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Software Industry Conference
July 16, 2009 at 8am to July 18, 2009 at 6pm – Boston Marriott Quincy
The Software Industry Conference will be held July 16-18, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Software Industry Conference attracts software industry leaders, software marketers, and software develo...
Organized by Sharon Housley | Type: Conference, for, software, developers, and, marketers.
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IWSPM 2009
September 1, 2009 all day – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3rd International Workshop on Software Product Management Atlanta, Georgia, USA, September 1, 2009 http://2009.iwspm.org In conjunction with the 17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Co...
Organized by Samuel Fricker, Tony Gorschek, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Christof Ebert | Type: conference, product management, software, requirements engineering
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The IT Management Conference & Expo in NYC will bring together the Greatest Minds in IT for 3-days
October 14, 2009 to October 16, 2009 – New World Stages
ITMC will feature top IT Leadership including Gary Vaynerchuk, the CIO of Forbes, Founder of MySQL, Creator of PHP & CTOs from GE, IBM, CSC, AIG, Avocent, Citigroup, Nortel & many more The...
Organized by IT Management Conference | Type: conference, &, expo
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Practical Product Lines 2009
October 20, 2009 at 9am to October 21, 2009 at 5pm – Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam
Struggling to produce custom product variants? Failing to reuse software across your multiple products? Then this is the event for you. With its emphasis on providing actionable guidance on best p...
Organized by Techwatch, Software Acumen, ICT NoviQ | Type: conference
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European Software Conference
November 7, 2009 to November 8, 2009 – Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin
The 9th European Software Conference, the premier event for anyone in Europe doing business with or around software development. Interesting topics around the web, the mobile and the desktop sector...
Organized by David Boventer | Type: european, software, conference, for, developers, industry, leaders, and, marketers.
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Business of Software 2009
November 9, 2009 at 9am to November 11, 2009 at 12pm – The Westin, San Francisco
If you're interested in building long-term, sustainable and profitable software businesses then you should come to Business of Software 2009. Over two and half days in November you'll hear Joel Spo...
Organized by Neil Davidson | Type: conference
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How Does Your Software Company Push Out Updates? 6 Replies
Question for software companies out there: What mechanism(s) do you use to push out your updates? Thanks
Started by Sam Bahmanyar. Last reply by Sam Bahmanyar Jul 2.
Gap Between TI and Business model. 4 Replies
What is the area of knowledge that implements the business model into the software? What is the best instrument to transcript the business process into something a programer can undestand ?
Started by Naoki. Last reply by David Filip Jul 2.
Free Google AdWords Consultations at Software Industry Conference 2009
Hello all, At this year's Software Industry Conference, we are again giving away a limited number of FREE 20 minute Google AdWords Consultation slots worth $133 each! One of our company's Google ...
Started by Dave Collins Jul 2.
Michael Jackson Funeral Live: Watch Michael Jackson Funeral Live Web Feed
Michael Jackson was beloved by many and so it seems natural that Michael’s funeral will be broadcast live on television and live via webfeed. Read more about Michael Jackson’s funeral arrangeme...
Started by Alex Jun 27.
Infrastructure for starting an ISV 9 Replies
All, Please excuse if this has been discussed before - grateful for links if that is the case. For my first startup, pieces of business support infrastructure were added when there was a critical...
Started by Steve Wilkinson. Last reply by David Filip Jun 26.
What are the benefits of having a Software in my company? 1 Reply
Hello, I am new in tecnology, we use some Excel sheets but I am in doubt if we should build an IT system. It's a small company, 10 people. Our main core business is shipping commodities. What can b...
Started by Naoki. Last reply by David Filip Jun 26.
Going to BoS 2009? 18 Replies
So tell me ... who's going to BoS 2009? I am coming from a bloody long way away. In fact I'll put it out there that I'm travelling the most miles to get to this conference and if anyone's travelli...
Tagged: tequilla, kiwis, bos 2009, attending
Started by Jason Glover. Last reply by Cary Millsap Jun 24.
Website Critique live webinar II 3 Replies
Hi all, On April 29th, Sharon Housley - http://www.notepage.com - and myself ran our first website critique webinar, and it proved to be a great success. I'm pleased to announce that we are runni...
Started by Dave Collins. Last reply by Dave Collins Jun 22.
The RIAA literally owns Jammie Thomas-Rasset (a copyright discussion for tech pros)
A jury of Jammie Thomas-Rasset's peers just levied a $1,920,000 fine against the young mother of 4 for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa. The defendant, and others, are basically saying... "Good luck coll...
Tagged: Kazaa, downloading, music, lawsuit, piracy
Started by Sadien Intellectual Property Jun 19.
Please review. Are we making something that is useful? 2 Replies
Hi, Since most of you guys are experienced tech-people, can you please have a look on our business? Are we making something useful? Please bear in mind that it's still work in progress and we're ...
Started by Hendro. Last reply by Hendro Jun 19.
Crucial issues facing your start-up or microISV
Running a Startup or MicroISV can be a stressful endeavour. What do you think are the most crucial issues that your Startup or MicroISV face on a day to day basis and where do you turn for answers?
Started by Scott Devereux Jun 18.
New Opera Unite: Are they kidding?
I'm glad to see Opera working to grow, and try new things... However, from what I am reading about this new product... nothing about what they're doing sounds good. As I understand it, Opera Unit...
Tagged: server, proxy, network, data, web
Started by Sadien Intellectual Property Jun 17.
Calculate Expenses of Startup 12 Replies
Several times I heard that about $5K ~ $6K is enough to make a startup. Can you suggest a spreadsheet or a list containing typical expenses for starting software business? I want to calculate (est...
Started by Maksym Shostak. Last reply by Larry Miner Jun 15.
What do you consider the greatest reward for running your own software company? 4 Replies
What do you think is the most rewarding part of running your own micro ISV or Software Company? Is it the freedom that it provides to follow your own dreams and reach your own goals? Seeing the gr...
Started by Scott Devereux. Last reply by Larry Miner Jun 15.
Pirate Party: Are Americans losing something in translation here?
A Sadien.com Editorial I've seen this story about the "EU Pirate Party" floating around for several days now. Piracy is bad. No question about it. (And before all of the Pro-Pirate-Bay-Copyright-...
Tagged: Piracy, Party, election, EU, software
Started by Sadien Intellectual Property Jun 12.
Use Twitter ?? 47 Replies
Anyone for sharing twitter usernames ?? @kjhughes
Started by Ken Hughes. Last reply by Jon Beltran de Heredia Jun 11.
Software Lauch for 2.0 version
Hi all, we are in the verge of launching our ERP software with version 2.0 in the middle east. Could some one help me with the contemporary way of launching and prelaunch activites required for a I...
Started by Dass Narayan Jun 11.
How do you document your products and services? 6 Replies
I've used software products with no documentation and software products with hundreds of pages of documentation. I'm interested in hearing how group members document their products and services. ...
Started by Mark Dalgarno. Last reply by Mark Dalgarno Jun 10.
Are you kicking your story to the curb? 2 Replies
Companies are letting others tell their stories for them. In the process, one of the most precious commodities of the company - its identity - is lost, misrepresented or compromised. How basic of a...
Started by Bob Cramblitt. Last reply by Jason Glover Jun 10.
How to deal with domain name squatters? 5 Replies
I am interested in purchasing a domain name (spectrogram.com) that is closely related to our products (we generate high definition spectrograms). We can live without the domain name, and the initia...
Started by Matt Richards. Last reply by G.C. Hutson May 28.
Neil's blog
How to make giving project feedback easy
In a post last week, Seth Godin explained a problem with giving people feedback about their work. In essence, what happens is this. You say ‘I don’t like your logo / artwork / project plan*’, but they hear ‘I suck’...Crossing a river by feeling for the stones
Running a software business is like crossing a river by feeling for the stones. You take one pace, and then a second, and then you search around with your toes for the next stone. You lean on it gently, testing...What are you *really* good at, and who cares?
Last week, Wil Harris spoke eloquently and convincingly about how ChannelFlip launched. Off the shelf software, string, sticky tape, some CSS, plenty of tea and a spare afternoon* was all it took to create and get this top-notch video magazine...What do you do if coding is no longer enough?
The first computer I ever programmed was my uncle’s Sharp PC-1211. Keen for me to hone my skills on Forth, away from what he considered the mind-softening influence of BASIC, he soon gave me a Jupiter Ace, the first computer...A reminder about the Red Gate million dollar challenge
If you’ve got a micro ISV or software product that you want to sell then we’ve got a million dollars to spend. The deadline for applications is on May 31st. Read more at the original post: http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2009/04/the-red-gate-million-dollar-challenge.htmlAbout
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