scottish councils making Covalent the overwhelming choice and bringing our market share in that segment to over 35%. An interesting contract was also our first Australian customer, City of Salisbury in Adelaide. Covalent is also gathering momentum in other Public Sector markets, notably Housing Associations where we secured 5 new customers and the new NHS market.
There were four new releases of the Covalent CPM software suite that transform it into the leading solution in terms of functionality and usability. In addition to a host of new features and ongoing enhancements, we delivered the Web Publishing and Web Updates modules, Models to support self-assessments and GIS for mapping performance data geographically.