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Finance-centered strategies: One of the interesting aspects of new service-focused business models -- related to SOA and SaaS -- is their concentration on new pricing models. As opposed to requiring payment upfront, these models enable customers to pay on a subscription or incremental basis. Whether one is selling a perpetual license or...; Tags: financial, revenue; Blog posts 2005-09-10
Software industry disruption: Over at Loosely Coupled, Phil Wainewright has picked up on our recent piece on outcome-driven software pricing. He notes that, "Vendors get understandably excited about the technology they have on offer, and eventually a whole ecosystem of sales and marketing teams, industry analysts, journalists and technology-focused buyers ends up getting...; Tags: software, software pricing, pricing; Blog posts 2005-08-05
Is the price right?: As demands for a higher quality of service QoS perpetually rise, service providers -- the organizations "exposing" Web services for active use -- will need to determine how to price for their offerings. While there are some companies now like Amazon that make Web services available at no charge, it's...; Tags: Web service, Web; Blog posts 2005-01-05

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