By Mona Westhaver, President and Co-Founder, Inspiration Software, Inc.
Without question, 2005 has been an exciting year of forward movement for SAO. We have new leadership, a new corporate image and a renewed commitment to our critical role in developing Oregon's software industry. Both John Tortorici as
president, and Molly Moore as vice president bring new vision and strong leadership to our organization. I know they will provide us with outstanding guidance as we build on the foundation of this year's growth.
Table of Contents
Industry News
Employer Workforce Training Fund Provides $66,000 Training Grant to Coaxis, Inc.
By Nancy Davis, project manager, Worksystems, Inc.
Grants from the Employer Workforce Training Fund help local software developer provide training for software engineers, application developers, technical support technicians and IT technicians. The SAO will survey member companies to
identify a range of training needs, and develop an application for a training grant on behalf of the membership.
Incubators House Next Generation of Successful Businesses
By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates
Two incubators in the Portland area house the next generation of successful businesses. The Portland Business Accelerator is an incubator created by Portland State University. The Open Technology Business Center (OTBC) in Beaverton is home
to companies and individuals focused on open technologies.
SAO Partners with Business Education Compact on National Engineers Month
By Mary Beth Horton, deputy director, Business Education Compact
National Engineers Month helps raise public awareness of the opportunities and rewards of being an engineer. For the sake of a well-prepared workforce and quality K-12 education, SAO members are encouraged to participate
Resource Center News
Funding Your Company with Grants: Innovation Pays
By Barbara Anderman, special events & programs manager, SAO
Government grants provide over $1 billion annually to small businesses. Grant solicitations for many agencies are open now and will close in January, so this is an ideal time to investigate these often-overlooked funding sources.
Enforcing Your Patents through Licensing and Litigation
By Craig Rogers, attorney, Marger Johnson & McCollom
Once you have a patent number for your invention and once you've notified your competition and the industry that you hold a patent on your particular technology, you're ready to enforce your patent rights against others who encroach upon
your exclusive rights.
Unwiring Portland
By Ed Carroll, Agilis Solutions
A recent SAO panel discussion investigated the hot perspective of whether a wireless Portland will enable growth in the local software industry.
Company Profile
SAO Profile: Kryptiq
Digital communication and administration tools help healthcare professionals and patients
By Carri Bugbee, Big Deal PR
Carri Bugbee interviewed Jim Coppa, vice president of product development at Kryptiq, to learn how Kryptiq is enhancing communications and creating more efficient management processes for the healthcare industry.
Quick Survey
Take Our Survey
This month, we would like to find out how many of you are selling products and services to the state, and what your level of interest is in this topic. To take our quick, four question survey,
click here to begin.
Last month, we asked what you think of blogs and how you plan to utilize them in your organization. Almost 70% of you are still fairly unfamiliar with blogs. While more than half of you felt it was important to follow what is being said
about your company on blogs, only 50% of you read blogs where your company is mentioned. More than 30% of you have used information learned from blogs to improve your products or services. This is clearly a hot issue -- stayed tuned for
more topics on blogs coming from the SAO.
SAO News
SAO Kicks Off Benefit Gala to Support Education
By Geraldine Power, Power Communication
The SAO's November wine-tasting gala benefited its subsidiary organization, the SAO Foundation (SAOF) and the Foundation's education technology programs. Find out what you missed, and how you can continue to support this great cause.
SAO Sponsor Spotlight: PricewaterhouseCoopers
SAO's sponsors enable the association to fulfill its purpose: "To foster and promote the quality and growth of Oregon's software industry by serving its key needs." We now recognize our newest Funding Sponsor, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
SAO promotes the software industry at the 4th Annual Oregon Leadership Summit on January 9th, 2006
Join the SAO as we participate in one of the cluster breakout sessions at the Oregon Business Plan's Leadership Summit. The SAO will moderate a panel of software industry executives, including Greg Drew, CEO of WebTrends, in a discussion
of Oregon's software industry and the impact to our state. Hear about some of Oregon's great strengths in software, and hear about the SAO's recommendations to support this important cluster.
Member Headlines
Serena Software
Portland, OR
Serena Software Inc. said on Friday it has agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners for about $1.2 billion.
Tektronix
Portland, OR
Tektronix Inc. bought Vqual Ltd., a provider of software tools for analysis, test and optimization of compressed digital media, based in Bristol, England.
Xerox
Portland, OR
Xerox Corp. has been named Tech Innovator of the Year in the printing and imaging category by VARBusiness magazine.
Send us your Member News
Submit your announcements to
industrynews@sao.org. No attachments, please. Send the headline and first paragraph in the body of the email, along with a URL for more information. All submissions are subject to review and acceptance by SAO Industry Update staff.
|
