SaaS Revenue to Reach $40.5 Billion by 2014

Last year the SaaS market jumped to $13.1 billion in revenue but by 2014 the SaaS market is expected to make another jump to $40.5 billion in revenue. This is a growth rate of 25.3 percent according to IDC. More software will continue to move to a subscription based model. By 2014 more than one third of business software purchases will fall under t

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How Google Places Could Enable Free Wireless

Google Places is a "killer mobile map search tool" for finding nearby businesses and other points of interest. This tool has the potential of bringing in a lot more monthly advertising revenue for Google than existing data / voice subscription based business models used by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint & T-Mobile.

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How Google Places Will Enable Free Wireless

Google Places is a "killer mobile map search tool" for finding nearby businesses and other points of interest. This tool has the potential of bringing in a lot more monthly advertising revenue for Google than existing data / voice subscription based business models used by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint & T-Mobile

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Everquest 2 To Offer Free-To-Play Subscription

Sony Online Entertainment announced today that a new free adventure service is coming to players worldwide with the release of EverQuest II Extended. Extended will provide EQII players with a choice of either a subscription-based or free-to-play business model. As the digital enter...

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Combined StarCraft II And WoW Pricing, Free WoW

Blizzard is thinking hard about nontraditional business models, with a combined World of Warcraft and StarCraft II subscription in Korea, and the long-term possibility of dropping WoW's fee.

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Global Agenda Now Free-to-Play after Purchasing - MMORPG New

Global Agenda will be free-to-play after purchasing. Hi-Rez Studios posted the announcement on their official forum today. Now the game's business model is more like Guild Wars, buying the game and its expansions but no subscription fee. You can access the entire announcement below.

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Global Agenda Now Subscription Free

Global Agenda goes B2P following the business model of Guild Wars. In celebration, game is 33% off on Steam from now through July 4 as part of Steam's Summer Sale.

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