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  • Go To Market for SaaS Companies

    September 3, 2012

    Business
    Sanjay Sarathy, vindicia
     

    As the world moves to the oft-heralded “subscription economy”, seemingly every software company is reinventing itself as a SaaS company. But deciding to go subscription, and actually having everything in place to deliver a service are two different things.…

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  • Zuora Partners With a Host of Mid Market Financial Vendors

    May 14, 2012

    Business
    FinancialForce.com, intacct, netsuite, Subscription business model, Tien Tzuo, vindicia, Workday, zuora
     

    In my extensive writing around the subscription billing space, I have often noted that it is a very polarized sector of our industry with a handful of well funded companies providing services for large organizations – Zuora, Vindicia and…

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  • Reflecting on RLM – Transverse Billing and Subscription Vendor

    March 22, 2012

    Business
    Amdocs, Software as a Service, Transverse, vindicia, zuora
     

    When in Austin recently I took the opportunity to meet with Transverse, another player in a space I call Revenue Lifecycle Management of RLM. Revenue Lifecycle Management includes the obvious functional area such as subscription and billing services, but…

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  • OneBill Launches (Another) Subscription Commerce Platform

    February 13, 2012

    Business
    aria systems, google, linkedin, Recurly, Salesforce.com, Software as a Service, vindicia, zuora
     

    Just when the world thought it was well provided for subscription commerce toolsets, OneBill is today launching its own take on this product area. Subscription billing is a massive area of opportunity as organizations look to gain increased flexibility…

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  • Aria Scoops a Tier1 Telco Customer

    July 20, 2011

    Business
    Amdocs, aria systems, metanga, Software as a Service, Subscription business model, vindicia, YouSee, zuora
     

    I’ve spent a couple of years closely following the subscription and billing space – particularly the SaaS startups that are hoping to be the face of the next generation of technology. Historically of course, billing has been dominated by…

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  • Another Subscription and Billing Provider–Spinning the Wheels with Metanga

    July 5, 2011

    Business
    aria, Billing, metanga, metratech, subscription, vindicia, zuora
     

    I seem to have created a bit of a niche for myself commenting on the cloud subscription and billing space. I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few years speaking with players Aria, Monexa, Vindicia and Zuora…

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  • Vindicia and Customer Retention

    April 21, 2011

    Business
    Sanjay Sarathy, Software as a Service, vindicia, zuora
     

    I was briefed by SaaS subscription and billing vendor Vindicia last week with an update on where they are – both from a business and a technology perspective. Vindicia, alongside other subscription and billing vendors Zuora and Aria, seems…

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  • Fourth Quarter Earning–Billing and Subscription Hotting Up

    January 31, 2011

    Business
    aria systems, Software as a Service, Subscription business model, vindicia, zuora
     

    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…

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  • On Billing, and Google, and Disintermediation

    July 22, 2010

    Business
    google, monexa, newspass, subscription and billing, vindicia, zuora
     

    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…

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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