Tag Archives: zuora

April 6, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Zuora Picks Another Vertical–Saving Telcos

By Ben Kepes

I’ve written previously about the masterful way in which Zuora reinvents it’s core product, repackaging it in new ways to sell to a different vertical industry. Previously Zuora had targeted media companies and cloud providers – this time it’s the turn of telcos to enjoy the polished spin of Zuora

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January 31, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Fourth Quarter Earning–Billing and Subscription Hotting Up

By Ben Kepes

I’ve written pretty regularly about SaaS billing and subscription services and how, in my view, they’re an indicator for the greater cloud economy. Given that then it’s pretty interesting to see the results just announced by Aria Systems and Vindicia recently (Zuora is still in its current quarter and their

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January 27, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Netsuite goes Native with Subscription and Billing

By Ben Kepes

Six months ago I posted about an interesting piece of news – that NetSuite had inked a preferred partnership agreement with subscription and billing provider Zuora. The news was interesting because rival subscription and billing provider Aria was already a preferred partner of NetSuite (Disclosure – see relevant information about

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December 2, 2010 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Z-Force Goes 4.0

By Ben Kepes

Next week sees me and 25000 of my closest friends (!) descend on San Francisco for DreamForce, the annual salesforce.com conference. It looks set to be an amazing event and, judging by the number of invitations to parties and briefings that are descending on my email box, it looks set

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July 22, 2010 Posted in Business 1 Comment

On Billing, and Google, and Disintermediation

By Ben Kepes

Recently talk resurfaced about Google’s plans to launch a one-click payment solution for traditional media. According to La Repubblica, the solution will be called “Newspass” and would be available for Web, mobile and tablet platforms. Over the past few years there have been almost as many vendors announce a new

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July 14, 2010 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Zuora Launches Z-Force 3.0 – Changing the World One Release at a Time

By Ben Kepes

Zuora (lots more on them here and see disclosure) is today releasing the latest version of it’s billing and subscription product built on the force.com platform, Z-Force. It’s been a busy few months for Zuora and I wanted to touch base with CEO Tien Tzuo to get an update. Zuora

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July 8, 2010 Posted in Business 1 Comment

NetSuite, Zuora and Aria. Choice (and the Odd Sour Grape)

By Ben Kepes

News yesterday that NetSuite and Zuora “announced a partnership to jointly develop and offer combined solutions to companies that need to meter, price and bill for subscription- and usage-based products.” Particularly interesting given that only six months ago it was NetSuite and Aria Systems announcing a similar deal (disclosure –

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June 17, 2010 Posted in Strategy 4 Comments

Zuora and Azure Hook Up to Bill the Cloud

By Ben Kepes
TweetAnd here was me thinking the cloud was all about altruism – no folks, it’s about money, pure and simple. Saving it at the buy-side, making it at the sell-side. News today from Zuora (see disclosure) that they will join the Microsoft Windows Azure Technology Adoption Program (TAP) as the fir
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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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