Posts Tagged ‘Artificial Intelligence’
The Concept of Total Monetization and Why It Matters
I have written several articles about monetization and also several articles about how monetization is changing with AI. The concept of Total Monetization is a concept that Zuora has introduced and they define it as follows: Total Monetization refers to a comprehensive strategy aimed at maximizing revenue by leveraging multiple streams and optimizing them in…
Read MoreWhat type of AI Solutions will we see in 2025?
No One Knows How to Price AI Tools?
AI Disruption – Shaking up the Established Vendors
I can’t remember any other time in my career when I have witnessed so many disruptions on so many fronts concerning technology. It is changing the way we work, changing the ecosystems in multiple industries, and destroying many traditional businesses that were reluctant to face the reality that AI is replacing some things they do.…
Read MoreThe old rule of data warehousing also applies to AI – focusing on data quality and governance
Is the software industry moving away from user-based pricing to agent-based pricing?
Ibbaka shared an interesting newsletter describing how Salesforce’s Mark Benioff (founder and CEO) is yet again redefining the software industry. Mr. Benioff became famous with his “No software” statements when leaving Oracle and forming Salesforce.com, which was purely based on SaaS and could not be installed in an on-premises environment. The software market has been…
Read MoreWhat frameworks can an incumbent solution vendor use to monetize AI features (Part 2)?
In the previous article (part 1), I reviewed a research study by Lenny and Broe, in which they studied 44 incumbent technology companies and their AI packaging strategy and monetization model. The study’s results were clear. The predominant strategy for incumbent companies is to bundle AI features into existing packages (59%), and the second most…
Read MoreHow do you monetize your AI features and examples from known incumbent companies? A study of 44 companies (Part 1)
How AI apps make money – an interesting study of 40 companies
Every software vendor or organization creating intellectual property (IP) using AI should pay attention to the solution’s monetization. In my previous articles, I emphasized that the pricing of a solution with Generative AI embedded needs to be considered differently. It I wrote about the harsh reality that software vendors are facing a new reality in…
Read MoreWhat are the real upskill needs for software engineers in the AI Era?
I have been posting quite a few articles in which I have encouraged people in different professions to educate themselves on what AI means for them, their company, and the potential future of their work. Gartner says that generative AI will require 80% of the engineering workforce to upskill through 2027. AI will spawn new…
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