Posts by DrSalonen
Understanding the life-cycle of software business
Understanding the life-cycle of software business is one of the key success factors for any software vendor. Let me explain why. It occurred to me during past year after having had a chance to meet and run numerous business modeling workshops for software companies of different size that one of the most common problem that…
Read MoreWhy am I still signing SharePoint Enterprise deals?
Why am I still signing SharePoint enterprise deals even if everybody is talking about Office 365? Let me explore some of the reasons that I have found out from my hundreds of calls with both Microsoft channel partners as well as end user organizations. I already made a few comments about this in my blog…
Read MoreCan a software app vendor survive without hyper growth?
Can a software app vendor survive without hyper growth is the question that many entrepreneurs and investors need to evaluate? Our software business model has changed especially in consumer space towards an app model and the same trend is happening in the enterprise space. We can see more enterprise apps coming out in different…
Read MoreWhat is the future of SharePoint?
What is the future of SharePoint is a question that many end user organizations as well as independent software vendors (ISVs) are asking. I have mentioned multiple times that I work extensively within SharePoint and Office 365 ecosystem and have visibility to what people are asking for and how they see SharePoint on-premises future in…
Read MoreFear of failure kills innovation – case Nokia
Fear of failure kills innovation and if you have been in the business for a while, I am sure that you have seen this happening in an organization that you worked in or one of your clients that you have serviced. Nokia used to be a company that everybody knew and their market share in…
Read MoreSoftware Pricing Controversies
We run into software pricing controversies every now and then. JetBrains tried to move to a subscription-based licensing model from a traditional perpetual licensing model with annual maintenance. This change also woke up the press and caused stir in the development community and current JetBrains clients. Lets analyze what really happened and I will give…
Read MoreMSPs without scalability will not survive
MSPs without scalability will not survive. Smaller MSPs will have issues to achieve the level of pricing that it makes sense for end user organizations to pay for the service. I run into an excellent article about this topic in Channeleconomics. When I look back at all of the workshops and discussions I have had…
Read MoreKey learnings from Microsoft WPC 2015
I wanted to share my thoughts of the key learning’s from Microsoft WPC 2015. It is now more than two weeks since we had the magnificent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Florida. Since the conference, I have been busy working with follow-up and some projects. During the past two weeks I have also actively…
Read MoreCloud business changes roles and responsibilities
Cloud business changes roles and responsibilities, no question about that. An interesting incident happened to me today. My production Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Online environment (Update 1, May 2015) was updated last night. This was an event that I had been waiting for and I really love some of the new features this new release…
Read MoreSteps to take when building a channel
I often get the question what steps one needs to take when building a channel for a software solution. Let me be clear. It is a labor intensive process and takes time and there really are no shortcuts that at least I know about. It takes time and practice to become effective in outreach. Also,…
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