Software pricing will never be the same
The world of software pricing and business models is topsy turvy, but not because the trends are slow-moving, it's because the trends are powerful.
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Analyst Dana Gardner examines IT news and trends that impact software strategists to provide insights and outcomes on SOA, app dev, SaaS, enterprise infrastructure and mobile convergence.
Dana Gardner
Dana Gardner is president and principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions, an enterprise IT analysis, market research, and consulting firm.
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