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Solving problems or making sales?

I usually buy car parts at Autozone. No, they’re not paying me to say that. And yes, I do have a good reason which very much applies to running a business. Let me explain: A few years back, my car had...

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How much does free really cost?

The web is changing perceptions about what should be free. Companies are giving away software for seemingly nothing. Some of it actually looks like good, quality software. But…is it really free? What...

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Software vendors and the maintenance scam

I have a great money-saving tip for you: Don’t fall for the maintenance scam. Let me explain: When you buy enterprise software, you pay a yearly maintenance fee. The vendor uses this fee to provide...

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4 reasons why software purchases fail

Have you ever been in a “blame” meeting? It’s one of those meetings called when numbers are down or after a project or purchase failed miserably. As you might guess, there’s a lot of finger pointing...

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How long should business software stay current?

I wrote up a post last week about avoiding software purchase failure. A commenter on that post made a great point: Software failure is sometimes caused by planned obsolescence–the deliberate planning...

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Is poor planning wasting your money?

How much money does your company waste on unused software every year? According to a recent survey, the cost of unused software on US businesses alone is a whopping $12.3 billion a year. Shocking,...

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What happens if a vendor stops supporting your software?

What happens if a software vendor stops supporting a product that your company uses on a daily basis? This usually means you’re stuck with unmaintainable software that falls more and more out of step...

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5 ways software vendors try to trick you

While speaking with one of our customers a few years back, he remarked that our software didn’t have any “gotchas”–bad surprises that spring up after the purchase. In dealing with software vendors for...

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How to buy business software you won’t regret later

It’s a sinking feeling. You realize that you’ve lost countless hours. Thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars are simply gone. Everyone blames you. Business software purchasing mistakes are...

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