Products IT Poll: How Important is Pricing in Enterprise Software? One of the issues brought to mind by VMware's new pricing scheme is how important price actually is in enterprise software pricing. For SMBs, pricing can make a break a deal. But for large enterprise, it's not as clear-cut. In some cases, as Sameer Patel of the Sovos Group has pointed out, buyers may actually prefer a higher price because they… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Cloud Providers 3 More OpenStack Announcements from OSCon: HP Joins OpenStack and More In addition to the launch of Nebula, ex-NASA CTO Chris Kemp's OpenStack-based startup which we covered yesterday, there have been some other important announcements regarding OpenStack this week. HP is joining the OpenStack community, Dell is rolling out an OpenStack cloud and OpenStack will soon release a connector for Gluster. Klint Finley View comments
Gaming Gaming and Entertainment Dominating Mobile Usage The mobile entertainment industry is heating up. From gambling to gaming to music and video, there is a lot that can be done with a smartphone or a tablet these days to keep consumers occupied. And the money is rolling in. In 2010, the mobile entertainment industry was a $33 billion industry, according to research from Juniper in March 2011. It is… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
SaaS Assistly Goes Freemium Assistly, a social CRM and help desk software-as-a-service, announced version 2.0 of its product this week, including a new freemium pricing model. Your first Assistly user is now free, with no limitations. It costs $1 an hour for additional part-time agents or $49 a month for each full-time agent with unlimited usage. Besides the pricing change… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Advertising Will Daily Deals Pull a Craigslist on Media? This chapter in Web history is marked by a number of big companies doing business at a small scale. Groupon, LivingSocial, and even tech companies with a broader reach like Google and Facebook are relentlessly working on ways to match consumers with the local businesses all around them, even though these companies might be headquartered far… Jon Mitchell View comments