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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
XO's CIO chats about telecom consolidation, net neutrality »
By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian XO Communications CIO Robert Geller is in Portland today. He spoke to the Software Association of Oregon this morning, and...
Monday, June 07, 2010
Paying Them Back (Operation Silverwing in the News) »
By The Oregonian Editorial Board OregonLive.com One of the state's most meaningful military assemblies in years was convened Friday at the Portland Air Base --...
Monday, May 24, 2010
Operation Silverwing: Jobshadowing for Oregon's National Guardsmen »
You are formally invited for our kickoff event for the Operation SilverWing Program . The goal of this program is to make the ask to...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Sustainable Energy Solutions and the Future of Utility Services »
By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates David Wolins, Co-Founder Scientific Conservation, Inc. (SCI) and Art Vertner, Director of Strategic Development at McKinstry , presented an...
Friday, April 23, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
President pushes software group in new directions »
by Erik Siemers Portland Business Journal Matt Nees’ task is straight forward: He needs to change the world’s view of Oregon’s software industry. "The impression...

Member Spotlight
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
SAO Member Spotlight: Dave Weber, CIO, NW Natural »
SAO – Not For Software Companies Only As CIO for NW Natural, you might think that Dave Weber would find little value in the Software...
Thursday, June 03, 2010
How A Successful Acquisition Helps The Silicon Forest Grow »
SAO spotlight: Sabrix Tax Services / Thomson Reuters Founded in Oregon in 2000 by Tektronix executives, Sabrix has been a great example of the "second...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009   (0 Comments - view/add)
SAO Member Spotlight: Mark Lawler, Sabrix, Inc. »
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 Mark Lawler Gives Back, Mark Lawler wants to make a difference. Back in his freshman year of high school, Mark got a...
Friday, May 01, 2009   (0 Comments - view/add)
SAO Member Spotlight: Inspiration Software »
MAY 1, 2009 SAO Makes Inspiration Software More Agile More Quickly   The agile software development training from the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) was...

Members in the News
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Young business leaders ignite startup scene »
BY BEN JACKLET OREGON BUSINESS Eric Doebele timed his first major exit nicely. In 2007, the Beaverton web company Doebele co-founded with his business partner...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A flurry of deals Several Oregon companies land lucrative new funding rounds »
By Erik Siemers Portland Business Journal When Elemental Technologies Inc. on Tuesday announces a new venture capital round exceeding $7 million, it will continue what...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
tw telecom Named Preferred Service Provider for Software Association of Oregon »
PORTLAND, Ore. – June 28, 2010 – tw telecom, (NASDAQ: TWTC) a leading provider of managed voice, Internet and data networking solutions for businesses, today...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Concentric Sky in Eugene has made applications for National Geographic and Encyclopaedia Britannica »
By Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard A small Eugene tech firm continues to rub elbows with some big-name national clients. Concentric Sky, a 5-year-old Web...
Monday, June 14, 2010
XO Communications to Host Event with Cisco and the Software Association of Oregon »
Executive panel will address how innovative IT strategies can help reduce expenses and drive revenue in this uncertain economy. PORTLAND, OR – June 16, 2010...

Community Posts
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Q&A with Matt Nees (Part 2): Waking the Sleeping State »
By Ben Serviss EnzymePDX In the second and final part of our interview with Matt Nees, president of the Software Association of Oregon, Nees outlines...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Q&A: Matt Nees: The University Problem »
By Ben Serviss EnzymePDX Continued from Q&A: Matt Nees: The SBA Grant Q. I volunteered at the annual SAO dinner last February handing out parking...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Q&A: Matt Nees: The SBA Grant »
By Ben Serviss EnzymePDX EnzymePDX sat down with Matt Nees, president of the Software Association of Oregon (SAO), for an in-depth interview about Oregon’s software...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Oregon Tech Group Reaches for the Gold »
By Ben Serviss EnxymePDX With businesses still writhing under a distressed economy, Oregon’s software industry is attempting to steer a path toward the sunlight. In...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Geek Cure (Article by WWeek) »
By Aaron Mesh Willamette Week Portland has the perfect opportunity to lead open-source computing and transform American health care. Will we blow it? The day...


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