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 ...

Perpetual licenses once made sense, but today they slow innovation and raise risk. EOA and subscriptions are the engineering ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Software vendor pricing is anything but standardized. With the industry in constant flux and ...

There is a saying that every business today is a software company. That’s true in that the success of so many businesses in so many industries is closely tied to software, either for maintaining ...

Buying enterprise software is about more than just functions and features. When you take the time to understand a vendor’s real priorities and how these affect specific constituencies, you see some ...

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems' (CSCO.O), opens new tab $28 billion deal for Splunk (SPLK.O), opens new tab is likely to prompt other technology giants to splash out on similar ...

The impact hyperscalers are having on independent software vendors (ISVs) is real and growing. Cloud giants, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, are accelerating ...

Guidelines for Purchases of IT Hardware and Software/Subscription Goods and Services: These guidelines apply to all technology resources and related services that are owned, used, or otherwise ...