The software industry has undergone a significant shift in its business model over the past decade. Traditional one-time purchase licenses, once the standard for software acquisition, have ...

‘We are, in a sense, restructuring the contracts from perpetual to subscription. That’s why, depending on where you see it, you’ll see a slower growth at the beginning—if any—followed by a more rapid ...

Microsoft has been moving to a subscription model for its software for years, and other companies are following suit. Here’s what to keep in mind if you’re making a move from perpetual software to an ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Software vendor pricing is anything but standardized. With the industry in constant flux and ...

Broadcom Inc. is accelerating a plan to strong-arm VMware customers into signing up for subscriptions by killing off older, on-premises perpetual licenses to use the popular virtualization software.

Software subscription is a topic that comes up quite often and divides opinion. When does it offer advantages to the user, and when would an outright purchase be more practical? A lot of things which ...