Why Attend?
"There is so much change going on in the market that we have to be on top of the best practices as they are evolving and challenge ourselves in that way."
This year, more than ever, SoftSummit offers the insight and agility that is essential to drive fast ROI and achieve profitability today.
SoftSummit offers:
- Real-life case studies from customers-ISVs, enterprises, and device manufacturers
- Practical information to use and manage Acresso products more effectively
- Product roadmaps for the array of Acresso FLEXnet solutions
- Analyst insights into today's challenging times as well as emerging trends
- Talk with Acresso executives and product management teams
- Networking opportunities to meet peers and share tips and ideas
"There are intelligent and engaging people at this conference and it's allowed us to build relationships with vendors as well as customers to give us a lot of feedback."
Be part of the SoftSummit experience this year.
Who should attend?
- Managers, analysts, and professionals involved in the business of licensing software products and managing and monitoring entitlements for those products
- GM/VP Product Management
- VP Sales
- CFO, VP Finance
- VP Operations /Manufacturing
- Product Management Executives and Managers
- Licensing and Pricing Executives and Managers
- Audit Process Managers
"SoftSummit is the first conference that really focuses on licensing technologies and business challenges and fundamental changes that might happen in the software industry. There is so much change going on in the market that we have to be on top of the best practices as they are evolving and challenge ourselves in that way."
VP Market Strategy
Veritas
"There are intelligent and engaging people at this conference and it's allowed us to build relationships with vendors as well as customers to give us a lot of feedback. You get to know the people that are there, the break-out-sessions are appropriately scaled so that you learn a lot about the technologies that are discussed and you can have interactions with the panelists."
CTO Sun Software
Sun Microsystems
"What I like the most about SoftSummit is the fact that my peers, other ISVs and the customers coming together to have this dialogue about what they need and how to provide it."
Director of Technology Services
Borland
"What I like most is the interaction with other people who are in the same situation we are - there's been good information on other companies, on what they've done and some of the best practices which has been really useful."
Program Manager
Delphi Technologies
"The most interesting thing is that the technology providers, ISVs and customers can talk between themselves about the things they are trying to do. Pricing and licensing is becoming a competitive advantage for companies and they really need to understand it."
SVP Business Strategy
Macromedia
"I think SoftSummit has a great mix of practitioners, looking at licensing from an end-user and a vendor perspective and has a great deal of depth looking at these issues."
VP Global Software Strategies
IDC
"You can network and meet people who have similar backgrounds and issues and it turns out to be a good touchstone, a benchmark to see how well you are doing in the business and in the industry."
Product Manager
Cisco Systems
"The most important thing that I learned is the changes in the way licensing is going to be supported and implemented by the vendor community in the next 2-3 years… and how that affects me as an end user."
Licensing Manager
Agilent Technologies