shelfware

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shelfware

Products that remain unsold on a dealer's shelf or unused by the customer. See wares.

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Definition: shelfware

Products that remain unsold on a dealer's shelf or unused by the customer. See wares.



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  • SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

    Software as a service is portrayed to be the future of information technology, but it isn't quite the cure-all it's cracked up to be. Shelfware and lock-in may not save you a lot of money. That's...

    Blog posts | October 21, 2009 5:13am PDT

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    Maintenance and support costs are increasingly gobbling up more of your IT budget despite the occasional bone thrown to you from your friendly neighborhood software vendor. The larger question is...

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  • RightNow promises an end to SaaS shelfware

    SaaS CRM vendor RightNow today launched a new customer contract proposition that, to me, should always have been on the table from every reputable SaaS vendor. It gives customers a bit more of a...

    Blog posts | March 4, 2010 10:54am PST

  • SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

    Software as a service is portrayed to be the future of information technology, but it isn't quite the cure-all it's cracked up to be. Shelfware and lock-in may not save you a lot of money. That's...

    Blog posts | October 21, 2009 5:13am PDT

  • Cutting software maintenance costs 101

    Maintenance and support costs are increasingly gobbling up more of your IT budget despite the occasional bone thrown to you from your friendly neighborhood software vendor. The larger question is...

    Blog posts | May 12, 2009 2:16am PDT

  • CRM: Software or shelfware?

    When it comes to customer relationship management software, much of what businesses purchase is never put to use, according to a new study.

    News items | March 4, 2003 12:19pm PST

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