Silicon Valley Software Technology Association is a volunteer based, California State registered non-profit organization, headquartered in the Silicon Valley. It was established in 2001 and has over 1,100 general members this far. Its goal is to promote technological, professional and scientific development in the software industry.

SVSoftware believes the success of new technology development and new high-tech business in this era depend on free information flow and knowledge flow. It strives to build an environment and platform which allow all parties, including individual professionals, entreprenuers, and business, to have an easy and friendly atmosphere to exchange information and ideas.

To facilitate free information flow, SVSoftware organizes events which allow members to meet and communicate with each others. These events include: seminars, workshops, forum, special interest group, study group, conference, business mixer, and business delegation.

SVSoftware's membership is open to any one who works in any sectors of software industry or who is interested in the development in software industry. It encourages and welcomes people from all over the world to join and participate its activities in the format they can even though most of its current members are from the Silicon Valley. Currently, it already has very wide range of member profiles: from R&D developers and engineers to sales and marketing veterans, to entreprenuers; from global enterprise employees to startup executives; from technical guru to students; from professionals who provide business service to software business to business who are in need of software technologies. Among those, the biggest crowd is from developers, software business executives, and entreprenuers.

SVSoftware focuses on development in the software industry while cooperating with other organizations on related industries and technologies since cross field cooperation becomes more and more critical to business success today. It also works with companies and organizations to explore professional and business opportunities for its members to make new technologies and business be more successful.