NIWeek 2011 LabVIEW Partner Program Recap

[David_L]

NIWeek 2011 has come and gone and it was a great success.  The LabVIEW Partner Program and the LabVIEW Tools Network specifically had some great announcements, releases and events that made it one of our best NIWeeks ever!  Hopefully we'll be able to top it for NIWeek 2012.

LabVIEW Tools Network Directly in LabVIEW 2011!

In LabVIEW 2011, there is now a "Find LabVIEW Add-Ons" link directly on the Getting Started window.  Clicking this link will open the Tools Network View of VI Package manager which provides LabVIEW users with a direct entry point to download and install add-ons, toolkits and LabVIEW applications directly from within the product.  The new Tools Network View was a great hit at NIWeek and was mentioned in 2 keynote presentations and multiple technical sessions throughout the week.  Let's all work together to drive traffic of the LabVIEW Tools Network by trying each other's products from the new VIPM LabVIEW Tools Network View!

Third Party Licensing & Activation Toolkit 2011 and the Standard Licensing Mode

This week we also launched the newest version of the LabVIEW Third Party Licensing & Activation Toolkit 2011.  This was a major release with the introduction of the Standard Licensing Mode for a quick, easy and FREE way to license your LabVIEW Toolkit directly in LabVIEW.  More details can be found at ni.com/licensingtoolkit

LabVIEW Add-On of the Year Awards 2011

The Add-on of the Year Awards was a huge success this year.  With over 75 partners and NI employees in attendance including the Father of LabVIEW himself, we were able to celebrate our 6 award winners, 7 Gold Products, 14 Silver Products and 17 Standard third party products.  More details can be found here

8 Partner-oriented Technical Sessions

The LabVIEW Partner Team gave 8 technical sessions specifically tailored for our add-on developers including "Create a Software Evaluation for your Product in 10 Minutes", "The Addressable Market for LabVIEW Add-ons", "Professionalize Your Add-on or App Best Practices: Documentation and Icons" and "Hands-On - How to Build a LabVIEW Add-on with VI Package Manager".  Great work team!

Over 75 products now available on the LabVIEW Tools Network and Counting!

There's not really any explanation needed for this one!  We just keep growing and growing.