OpSource Tackles SaaS Issues at SoftSummit

Santa Clara, Calif., October 7, 2005 - -

WHO:

. Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource
. Brian Platz, Executive VP, General Manager, SilkRoad Technology, Inc.
. John Janevic, Sr. Director, Marketing and Acting VP of Marketing, MSC Software Corporation
. Amit Sharma, Technical Specialist, Infosys Technologies
. KB "Chandra" Chandrasekhar, CEO, Jamcracker

WHAT: Utility Pricing/Pay-Per-Use Pricing panelists will respond to audience Q&A:
. How is the industry adopting SaaS and how is it impacting the vendor/customer relationship?
. What impact does the SaaS model have on pricing and licensing?
. How can software companies that are dependent on selling perpetual licenses move their revenue models to subscription without missing a quarter?
. What metrics should be used as a basis for measuring value?
. How can software publishers support both deployed and on-demand models in a cost-effective manner?
. How are these systems integrated into the rest of the corporate environment?
. How are security, availability and scalability issues addressed?
. How can effective hybrid models be created?
. How can these approaches support corporate chargebacks and other cost allocation models?

WHEN: Monday October 10, 9:30 am to 10:30 am.

WHERE: SoftSummit 2005
The Westin Hotel, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA. More information about the event can be found at www.softsummit.com. 

About OpSource
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