7 years ago
Scanning for Profit: A Shift in the Medical Equipment Market
In my role as Strategic Analysis Manager of the Software Monetization division at Gemalto, I lead in-depth strategic market analysis, evaluate worldwide technology trends, and understand the competitive market to support new strategic leads and business opportunities. Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with Kathleen Goolsby, Managing Editor at SandHill.com, about the mind shift that’s taking place in the medical equipment sector.
7 years ago
LicensingLive! 2016: Software Monetization for the NOW Economy
On November 1-3, the Juniper Hotel in Cupertino, CA will play host to LicensingLive! 2016 – the most comprehensive software monetization event dedicated to ISVs and hardware manufacturers. The two-and-a-half-day convention is the highlight of the software industry calendar, jam-packed with insightful sessions from industry experts and senior software leaders. Attendees at this year’s event will discover the next-generation monetization strategies that are enabling business transformation in the NOW economy.
7 years ago
Achieving a Competitive Advantage in the Cloud
In 1997, a pair of management consultants – Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema – published a book entitled The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market, which suggested that companies could only become dominant players in their industry by achieving a proficiency in one of the following areas:
7 years ago
Cadac Takes a Unified Approach to Licensing
In ancient times, juggling was seen as a ritual that symbolized the seeds of Order and Chaos. It was believed that throwing balls in the air in a certain sequence would ensure fertile soil and good crop harvests. For today’s software companies, managing multiple licensing systems is more Chaos than Order, and no amount of juggling will yield the desired results. That’s why so many ISVs are turning to software monetization as a means of creating a more unified licensing experience.
7 years ago
Go with the Flow: Business Models & the IoT
I recently published an article on sandhill.com about the adoption of emerging business models for IoT-connected devices. The article looks at how IoT connectivity has led to increased risk for hardware manufacturers, namely IP theft, piracy, misuse, and reverse engineering, and how software monetization solutions can help overcome these risks.
8 years ago
The Concept of Value in the IoT Era
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, the implications for business model innovation are huge. One of the major drivers in this connected landscape is the shift in end-user preferences: there is an increasing demand for flexible pricing models, ease of access to software upgrades, and a superior customer experience. As a result of the rise in connectivity, end users’ perception of value and what they are willing to pay for is changing drastically. Therefore, to take advantage of the IoT, independent software vendors and intelligent device manufacturers alike need to fundamentally rethink their orthodox attitudes towards value.
8 years ago
Value Creation & IoT Monetization (Part 3)
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I looked at some of the key drivers of the IoT, its 10 main areas, the importance of ecosystems, and the 4 Values Framework. This framework is an effective way for large, established companies and emerging startups to evaluate how they can best monetize their IoT opportunities. I have already covered two of the framework’s four components: vertical integration and value creation, and in this article, I will talk about the remaining two: value migration and value delivery systems.
8 years ago
World Intellectual Property Day
Today as more opportunities are created through IoT, we are seeing traditional hardware companies, whose intellectual property (IP) was the hardware that it manufactured, increasingly seeing the value in software and, in turn, changing their whole business and IP strategies to fit in with the new era. However, IP, hardware or software, is only as good as its protection and the business’ ability to successfully monetise it. Our recent research revealed that despite nearly nine out of 10 organisations admitting they are worried their software may become compromised, many are still not taking the threat seriously with over half (52%) leaving themselves vulnerable to IP theft by not using software IP protection tools.
8 years ago
Software Monetization Holds Key to Profitability as IoT Reinvigorates Growth and Innovation
Our most recent analysis of the software licensing and monetization market shows that some core value propositions endure even as the technology and its applications undergo significant evolution and change. Software licensing solutions were originally created with the goals of preventing piracy and protecting revenue of software products.
8 years ago
Value Creation & IoT Monetization (Part 2)
My previous article on monetizing IoT spoke about some of the key drivers of that space, the 10 main IoT areas, the importance of ecosystems, and other major considerations. In this follow-up article, I’ll focus on the 4 Values Framework that we’ve used to help several of our clients – both large, established companies and emerging startups – define their IoT strategies.
