Software Industry Conference
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The Software Industry Conference is an annual conference for Micro ISV
s, software developer
s, e-commerce
providers, software publisher
s, and others who work in the software industry. The Software Industry Conference is planned and implemented by the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation. The conference is three days of educational sessions, tutorials, networking opportunities, exhibits, and an awards banquet for MicroISV's and software professionals.
The 19th annual Software Industry Conference was held in Dallas, TX- July 15-17, 2010. The annual SIC Exhibit Night was held on July 16, and the Software Industry Awards dinner was held on July 17. The rights to the conference were acquired by the Association of Software Professionals in 2011. The next conference will be in Reno, Nevada, July 13-15, 2012.
, the conference name was changed to the Shareware Industry Conference and began being held in July. In 2007, the board of directors
changed the name to Software Industry Conference to better reflect the needs of the industry."
Micro ISV
A Micro-ISV , a term coined by Eric Sink, is an independent software vendor with fewer than 10 or even just one software developer...
s, software developer
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
s, e-commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, eCommerce or e-comm, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. However, the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online...
providers, software publisher
Software publisher
A software publisher is a publishing company in the software industry between the developer and the distributor. In some companies, two or all three of these roles may be combined ....
s, and others who work in the software industry. The Software Industry Conference is planned and implemented by the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation. The conference is three days of educational sessions, tutorials, networking opportunities, exhibits, and an awards banquet for MicroISV's and software professionals.
The 19th annual Software Industry Conference was held in Dallas, TX- July 15-17, 2010. The annual SIC Exhibit Night was held on July 16, and the Software Industry Awards dinner was held on July 17. The rights to the conference were acquired by the Association of Software Professionals in 2011. The next conference will be in Reno, Nevada, July 13-15, 2012.
History
The Software Industry Conference website notes: "From 1991 through 1994 the conference was called the Summer Shareware Seminar and was held in June. In 1994, due to a conflict with Ziff-DavisZiff Davis
Ziff Davis Inc. is an American publisher and Internet company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, advertiser-rich hobbies such as cars,...
, the conference name was changed to the Shareware Industry Conference and began being held in July. In 2007, the board of directors
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
changed the name to Software Industry Conference to better reflect the needs of the industry."
Board of directors
- Paris Karahalios
- Harold Holmes
- Gary Elfring
- Sue Picchotta
- Mitch Vincent
- Sharon Housley