I've run into MR Rangaswami from the excellent Sandhill.com, several times this week and each time I see him I've been hassling him about giving my readers a special discount to his upcoming Software 2006 enterprise software conference.

I didn't think I would say it, but MR has made enterprise software interesting again and he puts together what is easily the best enterprise software conference in the industry. This (3rd) year there will be 20 key startups showcased, and lots of key leaders of the VC and enterprise software communities will be speaking and wandering around.

Here is a the deal: Use this promo code: svw (all lower case) and SVW readers will be able to bring two colleagues for the price of one entry: $1,195. The regular price is $1595 (and the current lowest special is $1395.)

The conference is more than half sold out already so make sure you reserve your place with the svw promo code and save as much as $400!

Software 2006: Unifying the Ecosystem

April 4-5, 2006

Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA

Software 2006: Keynotes & Speakers. . .

Shai Agassi, President of the Product and Technology Group, SAP AG

Mark Bregman, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec

David DeWalt, President, EMC Software Group, EMC Corporation

Thomas Kurian, Senior Vice President, Development, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Corporation

Ray Lane, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

C.K. Prahalad, Distinguished University Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

S. Ramadorai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Simon Witts, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft

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Con Goedman, Head Business Information, Shell International

David Green, Project Impact

Erik Keller, Principal, Wapiti

Andreas Kluth, San Francisco Correspondent, The Economist

Dennis Kneale, Managing Editor, Forbes

James L. Koch, Founding Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

Adam Lashinsky, Senior Writer, FORTUNE

Ashwin Rangan, CIO, Walmart.com

Toby E. Redshaw, Corporate Vice President, Corporate IT Strategy, eBusiness & Business Development, Motorola

Bruce Richardson, Senior VP, AMR Research

Richard G. Sherlund, Senior Analyst, Goldman Sachs

Peter Sobiloff, Insight Venture Partners

John Wood, Founder and CEO, Room to Read

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Make sure you reserve your place at Software 2006 and save money with the svw promo code!