The Opportunity for Media to Reinvent Itself
By Tien Tzuo, CEO Today, Zuora is thrilled to announce the launch of Z-Business for Media, a solution focused on helping media companies transform their business to the Subscription Economy. Most people are aware that the past decade has been a tumultuous one for the media industry. The digital age and the explosive growth […]
Subscription Economy is Thriving – New Data Shows Opportunities for Services and Consumers
Joe Andrews Sr. Director, Marketing Are consumers facing subscription fatigue? A survey highlighted in TechCrunch last week sought to understand the implications of the growing number of subscription services on consumers. The hypothesis that consumers may be saturated by their subscriptions – and looking to curtail their monthly spend, could mean potential fallout for […]
A Million Dollar Blog Without Ads? Subscriptions Aren’t Just For Big Publishers
Joe Andrews Sr. Director, Marketing Just a few years ago, no one thought that readers would pay for online content. Then the media industry woke up and realized “free” was not a sustainable business model. The NY Times and WSJ put up paywalls. Readers did start to pay, but, as many titles closed their […]
Zuora Sydney Team Rolls Up Sleeves, Gets Dirty… for Charity!
by Megan Golden, Marketing On Monday December 17th, the Sydney Z-Team volunteered its time and muscles to work with Sydney Basket Brigade Charity. The Basket Brigade, part of the Magic Moments Foundation, annually provides boxes of food and gifts for people that need a hand during the holiday season. The Zuora team traded […]
Technology is the Engine of the World’s Biggest Economy, the Subscription Model is the De Facto Standard
by David Ryan, SaaSOptics The subscription business model isn’t new. What is new (and exciting) is that is has quickly become the de facto model for most software and content publishing businesses, and critically important for countless more technology companies. Technology is the engine of the biggest economy in the world, and the […]
Why Data Matters
by Srini Vinnakota, Director of Product Marketing GoodData Context is everything. Perhaps you look at your subscription business and notice that you’ve been growing year over year beyond your predictions, have a steady stream of new customers, and assume everything is gravy. But you’re not looking at support costs, and if your expenses begin to […]
Top 10 Reasons You Should Attend Subscribed 2012
By Tien Tzuo, CEO We are less than one week away from our first annual Subscribed conference. Between the caliber of customer speakers and the sessions packed with world-class content, I couldn’t be more excited. In fact, I’ve jotted down my Top 10 Reasons why I think this is a must-attend event for any […]
Citrix Partners With Zuora to Grow its CloudPortal Services Manager
Jeff Yoshimura, VP Marketing Delivering and monetizing solutions in the Cloud just got a whole lot easier. Today, Zuora announced a partnership with Citrix Systems to extend the capabilities of CloudPortal Services Manager. Citrix’s Channel strategy is to aggressively grow its Citrix Service Provider (CSP) channel and Zuora will be an integral part of […]
The 4 Reasons Why Zynga is Doomed
by Chris Holt, Marketing What’s the fastest growing segment of the entertainment industry? And what industry has increasingly become the focus of not only the media, but Hollywood actors and technology giants? The answer to both questions is the video gaming industry, and like many industries, it’s in the midst of transformation thanks to the […]
Congratulating BranchOut on Hitting 25 Million Users, Getting $25 Million in Funding
Jeff Yoshimura, VP Marketing The job board social media wars have heated up. Increasingly, prospective employees and employers have turned to sites like BranchOut for their human resources and employment needs. BranchOut is built on top of the Facebook platform and they’ve become not just the biggest challenger to job board juggernaut Linkedin, but […]
Zuora Named Top OnDemand “Company of the Year,” 16 Customers Also Honored
by Tien Tzuo, Founder & CEO Today, I feel honored to announce that we’ve been named AlwaysOn’s OnDemand Company of the Year. In selecting Zuora, AlwaysOn stated, “With early market entry, strong revenue, and an extremely stable, secure, and useful suite of products, Zuora’s success and continued growth is indicative of its ability […]
Zuora in Good Company with Citrix’s CloudStack, Apache Software Foundation
by Shawn Price, President The transition to Cloud Computing is fueling a massive build out of Cloud infrastructure, projected to exceed $11 billion by 2013. With the so many new Cloud services forming from consumer, to mobile, to gaming, the question becomes: How do you then monetize these Clouds? As Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo […]