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 ...

On my previous post about the scalability of the "support subscription" business model, Joel Jackson said: "I’m confused Savio...what don’t you understand about a software subscription annuity model?

BURLINGTON, Mass.—Avid is reporting strong growth in its subscription software products, with paid cloud-enabled software subscriptions increased by approximately 23,100 during Q4, 2022 to ...

Subscription this, subscription that. Consumers are being nickeled and dimed to death with monthly or yearly subscriptions, but Microsoft has decided not all of its Office users want a subscription, ...

Microsoft will raise subscription prices for its ‘Microsoft 365’ products for enterprise and government customers starting in July next year. Microsoft’s products include office software such as Word, ...

RiskConcile is a Belgian provider of cloud-based regulatory reporting, risk calculation, and fund data services for the European fund industry.

Ever since Microsoft introduced Office 365 Home Premium subscriptions in January, we’ve been wondering when Microsoft might give up on packaged versions of Office. Now it seems we have our answer. The ...

Pasadena-based Tetra Tech adds a subscription software package that details risk maps based on climate change-enhanced disasters. The strategy has generally served Tetra Tech well: the company ...

Apple is positioning itself to launch a combined hardware and software subscription, according to Loup Ventures analysts. The report makes a compelling argument, based on a range of industry trends, ...

Linus Torvalds tells CNET News.com that software subscriptions from Microsoft and others are a "horrible" idea that is doomed. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers ...

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 ...