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Author Wood, J. B

Title Consumption economics : the new rules of tech / J.B. Wood, Todd Hewlin, Thomas Lah
Published [Ashland, Ohio] : [Point B Inc.], [2011]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) : illustrations
Contents How good we had it: the money-making machine known as high-tech -- Shifting clouds and changing roles -- Looking over the margin wall -- Learning to love micro-transactions -- The data piling up in the corner -- Consumption development: the art and science of intelligent listening -- Consumption marketing: micro-marketing and micro-buzz -- Consumption sales: after a great run, the classic model gets an overhaul -- Consumption services: will they someday own "the number"? -- Customer demand vs. capital markets: how fast should you transform? -- The "S" stands for services
Summary If you?re a tech company, the most dramatic effect of megatrends like cloud computing, managed services, and the rise of consumer technology won?t be felt in your company?s product line. The true disruption will be to your business model. Future customers won?t want to pay you high prices out of big?CapEx? budgets anymore. They will expect lower?cloud? prices paid from?OpEx? budgets only when and if they successfully consume the business value of your products. How your company reacts to this risk shift could either accelerate the commoditization of your products or lead you to a new stage of profitable growth. For the first time, the tools are on the table to truly eliminate barriers of cost and complexity created by the last generation of tech. Consumption Economics is the owner?s manual for tech company executives who want to drive their company successfully into the next one
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Information technology -- Economic aspects
Consumption (Economics)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Computers & Information Technology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
Consumption (Economics)
Information technology -- Economic aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Hewlin, Todd.
Lah, Thomas
ISBN 9780984213054
0984213058
9780984213047
098421304X
9780984213016
0984213015
9780984213023
0984213023
1283321467
9781283321464