Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. Lovers of Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas will readily ...

Not every firm that wants to get into the software space will succeed. Will non-software firms do any better? History tells us it will be challenging and smart firms will want to vigorously examine ...

Open source is changing not just how companies make software, but how they sell it. Alfresco’s Matt Asay explains the new sales cycle and the skills that today’s software sales people need to close ...

Selling software as a service is a great way to build up monthly recurring revenue. But what if you don't have the skills to build software? Reselling software gives you many of the benefits of a ...

Over the past several months, the US government has introduced several new requirements affecting organizations that sell software to government agencies. Because these new requirements are complex, ...

From General Electric Corp. and Xerox Corp. to Radioshack Corp., PerkinElmer Inc. and Sears Holding Corp., the history of computing is littered with companies that were very good at using technology ...