The software industry is rapidly moving to subscription-based billing, but corporate customers have not warmed up to the model yet, according to a new study. A survey of nearly 400 software companies ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

‘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 ...

Recently, Microsoft announced that the next version of Microsoft Office, tentatively labeled Office 10, will have a new pricing option: a subscription model. Instead of buying a copy of the program in ...

In an uncertain economy, some customers are tightening spend on platforms like Workday as they reassess budgets and timing.

AppBind Inc. offers a way for advertising and other companies to manage software subscriptions that they buy in the process of working for their clients. The startup helps those companies do this ...

In its ongoing effort to become the torchbearer for paid online programming, RealNetworks on Tuesday unveiled software that allows content producers to charge fees for their online media. The software ...