ISV Industry Insights

1. Steps To Building Your B2B Subscription Billing Strategy 1/2/2020

   Subscriptions are different. For early software and SaaS companies, financial systems for order-based were invaluable. These companies sold discrete products-core editions, users licenses, and additional modules. To renew, you simply sold another order. In the subscription world, you must understand the lifetime relationship with the customer—all the upsells and renewals and how they all build on one another. You also must understand the revenue, billings, and cash derived from those-again, over the entire lifetime of the customer relationship.

2. 3 Types Of Field Service Businesses That Need Integrated Payments 8/6/2019

   Field service management solutions and mobile technology have revolutionized the industry by streamlining processes and significantly improving customer experiences. Legacy processes that involve manual recordkeeping require field workers to make trips back to the office to update records and initiate invoicing. Paper-based processes put a limit on productivity and make real-time updates impossible. Integrating payments with field service applications, however, gives businesses the ability to accept payments on-site, reduce paperwork, collect revenues faster, and minimize the number of late payments.

3. 6 Ways To Make Healthcare Payments More Convenient For Patient Payers 8/6/2019

   If you develop software applications for the healthcare vertical, you need to be mindful of a new challenge that your clients are facing. Instead of receiving payment primarily from insurers, healthcare providers are receiving a growing percentage of payments directly from patients.

4. 5 Must-Have Mobile Payment Features For SMB Field Service Businesses 8/6/2019

   Mobile payments, which streamline processes and improve customer experiences, can benefit any field service business. But small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may experience the most significant impact from mobile payments — which may even be the reason they can stay in the black. Many SMBs still use manual, paper-based processes that can eat into their profits and disrupt cash flow.

5. 5 Keys To Retail ISV Growth 8/6/2019

   Your success as an ISV is always related to how well the applications you develop meet the needs of your clients— but right now in retail, it’s absolutely crucial. Retail ISV growth depends on more than developing simple tools for merchants to use at the checkout or that allow them to accept payments made on a smartphone. Retailers need software solutions that meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, ultra-competitive industry. They need help in the fight to win customers and keep their loyalty. Retail ISV growth requires a deep understanding of the industry and the ability to develop applications that help retailers execute their business strategies.

6. Understanding The Role Of SaaS At Modern Businesses 6/26/2019

   The speed of business continues to increase, companies face new threats from competitors and those businesses who fall behind feel the pain. Add to this higher-than-ever customer expectations, compliance concerns nationally and globally, and ongoing threats from cybercriminals, and you may feel like it’s harder to operate than ever.

7. Skills For Successfully Implementing Smart Cities Solutions 6/17/2019

   CompTIA's Smart Cities Advisory Council has identified these 4 critical skills needed for successfully implementing smart cities solutions. Check out this inforgraphic to discover these critical skills along with other hard skills, soft skills, and management skills.

8. CompTIA Tech Buyer's Journey 6/17/2019

   Technology Buyer's Journey, Developed by the Channel Advisory Board and the Business Applications Industry Advisory Council. This graphic shows the journey of a technology buyer including the key elements that a buyer (end user company) experiences when making a technology purchasing decision.

9. Blockchain Brings Opportunity For Channel—But Challenges Too 6/17/2019

   There are plenty of reasons for solution providers to get excited about blockchain, but there’s also a lot to do before most can develop successful practices, according to members of CompTIA’s Blockchain Advisory Council. Blockchain, most notably associated with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, uses an open, distributed ledger of data that permanently records transactions through cryptography, timestamps and transactional data—all meant to prevent alteration of the data. But that’s just scratching the surface, according to Jim Gitney, CEO of Group50, an Upland, Calif.-based solution provider and co-chair of CompTIA’s Blockchain Advisory Council.

10. “Slow Down To Speed Up”: Meditation Tips For Salespeople 5/17/2019

    We get it. Your day piles up with demands on time and attention faster than you can say “cold call.” Whether you’re heads down prospecting, meeting with your sales team, or simply trying to survive the 100 calls you have scheduled, you’re focusing most of your attention outward.