The New Software Economics: Earn the Right to Invest Again, in 90-day Cycles (opens in new tab)

Twenty-five years of change in the cost structure of technology created a minefield of risk as executives fund software application development, regardless of whether the software is sold or leased to customers or developed for internal use. Conflicting pressures lead to one breakthrough solution: Stop arguing about CapEx versus OpEx. Fund the next increment with the value you just shipped. An Historical Perspective Organizations have treated software applications as capital assets since the ...