The software business community (SWBC) is a non-profit community web site that aims to promote the cooperation of researchers, managers, practitioners and end-users in the software business

Software business

This article is about selling software, for information about software made for business: Business software.Software Business is the commercial activity of the software industry, aimed at producing, buying and selling software products or software services...

. The site has its roots in the Software Business Foundations (SBF) project of Helsinki's university of technology http://www.swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php/About

About the Software business community

The mission of the Software Business Community is to be an essential source of information about all aspects of the software business

Software business

This article is about selling software, for information about software made for business: Business software.Software Business is the commercial activity of the software industry, aimed at producing, buying and selling software products or software services...

, with information available at no cost, and from all points of view, built by its users. The Software Business Community concept and web site have been under development since January 2008. The Community was made public on the Internet in June 2008. The governance policies of the site are set by its editorial board. Recruiting the approximately six-person board is ongoing. It will have geographical and disciplinary diversity in mind, with members chosen to be both well respected as well as knowledgeable and experienced in the field of software business.http://www.swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php/Board_of_Editors.

Goalshttp://www.swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php?title=Community_goals

• to promote cooperation between researchers, managers, practitioners and end-users in the software business.
• to create a body of knowledge about software business in an encyclopedia ( a wiki) http://www.swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php/Software_Business_Encyclopedia
• to collaboratively write a peer-reviewed book on software business, authored by members of the community http://www.swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php/Software_Business_Book

The copyright policies of the encyclopedia and book are designed to encourage a free exchange of knowledge while affording due recognition to contributors.

Notable members

• One of the founding members of the software business community is Prof. David Messerschmitt
  David Messerschmitt
  David G. Messerschmitt is an engineer and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. He retired from UC Berkeley in 2005...
  
  http://www.swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php/User:David_Messerschmitt, of the University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Berkeley
  The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
  
  , who was honored with the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
  IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
  The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is an award honoring "exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering" in the field of telecommunications...
  
   in 1999.
• One of the members of the editorial board at the software business community is Pekka Abrahamsson http://swbcommunity.org/swbc/index.php/User:Pekka_Abrahamsson. He received the 2007 Nokia
  Nokia
  Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
  
   Foundation Award for achievements in software research http://research.nokia.com/node/558.

Sponsoring organizations

The software business community is currently supported by industrial and academic partners:

Industry partners

• F-Secure Corporation
• Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
• Ixonos Plc
  Ixonos Plc
  Ixonos Plc is a creative mobile solutions company developing wireless technologies, software and solutions for connected devices and mobile services....
  
  
• Nexit Ventures Ltd
• Proha Plc
• Ravensoft Ltd
• Tekla Corporation

Academic partners

• Fisher Information Technology Center, U. C. Berkeley

In addition, other organizations are involved in creating content for the site.