An Independent Software Vendor (ISV) is a business term for companies specializing in making or selling software, usually for niche markets. This includes software such as real estate brokers, time scheduling for healthcare personnel, barcode scanning and stock maintenance. Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Wikipedia encoded in Code 128-B Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia encoded in the DataMatrix 2D barcode Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia in multiple languages encoded in the DataGlyph 2D barcode A barcode (also bar code) is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface. ...

Specialised products generally offer higher productivity to organisations than more generalised software such as basic spreadsheet or database packages. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A database is an organized collection of data. ...

Most large software companies, including Microsoft and IBM, have special programs for ISVs. https://www.openbc.com/net/isv/ Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions which develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a computer technology firm headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company, which was founded in 1888 and incorporated June 15, 1911, manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services. ...

See also

• Independent hardware vendor
• Software company