ISV Survival » Announcement http://isvsurvival.com A blog for ISVs on Software as a Service (SaaS) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:59:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ISVSurvival.com: Software as a Service blog for ISVs is retired http://isvsurvival.com/the-isvsurvival-blog-is-retired/ http://isvsurvival.com/the-isvsurvival-blog-is-retired/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:55:15 +0000 Andrew Biss http://isvsurvival.com/?p=1114 ISVsurvival.com is a blog (now retired) for independent software vendors (ISVs) on Software as a Service (SaaS). Andrew Biss wrote ISV Survival as he learned to blog with ExpressionEngine.

The Alps

Image: The shift from on-premise to Software as a Service can be life-threatening to ISVs acclimatised to a cosy business model based on large up-front initial licence fees and annual maintenance.

Welcome to ISV Survival, my blog for strategy consultancy ISV Focus on what Software as a Service (SaaS) means to independent software vendors (ISVs) who will be forced by the market to adopt a new business model that exposes them to the financial and reputational risks of running production applications. I’ve now retired this blog, but if you’ve any questions then please add your comment to the relevant article or get in touch with me direct.

]]> http://isvsurvival.com/the-isvsurvival-blog-is-retired/feed/ 0 ISVSurvival.com: The first survival tip http://isvsurvival.com/hello-world-the-first-survival-tip-on-isvsurvival/ http://isvsurvival.com/hello-world-the-first-survival-tip-on-isvsurvival/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:15:51 +0000 Andrew Biss http://isvsurvival.com/?p=84 Welcome to the first survival tip on the ISV Survival blog: equipping ISVs to survive and profit from the shift to SaaS.

Scuba tanks

Image: Surviving the change from on-premise applications to SaaS is a long-term challenge for many ISVs. Rather than holding your breath and meddling through, why not invest in something that’s sure to help?

The ISV Survival blog will contain survival tips posted on a regular basis. These are shorter items that link to other websites, blog posts, news articles etc. I hope the survival tips will help you rebuild your independent software vendor (ISV) to survive and profit from the shift to Software as a Service (SaaS).

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Climbing gear

Image: SaaS means big changes in how ISVs build, market, sell and support applications, so it’s useful to have something to hang onto that helps guide you through the dangers that lurk ahaed.

The ISV Survival blog is about what Software as a Service (SaaS) means to independent software vendors (ISVs) who will be forced by the market to adopt a new business model that exposes them to the financial and reputational risks of running production applications.

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