Resources in the cloud may not be what they seem. Systems accessed as a service in the cloud differ from normal “on premises” systems. There are important restrictions on what the system can and cannot do, and it impacts how the system is designed.
This article discusses how new virtualized data integration differs from current data warehousing trends as well as what is cloud critical in 2013.
The 2012 Key trends in Software Pricing and Licensing survey was conducted by Flexera Software with input from IDC’s Software Pricing and Licensing Research division under the direction of Amy Konary, research vice president - software licensing, provisioning and delivery at IDC. This annual research project looks at software licensing, pricing and enforcement trends and best practices. The survey reaches out to executives at application producers (Software vendors and intelligent device manufacturers) and enterprises who use and manage software and devices. Now in its eight year, the survey is made available to the industry at large each year.
SandHill asked several industry observers for their predictions about upcoming changes in what promises to be a game-changing year in the software world in 2013.
Twelve industry observers tell SandHill what will influence SMB and enterprise spending on software in 2013.