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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
The Software Council Board of Directors and staff would like to wish you a wonderful holiday season. At this time, we would like to thank our dedicated members, volunteers and corporate sponsors for their support over this past year.
Software Industry Awards
February 7, 2002
Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
The Eighth Annual Southern California Software Industry Awards recognizes deserving individuals who have been instrumental in making Southern California a growing center for software/Internet innovation and entrepreneurism. The Southern California software market is a dominant industry that includes over 8,000 companies, representing tens of thousands of employees. Awards to be presented include: CEO of the Year, 2002 Software Entrepreneur of the Year, Developer of the Year, and Interactive Content Company of the Year.
Sponsored
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November marks the 10th anniversary of the incorporation of the Software Council of Southern California. In those early months, there was tremendous effort on defining the mission of the Council, developing programs and services for the industry and setting up the volunteer structure that has proved to be the foundation of the Software Council. The organization would not have evolved without the commitment of our members who have given both financial and human resources to the Council.
In appreciation of
our long-time members, we would like to recognize those companies who
have been with the Council for at
least five years or more.
Join or renew
your membership today and receive a
a complimentary copy of FrontRange's award-winning,
5-user set, CRM solution called Goldmine. Valued at over $1,000!
SCSC is excited to welcome the following new and returning members to the Council. We look forward to seeing all of you at the SCSC membership orientations and monthly events!
SCSC has partnered with the California Training Cooperative to provide
our members with workforce development and training assistance. Their
mission is to develop a competitive workforce and they are focused on
helping companies design a world-class employee development system. CTC's
core competencies are as follows:
The Cooperative is offering SCSC members a complimentary membership, please go to http://portal.ctcoop.com/join. For a quick web site "tour" of the Cooperative please link to: http://www.ctcoop.com
As a founding member of CRITA, the Council of Regional Information Technology
Associations (www.crita.org), SCSC now has the ability to bring you legislative
updates for your review. Recently, CRITA has hired a legislative liaison
to work on behalf of the organization.
On November 16th,
Mark Nebergall, President of the Software Finance and Tax Executives Council
sent CRITA members an update on H.R. 1552, the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Now is the time to make sure your advertising space is ordered and confirmed
in the upcoming Software Industry Directory 2002. The Directory is now
accepting advertising orders. Advertisers will want to act quickly to
get the best possible available positions. As a bonus, an Early Bird savings
discount of 5% is available until December 7th!
SCSC has developed a business resource center called the Preferred Provider Network. SCSC members will give significant discounts or other services to SCSC members.
This month's Preferred
Provider Spotlight is: Epoch Internet
Selling Through Alternative Sales Channels
There may be many
ways to sell your software products and/or services. Determining the best
method takes a lot of time and study. Before this decision can be made,
the alternate sales channels must be defined and understood. This article
explores the methods of alternative sales channels. more...
The computer simulator
and game creators have now for decades been creating virtual worlds. In
the last few years increasingly three dimensional (3D) worlds that are
visually and interactively very realistic are being created. In their
development of these worlds they have made discoveries about how human
being interact with their environment, others, and computers. At the SIGGRAPH
2001 Conference in Los Angeles some of the developers of such virtual
worlds shared some of their findings. These findings can help us better
to achieve our goals in computer software development, training, and technical
support and achieving a more productive and satisfied workforce. more...
The Software Council of Southern California (www.scsc.org) is a non-profit industry trade association, comprised of software and Internet development organizations as well as those businesses that provide support and services to Southern California's software industry. The organization's mission is to bring people and information together to promote industry economic growth, encourage new technologies and enhance software and Internet entrepreneurism.
Dawn Reese, Director of Member and Sponsor Relations and Scribe Editor, dawn@scsc.org
Kristen Messineo, Program Coordinator, kristen@scsc.org
Software
Council of Southern California
2461 W. 208th, Suite 202
Torrance, CA 90501
Phone: (310)
328-0043
Fax: (310) 224-1993
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