Software Vendors Phasing Out Perpetual Licenses

Software Vendors Phasing Out Perpetual Licenses

As the world is shifting to moving data and applications to the cloud, traditional software vendors are phasing out perpetual licenses. We are seeing a trend toward annual and monthly licensing. As such, we wanted to advise you so you are ready and prepared.  A number of our clients are feeling this change and so as your guide in all things tech – we wanted you to be up to speed on this trend.  In some cases, for connector applications and integration middleware – where clients bought perpetual licenses – these programs are sunsetting.

How do you prepare?

Take a software inventory to see if there are apps that you don’t regularly renew for maintenance. Now would be the time to take a look at those and budget for replacing them at some point. When the day comes where the software vendor moves to an annual or pay-as-you-use model, you are ready. If you have questions, reach out to your account manager.