Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...
On my previous post about the scalability of the "support subscription" business model, Joel Jackson said: "I’m confused Savio...what don’t you understand about a software subscription annuity model?
Subscription this, subscription that. Consumers are being nickeled and dimed to death with monthly or yearly subscriptions, but Microsoft has decided not all of its Office users want a subscription, ...
Microsoft has been moving to a subscription model for its software for years, and other companies are following suit. Here’s what to keep in mind if you’re making a move from perpetual software to an ...
Ordergroove raised $100 million in new funding led by Primus Capital Partners. Ordergroove makes software that brands and retailers use to sell their products via subscriptions. Subscriptions have ...
‘We are, in a sense, restructuring the contracts from perpetual to subscription. That’s why, depending on where you see it, you’ll see a slower growth at the beginning—if any—followed by a more rapid ...
Broadcom announced last week that it was seeking to drop $61 billion in cash and stock to acquire VMware. We still don’t know exactly what changes Broadcom plans to make to VMware’s products or ...
Ever since Microsoft introduced Office 365 Home Premium subscriptions in January, we’ve been wondering when Microsoft might give up on packaged versions of Office. Now it seems we have our answer. The ...