The Internet of Things is dominated by the connected car. But selling the car is just the start - the real revenue lies in data and services, writes Brendan O'Brien

Say hello to the subscription economy, where every business—and I mean every business—moves toward billing you monthly or yearly.

Once 5G causes a market explosion, the challenge will be to monetize and derive maximum revenue from these IoT services. Most will be delivered to the consumer via subscription models that generate recurring revenue.

From automotive to telecom, businesses seeking to maximize revenues from the Internet of Things (IoT) will need to become much more adept at revenue sharing.

As digital transformation continues to take hold across a wide range of industries, forcing chief executives to rethink, and in some cases entirely upend, their organization’s traditional business models as well as the transactional manner in which they engage with...

The emergence of so many subscriber-based companies and services has created threats to their continued success. It doesn’t require much examination to reach the conclusion that we’ve entered a golden age of recurring revenue.

The cloud billing software market has experienced dynamic changes in recent years. And the growth in subscription and recurring revenue models has greatly impacted the cloud billing space. In fact, the growth in subscription models has been driving cloud billing growth. In...

Across the enterprise landscape, there is plenty of chatter about digital disruption, the transformation of business models and optimizing the customer experience. As the talk goes, the customer is now in charge. And this is, indeed, true. But for most organizations, there...

While cable subscribers continue to leave in droves, subscription streaming services like Hulu, Amazon Video, and Netflix are seeing substantial growth. While CSPs may be struggling with subscriber loss, companies like Comcast are proving that the transformation into full-...

In the digital era, where customers can select virtually anything with a click of a button, they are demanding more choice; not only in products, but in how and when they pay for them. They expect flawless service and require instant gratification. Yet, CIOs in every...

The economic impact from the Internet of Things (IoT) on health and wellness could reach $1.6 trillion dollars a year by 2025. Much of that value will come from using IoT-connected sensors, wearables, and medical devices in the prevention, early detection, and ongoing...

Cloud-based monetization platform provider Aria Systems, subscription-based billing enterprise software provider Zuora, and billing platform provider Gotransverse have been named leaders in the area of recurring customer and billing management by analyst firm Forrester for...

Customers are demanding new ways to buy software and businesses are responding with more options such as consumption- and subscription-based services.

IoT Evolution, the leading media brand for the Internet of Things (IoT), has published a book outlining more than 150 of the leading trends in the IoT industry, entitled “IoT Time: Evolving Trends in the Internet of Things.” The book, written by IoT Evolution Editorial...

Wearables, the connected home, and other consumer applications for connected personal vehicles get all the hype, but the truth is that there are industrial segments of “IoT on wheels” such as farm equipment, freight trains, big rigs, and construction equipment that are...

Commerce heros like Netflix and Amazon Web Services have set the bar high. Businesses across virtually all industries are rushing to offer their goods and services via some form of recurring revenue.

It will be many years before the thinking machines of science fiction become reality. No system today can match the reasoning abilities and conversational skills of HAL 9000, the onboard computer from the movie 2001 a Space Odyssey, or mimic humans with the lifelike...

As organizations seek to gain competitive advantage over their rivals, cloud billing will be the technology they seek as it reduces the requirement for resources and IT infrastructure, thereby saving large costs, which can be put to use to expand their business or further...

There is no other IoT (Internet of Things) sector that is covered with such adoration and frequency as the connected car. With a potential market of more than $250 billion, it’s rightfully so. Connected cars are sexy and appealing to a wide range of people so they grab all...

Consolidation among communications service providers (CSPs) has been on the upswing for years. And, with a convergence-friendly regulatory climate now in place in the U.S., mergers and acquisitions (M&As) could shift into overdrive.

Aria Systems provides the only cloud-based platform that is both robust and scalable enough to help enterprises seize new market opportunities and meet customer demands by rapidly deploying monetization models and quickly delivering new plans and packages.

Revenue projections from connected cars range from $40 billion to north of $100 billion a year by 2020. Auto manufacturers will profit from connected vehicles and mobility services, but other industries are also poised to gain from it. Here are a few that are already...

Ford announced that CEO Mark Fields retired on Monday and will be replaced by Jim Hackett. After months of shareholder grumblings about Ford’s stock market performance, it’s obvious that his hand was forced, but he was allowed a graceful exit. Ford’s stock has tumbled 35...

“In five to 10 years, I think most people will use transportation-as-a-service rather than their own cars. There is a whole new group of millennials who are approaching car-owning age in urban areas, and I can tell you that they have little interest in owning a car,” said...

The first car-sharing platforms offered a meager selection of cars and were often little more than a way for environmentally conscious consumers to feel good as they fetched groceries, ran errands or slipped out of town for a mountain hike. But growing competition in the...

The age of streaming media has posed a difficult challenge to communications service providers (CSPs). Providing the infrastructure to support the bandwidth and speed that digital customers demand is expensive, but they are not willing to pay much more for the connection....

Aria Systems’ Brendan O’Brien argues that devices may be the IoT’s ‘shiny objects’, but that the real money will flow to those companies that enable enterprises to actually make sense (and then make dollars) from all the data that devices generate.

Communications service providers stand to make big gains from the internet of things. But security issues could put a huge dent in their revenue projections.

Gartner predicts that spending on IoT-connected services will exceed $3 trillion by 2020, and that by that time, IoT devices will outnumber the world population. The challenges to reaching this connected utopia are significant, however, and they are ignored at the peril of...

Organizations are under pressure to glean more value from their offerings while moving toward a cloud-centric delivery model, which invariably means making the move to a recurring revenue model.

Your mom probably told you it’s polite to share, but did she tell you that the IoT won’t get off the ground if companies can’t split the bounty?

Brendan O’Brien, Co-founder and CIO of Aria Systems, says that the current business model of vehicle purchase and establishment of loyalty must change to ensure lasting brand affinity in the mobility age.

With increased interest in IoT, independent software vendors (ISVs) require a strategy to protect intellectual property (IP).

Aria Systems Co-founder and CIO Brendan O'Brien participated in the European Commission Workshop on Cross-Cutting Business Models for the Internet of Things.

The Global OSS-BSS Software Market 2016-2020 report furnishes key information regarding the market drivers, restraints, growth opportunities, market trends, and segmentation.

The IoT has created a new market in the automotive industry, which is showing no signs of slowing down. Connected cars and their associated services are expected to grow to over $42 billion by 2022.

As we begin 2017, we are already seeing major advances in IoT.

Services beyond connectivity are expected to play a large role in how operators derive value from adding millions of connected vehicles to their networks, from billing and analytics to software updates and more. 

The digital transformation has begun. Companies and their customers are moving to software-centric solutions and on-demand usage. That calls for an entirely new way of pricing and packaging so the organizations that provide the software can get the best possible return on...

The era of digital transformation is upon us, and CIOs in every industry from transportation to telecom are facing pressure to meet ever-increasing customer demands.

If you are looking forward to 5G so you can stream movies while downloading Madonna’s discography and controlling a dozen IoT devices from your phone, you might want to slow your roll.

'New mobility' threatens the foundation of an auto industry built on the premise that more is better.

At Aria’s Monetize 2016 Conference in September, an analyst from Deloitte noted that an impressive 80% of software vendors will move to consumption models.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has created an entirely new market for services in the automotive market. Growth from $13.6 to $42 billion in six years is extraordinary, and the automotive industry has taken notice.

Aria Systems is one of the companies leading the charge into this new area. Aria for Connected Vehicles uses their Omni-node technology to help companies manage their customer billing. They have technology that tracks users, their usage and bills them.

As if 2016 weren’t volatile enough for the technology industry, the coming year is likely to be even more interesting

As 2016 takes its final bow, let's look at some predictions for what's in store for 2017 and beyond. The forecast is blue-sky opportunities for enterprises that are equipped to take advantage of them.

In this special guest feature, Brendan O’Brien, Co-founder and Chief Evangelist at Aria Systems, discusses the critical role machine learning has to play in the all-important “Analyze” phase of IoT services.

Digital disruption is forcing almost every company in every industry to adapt and evolve. One business that is successfully navigating the transition to a digital framework is Pitney Bowes.

Are you making your customers feel special or slighted?

As vehicles become the hottest “thing” in IoT, the automotive, heavy equipment, and machinery industries face some of the most significant opportunities in decades.

What is XaaS? How do you even pronounce it? It’s (Anything) as a Service, let’s pronounce it “zaahss”, and it’s a market that is absolutely on fire.

The speed of change in the communications industry is being cranked up by born-digital disruptors, however the industry isn’t just waiting around for the next big thing. Here are some of the top technologies that will help carry communications providers through its next...

Consumer applications for the IoT (Internet of Things) may be the sexy darling of the media, but many industry experts are lavishing its quieter, smarter (but slightly nerdy) B2B (business-to-business) friend with an awful lot attention.

This cloud-centric software is aimed at software application developers building for IoT-enabled connected cars, heavy equipment as well as on-demand transportation as a service and telematics.

The cloud-based offering would allow enterprises to monetize connected vehicle services and ultimately generate a recurring income stream.

Aria for Connected Vehicles manages the monetization of innovative subscription and usage-based IoT services without compromising enterprise-grade scalability, performance and security.

Solutions providers and cloud brokers that focus on being the cheapest when it comes to selling cloud services may be missing out on a much larger opportunity.

Here are three ways smart CSPs are moving from what they are very good at – traditional, high-volume phone and internet connectivity – into the new era of digital services.

Designed for communication service providers, the monetization platform includes a services catalog that allows business users to create new products.

Aria Systems today announced that Subaru of America, Inc. has selected Aria's Cloud Billing and Monetization Platform as a key component of its connected vehicle strategy.

Subaru of America has selected Aria’s Cloud Billing and Monetization Platform as a key component of its connected vehicle strategy.

In Cinquina's interview with Tom Dibble, the topics range from what makes a brand, the difference between the most recent tech “gold rush” and ...

Aria Systems was chosen over other subscription billing solutions such as Salesforce’s own Steelbrick CPQ. This is because Aria is, in Blue Hill’s opinion, one of the two top complex billing platforms currently available…

There are so many different players in the revenue and contract management space, from those focused purely on the subscription and billing aspects (Zuora, Aria and Vindicia)…

Cloud billing has flourished in recent years and is surprising a lot of people with its ability to disrupt traditional transactional business models.

IoT is expected to revolutionize the way many industries work, but it’s also expected to be a blockbuster in terms of the dollars of revenue it will generate for those businesses that use it.  Cisco estimates that IoT will generate $8 trillion in new revenues and value over...

Two of the better-known companies hoping to replace those applications are Aria Systems, which counts software purveyor Atlassian, automaker Audi and medical equipment company Philips Healthcare as customers…

Together with Salesforce, Apttus, Comptel, Sigma Systems, CloudSense, Vlocity and others, Aria provides a complete Communication Service Provider (CSP) ecosystem that is quicker to deploy, more user friendly, and facilitates customer engagement.

Aria Systems today announced that it has joined the Salesforce for Communications Ecosystem as the billing solution provider.

To discuss Aria and the cloud billing software market in general, Technology Evaluation Centers’ (TEC’s) principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic recently spoke, on behalf of TEC, to Andres Botero, senior vice president & chief marketing officer of marketing at Aria Systems.

Pitney Bowes set to deliver speed and agility through alliances with new cloud-enabled solutions and services

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming healthcare with technology.

Here’s the thing about non-healthcare companies coming into this $3 trillion industry and promising “disruption” or “revolution”: They often don’t get how healthcare works. The problem seems to be particularly acute in Silicon Valley, where people have changed so many other...

When it comes to monetising the Internet of Things, it can appear that consumer scenarios are the only play, connecting people to cars, homes, and kitchen appliances, clothing and health info. If you’re a B2B company, it’s understandable if you are having a lingering...

There were many news stories for those interested in embedded chips and connects car news tips from Uber, CGI, Xilinix, Ficonic, Lexis Nexis, J.D. Power, Aria Systems and TU Automotive. Uber wants white hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in its products.Uber announced an...

Brendan O’Brien has been in the subscription services business for over 20 years and is recognized as a pioneer and thought leader. It’s fair to say that he introduced the world to cloud billing and innovated database-driven, enterprise-grade Web applications for companies...

Aria Systems has announced a new funding round, which injects more cash into the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market and Aria's efforts to build partnerships with companies investing in this space. Aria focuses on partnering with companies to establish recurring-revenue...

This is not a story about moths or sex. It’s about the future of your business. But let’s start with the moths. Across North America, orchard owners are fighting a desperate battle against the codling moth. At the larval stage, these voracious predators tunnel into apples,...

“The Age of Acceleration,” is everywhere. It is an age defined by the realities that the only constants are change and the speed at which it is increasing. Thanks to the Internet and the big technology trends we all know—mobility, virtualization, software-centricity, the...

Backers: Bain Capital Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Venrock, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Madison Bay Capital Partners, Hercules Technology Growth Capital and VMware. Founded in 2003, Aria Systems provides cloud-based billing and recurring...

Although the consumer implications of the Internet of Things have generated plenty of public attention, the real growth in the embryonic IoT market is coming from less visible industrial environments and business applications. The early IoT advancements may come as a...

It manages more than $11 billion in revenue for its customers. Financial proclamations by Internet companies—both public and private—are replete with references to “recurring revenue,” often generated in the form of subscriptions or other ongoing relationships. Which begs...

Aria Systems has raised an impressive $50 million in a new round of funding from investors confident that the cloud-based billing system specialist has the right approach to helping service providers and enterprise make money from the digital services and IoT markets.

At its core, the Internet of Things (IoT) is about making connections. It connects smart sensors, devices, and applications that together make a multitude of new services possible—services that offer people greater personalization and more control than ever.

Remember when we mused last week that venture capitalists were beginning to look at the actual payments side of B2B payments? It looks like investors are following through. Sure, much of the more than $86.5 million invested this week landed with startups in areas like...

Nick Booth finds more companies looking for UK partners with millions to back their channel marketing programme If anyone knows about setting up a decent sales channel, it should be a marketing technology company. So the fact that four different types of sales automation...

Don’t let your billing system hold you back. A broken billing system can impede success for companies looking to grow faster with recurring revenue models. To be successful you must provide more offerings and better service so your customers continue to buy for longer...

Blue Hill’s view of subscription billing and demand-driven monetization comes from the belief that telco-grade scale and complexity for billing and revenue are coming to the enterprise level. However, pure telco solutions lack the flexibility to support the majority of...

The world of B2B payments management may not get all the breathless and elegiac press that there counter parts at financial services technology get. But while praise is pleasant of course, and correlated to investor interest, at the end of the day for emerging start-ups how...

Billing platform for enterprises Aria Systems announced last week that it closed a $50 million investment. Rembrandt Venture Partners, Madison Bay Capital Partners, and Hercules Technology Growth Capital joined the round as new investors.

Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week, the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 million, for an $11 billion annual run rate. The total included at least $15 million in debt.

Key to this is the ability to quickly and easily create monetisation, pricing, and mediation schemes, enabling monetisation business strategies that didn’t exist yesterday. It doesn’t matter what one is trying to monetise: API calls, MRI machines, car services, security,...

Each week Talkin' Cloud compiles a list of cloud computing financing stories for readers who might have missed the news earlier in the week. This week's column features funding news from Aria Systems, Seven Bridges, PayActiv, Qualia Media and Wavecell.

B2B payments is a space with many layers on top of the actual payment taking place: invoicing, purchase orders, reconciliation, payment technologies, accounts payable and receivable, accounting, cash flow management and the buying process, to name just a few.

In late 2012, I wrote about how private equity giant TPG Capital was going to have troubles raising its seventh flagship fund (which wasn't yet in market), primarily due to poor performance. Two years later, I changed my tune for three basic reasons: (1) Performance had...

The numbers don’t lie — the Internet of Things (IoT) is every bit as big of a deal as it’s made out to be. IDC predicts that the IoT market will hit $14.4 trillion in annual sales by 2020 when combined with big data. And according to Cisco, there will be 50 billion...

Where GoPro’s connected cameras may be shortsighted, Aria Systems wants businesses to succeed in monetizing the device data behind the Internet of Things (IoT). A fresh $50 million in funding boosts Aria Systems, Inc.‘s cloud-based platform to this end, raising a round from...

Aria Systems, whose cloud-based software helps businesses introduce and grow subscription revenue, raised $50 million in new funding on Thursday. The San Francisco company led by CEO Tom Dibble said existing backers Bain Capital Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners,...

Though the market showed some instability in the fourth quarter, investors remain bullish with regards to the continued growth of the cloud billing and recurring revenue market. An Incyte Group report suggests that almost half of all US businesses currently have or are...

US cloud-based recurring revenue management specialist Aria Systems has collected $50m from venture capital backers in its latest financing round. The Series E round was joined by new investors Rembrandt Venture Partners, Madison Bay Capital Partners and Hercules Technology...

Healthcare reform has eluded Congress for more than two decades. It seems technology, driven by the Internet of Things (IoT), could well make the biggest transformation of all. In many respects, IoT is just what the doctor ordered. It holds the key to lowering medical costs...

Andres Botero is the new Chief Marketing Officer & SVP at Aria Systems, the cloud billing and active monetization platform provider. Previously, Botero was CMO at Steelwedge, a Global Lead for SCM Marketing at SAP AG and a sales operations executive with Siebel Systems...

David Wittenkamp will lead the finance, HR and legal teams for Aria Systems, the cloud billing and active monetization platform provider. He worked at Ford, Motorola, IBM, EMC, Nokia and Ericsson. He holds a Master’s in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Aria Systems hired David Wittenkamp as chief financial officer and Andres Botero as chief marketing officer & senior vice president.

Aria Systems provides companies with software for managing subscription or recurring revenue business models. A recurring revenue business models includes three types of selling and billing structures: a one-time transaction plus a periodic service charge; subscription-...

Technology company Harris Corp. has promoted Rahul Ghai to finance chief, replacing Mick Lopez. Ghai joined the firm last March as vice president of finance, integration. Jeff McCombs has been named to lead the finance function at online restaurant reservations provider...

Bundling the right products and services is an effective way to create demand and boost recurring revenues. Before we get into specifics, let’s define what we mean by bundling and how it differs from, and relates to, another recurring revenue term, “tiers." These two...

The healthcare and medical device industries are key verticals that stand to benefit tremendously from the Internet of Things (IoT). Today, a number of medical device companies are developing greater connectivity in order to improve communications between healthcare...

While the Internet of Things is a hot commodity, monetizing it, except in industrial sectors where similar work has been done for years, has been problematic. One expert says that the key to monetization is implementing it with a successful recurring revenue model. Like Y2K...

While all the talk at CES this year was on the IoT - from connected cars to smart home systems to wearables in healthcare – one aspect that isn’t being talked about is the practical and necessary component – how to make money from this ubiquitous connectivity and the...

Ecommerce, retail and marketing pros share their insights into the recent holiday shopping season and discuss how online retailers can apply their experiences to the 2016 holiday shopping season. Online holiday sales rose again in 2015, with ecommerce businesses seeing a 20...

While all the talk at CES this year was on the Internet-of-Things (IoT), from connected cars to smart home systems to wearables in healthcare, one aspect that isn’t being talked about is the practical and necessary component – how to make money from this ubiquitous...

While all the talk at CES this year was on the Internet of Things – from connected cars to smart home systems to wearables in healthcare – one aspect that isn’t being talked about is the practical and necessary component. With that in mind, how exactly do organisations make...

How can an emerging business make a successful transition from selling to SMB customers that fueled their early growth to the enterprise customers that enable long-term profitability? What works with SMB customers often won’t get you a seat at the enterprise table. To make...

Recurring revenue is the secret sauce behind the explosive growth of powerhouses like Netflix and Uber. Unsurprisingly, recurring revenue is also quickly gaining ground in more traditional industries like healthcare and the automotive business. In fact, nearly half of U.S....

As we head into 2016, it's a great time to reflect on market developments of the year past and trends and predictions of what the future holds. Here are some thoughts based on what we are seeing in the marketplace. Global enterprise organizations will continue to embrace...

What's the difference between billing and monetization? Monetization is about more than just cutting and invoice and collecting payment. It's an end-to-end process that requires managing all aspects of a customer relationship, from the moment a customer first visits your...

FREMONT, CA: Today's businesses require flexible, configurable billing that can handle a wide variety of subscription and usage-based monetization models without IT intervention. To help companies meet customer and market demands through innovative billing strategies, Aria...

The Internet of Things consists of two types: consumer and industrial. Toaster ovens, remotely controlled lighting and automated thermostats that intermittently transmit Wi-Fi status messages typify the consumer variety. Industrial IoT (IIoT), also called Industrial...

LogMeIn, a provider of SaaS and cloud-based remote connectivity services, has chosen Aria Systems' cloud-based billing and active monetization platform to support its growing customer base and expanding product portfolio. The Aria solution replaces the company's existing...

In a cutthroat economic climate, the ability to generate recurring revenue streams is a huge advantage in any vertical market. In fact, businesses are demanding the analytics and insights in their billing solutions that will help them build and sustain recurring revenue...

With the rise of the IoT (Internet of Things), the era of truly BIG data is upon us. And buried in those endless data streams from billions of connected “things” is customer usage – a type of data that’s essential to recurring revenue success. Unfortunately, most companies...

Many common traditions have held up for centuries (Thanksgiving dinner, anyone?), but the post millennial world of business and technology has perennially followed the idea that traditions are meant to be broken. Take a look at the radical change in the way content is...

In a twist on Mark Twain's famous comment about the weather, everybody talks about recurring revenue, but nobody does anything about it. Aria Systems, which develops a cloud-based subscription billing platform, has put together "The No BS Guide To Recurring Revenue," which...

Companies that rely on recurring revenue business models are rapidly growing market share and Wall Street is rewarding their performance with higher multiples. More and more successful enterprises such as Amazon, Adobe, Salesforce, Netflix, Audi, and Uber are employing...

Companies that rely on recurring revenue business models are rapidly growing market share and Wall Street is rewarding their performance with higher multiples. More and more successful enterprises such as Amazon, Adobe, Salesforce, Netflix, Audi, and Uber are employing...

The subscription billing market for technology services is growing, according to a new report from Forrester Research, and enterprises looking to offer eBusiness offerings to customers have a lot of options when choosing a platform partner. The Forrester Wave: Subscription...

Few industries are immune from the digitization of experiences, content, services, and products. In this era of cloud computing, IOT and mobile devices, firms are increasingly testing new product offerings that combine elements of content, software, services, and hardware...

In many ways, trying to ascertain the differences in billing for Internet of Things (IoT) services versus communications-related services is quite difficult because billing is widely different even among providers of communications-related services. Communications service...

CCP Games has chosen Aria’s monetization platform to gain business agility and accelerate product launch time for new game releases. The Icelandic video game producer, best known for producing EVE Online and its pioneering virtual reality games, performed a comprehensive...

CCP Games is not a developer that has typically adopted traditional videogame sales models. Its ever-popular massively multiplayer online (MMO) experience, EVE Online, still holds tightly to the subscription model in a market that has otherwise quickly adopted free-to-play...

The car is well on its way to becoming the most sophisticated mobile device in the Internet of Things (IoT), or, to use a phrase that’s more to the point, the Monetization of Things™ (MoT). Linked to the cloud by way of wireless technologies, smart chips, onboard computers...

With the rise of the IoT (Internet of Things), the era of truly BIG data is upon us. Buried in those endless data streams from billions of connected “things” is one type of data that’s essential to recurring revenue success—customer usage. Regrettably, most companies...

Monsanto is planning to enter the Big Data market, focusing on agriculture. The agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company has been meeting with a large number of tech start-ups in recent months, apparently with plans to acquire some of them. Appearing to have...

Helping businesses stay competitive is the impetus behind the Top Recurring Revenue Metrics infographic below from our friends at Aria Systems. Ten experts share their “winning formula” metrics to measure recurring revenue performance, and help determine how to fine-tune...

Dreamforce 2015 brings announcements from numerous companies integrating with Salesforce. Salesforce's Dreamforce 2015 event is well under way in San Francisco, with the event giving the company a chance to make some big product announcements and to connect with customers...

Aria Systems, which helps enterprises grow recurring revenue, launched Aria Revenue Analytics, a powerful business analytics technology fully integrated into its billing and active monetization platform. Now, businesses can take advantage of built-in, enterprise-grade...

The Internet of Things. Cloud. Big Data. Real-Time Analytics. To those who do not quite understand what these phrases mean (and let’s be honest, that’s likely to be a large portion of the world), words like “IoT” and “Big Data” are just buzzwords. The truth is, the Internet...

This week has been all about prep for our Cloud Partners event next week in Boston. Beantown weather is shaping up to be pretty perfect, in case you’re on the fence about heading to the city. There’s still time to register, including for our three concurrent education...

Addition of Revenue Analytics represents another cloud company offering analytics to its users. Cloud billing company Aria Systems is stepping into the analytics game. The company is releasing Aria Revenue Analytics, which will be fully integrated into its billing and...

Aria Systems, which helps enterprises grow recurring revenue, launched Aria Revenue Analytics, a powerful business analytics technology fully integrated into its #1-ranked billing and active monetization platform. Now, for the first time, businesses can take advantage of...

Now, for the first time, businesses can take advantage of built-in, enterprise-grade revenue analytics from a cloud-billing provider. Enterprises will now be able to leverage Aria’s out-of-the-box solution to deliver contextualized insight into how a recurring revenue...

Aria Systems on Wednesday launched business-analytics technology that’s fully integrated into its cloud billing and active monetization software platform. With Aria Revenue Analytics, the cloud billing provider’s clients can now assess the health of their recurring-revenue...

The cloud may be a clear winner in IT circles, but it's a brutally competitive space nonetheless. As cloud providers struggle to compete among price wars and a plethora of new deal sweeteners, free analytics is becoming the sweetest tempter of all. But the analytics ante...

In a digital economy business models are constantly in a state of flux. Other than the fact that they generally involve some form of subscription revenue no one is ever quite sure how to best price a particular good or service. As a result, there tends to be a lot more...

Breach Secure Now introduced its Unlimited Clients Employee Security Training program for managed service providers (MSPs). The program enables MSPs to offer IT security training to their small- and midsize-business (SMB) customers for free or at a minimal cost, the company...

Aria Systems, which helps enterprises grow recurring revenue, recently launched Aria Revenue Analytics, a powerful business analytics technology fully integrated into its #1-ranked billing and active monetization platform. Now, for the first time, businesses can take...

Customer lifetime value (CLV) is an important metric as it captures the revenue potential of each customer relationship over their lifespan with a company. Higher CLVs lead to greater profits for the enterprise, and now, with the rise of potentially billions of cloud-...

According to market reports, companies with businesses focused on recurring revenue models, such as those of cloud technologies, telecom, digital entertainment, and even retail contribute nearly $300 billion to the global economy. There is a growing demand of cloud-based...

Shanaa leads product development for Aria Systems. Shanaa joined the company in 2014, bringing over 20 years of enterprise software management experience to the rapidly growing company, notably, leading development, launch and commercialization of several widely-adopted...

We live in a period of disruption. New mega trends – cloud, mobile, big data – have changed the way consumers purchase products and services, with customers demanding anytime, anywhere access. Businesses are responding by changing the way they package and sell, moving from...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is disrupting a broad spectrum of industries. None more so than healthcare. According to a recent report by Mind Commerce, healthcare will experience the fastest growth in IoT adoption of any industry segment over the next five years, with...

Tom Dibble, President and CEO of Aria Systems discusses the benefits of a fully featured Cloud Billing/Subscription platform. Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) converge to optimize the Vendor-Customer experience for the life of the relationship.

Recent headline-making breaches, including of Anthem and others, underscore the importance of security in the health care sector, especially as the industry looks for more affordable and efficient ways to provide higher levels of service to their customers.

Being an entrepreneur can be difficult. Being an entrepreneur attempting to launch a startup is even more challenging. The good news? You don’t have to go it alone. There are a lot of tools and resources at your fingertips online to help you successfully plan, launch and...

Here are some of the best online billing services that I know. Note: I'm the founder of Due, so I know all the competition very well. · Yardbook - amazine invoicing tool for online professionals. · Stripe – APIs and tools to accept and manage online payments. · Aria – an...

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Bob Janachek, CTO and co-founder of DataMotion. The company provides secure data delivery solutions such as encrypted email. It also does an annual survey (www.bit.ly/DataMotionSurvey) of companies that represent a broad spectrum...

Traditionally, billing has been considered a back office function that was a cost center, and not a particularly dynamic one. Our new on-demand society is changing all that – and creating a requirement for much more agile billing solutions. Indeed, companies are looking for...

“Convince other executives to make investments now in modern, more agile, cloud-based solutions for back office systems such as billing, BI, HR, etc.,” said Brendan O’Brien (@brendan0606), chief evangelist and co-founder for Aria Systems. “Modern back office solutions put...

You’ve undoubtedly heard about the Internet of Things (IoT) and you might think that it’s all about wearables and energy savings. You might conclude that it doesn’t have much to do with your retail business. Well think again. The business impact on the retail sector from...

In charge of Aria’s global finance, human resources, legal and administrative organizations, Verbeck brings over 20 years of experience in finance and operations, at both emerging growth companies and major corporations, and will be instrumental in helping the company scale...

In charge of Aria’s global finance, human resources, legal and administrative organizations, Verbeck brings over 20 years of experience in finance and operations, at both emerging growth companies and major corporations, and will be instrumental in helping the company scale...

When I was younger, I sold Yellow Page ads. Some customers would want me to sell them ads on a monthly basis, as if I could go to everyone’s home and remove the ad of the annual local book. Clearly that was not going to happen.

Healthcare organizations house consumers’ most private data – everything from social security numbers to health records. This was recently brought to everyone’s attention when the second largest health insurer was hacked, possibly exposing the sensitive information of tens...

You've undoubtedly heard of the Internet of Things, or IoT, the intelligent network that monitors, measures, meters and monetizes the vast quantity of data flowing through it. By 2020, experts estimate that more than 26 billion devices will be installed and connected to the...

Customer loyalty can make or break a brand in the long run. A whopping 80 percent of a company's future profits come from 20 percent of of existing customers. In this digital-first era, businesses have to keep up with customer expectations. Increasingly successful companies...

Aria Systems reported Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 certification as a result of a third party audit process. "At Aria Systems our customer's experience, including security, is paramount," said Oleg Ganopolskiy, VP of Operations, Aria Systems,...

Aria Systems recently announced that it has been awarded the HIPAA Certification after a strenuous 6-month audit process by a third party. This latest certification is added to the company's existing certs in TRUSTe and PCI DSS v.3, the latest framework standard for credit...

This year, the private companies on the sixth annual AlwaysOn OnCloud Top 100 (formerly OnDemand 100) are rising to the challenge of bringing the world's businesses and enterprises into the cloud. "The OnCloud Top 100 represents the best-of-breed of private companies in B2B...

Aria Systems, a provider of an end-to-end active monetization platform for optimizing recurring revenue businesses, has been awarded Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certification after a six-month third-party audit process. The company said it...

Savvy Web retailers and service providers are looking for ways to jump on the recurring revenue bandwagon. Last month, it was even considered the number one New Year’s resolution for small businesses. Where there is a business objective, there are technology companies...

Cloud-based tools for dynamically managing the customer offer side of business processes are helping B2B subscription businesses, as well as physical products businesses, improve revenue streams by better matching complex business offerings with customer needs. A key...

From software to streaming, businesses are increasingly moving away from traditional billing models towards recurring revenue – typically with some variety of subscription. Aria Systems is a company capitalising on the paradigm shift. It provides a cloud-based SaaS (...

Roadside and Home Assistance Division of $1.9 Billion Falck Group Innovates Billing to Deliver Business Agility – Aria Systems, the leading innovator in recurring revenue with its global headquarters in San Francisco, announced on January 13, 2015 from Copenhagen and San...

Aria Systems got a jump on everybody by announcing an e-book about "Monetizing the IoT." The IoT was the feature attraction at Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. In announcing new developer tools, the hardware giant highlighted "how the company is moving quickly to...

Avnet Technology Solutions has been selected as the first distributor in the United States to offer HP ConvergedSystem 700 to its solution provider partners. The product delivers a software-defined environment to help customers adopt an open hybrid model with converged...

For organizations looking to launch, convert to, or expand a business with recurring revenue, Aria Systems “No BS Guide to Recurring Revenue Success” incorporates lessons learned from years of actual recurring revenue implementations, programs and initiatives launched at...

Enterprise software company, Aria Systems, has released a comprehensive primer for organizations looking to launch, convert to, or expand a business with recurring revenue. The “No BS Guide to Recurring Revenue Success” incorporates lessons learned from years of actual...

Monetization of the internet of things (IoT) is one of the most exciting and challenging issues facing the industry today, so we spoke with Brendan O’Brien to learn more. Brendan is the Co-Founder of Aria Systems, who are one of the leading innovators in recurring revenue...

Monetization of the internet of things (IoT) is one of the most exciting and challenging issues facing the industry today, so we spoke with Brendan O’Brien to learn more. This is the 2nd part of the interview. Part 1 was published on Monday.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a spectacular notion of existing in a wholly connected world. IoT connectivity solutions, processors and sensors are just some of pieces allowing one’s refrigerator to “restock” itself or cars to drive themselves; this “smart” new world has...

Internet of Things (IoT): The convergence of connecting people, things, data and processes is transforming our life, business and everything. Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has had a revolutionary impact on culture and commerce. Life today has dramatically changed and...

If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things—using data they gathered without any help from us—we would be able to track and count everything, and greatly reduce waste, loss, and cost. We would know when things needed replacing, repairing, or...

If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things—using data they gathered without any help from us—we would be able to track and count everything, and greatly reduce waste, loss, and cost. We would know when things needed replacing, repairing, or...

First of all, for the record, it’s not the same Brendan O’Brien who played on Lost that talked to me last week. This Brendan O’Brien is the CTO of Aria Systems and he was all about the story of changing business models that IoT represents. To be candid Aria is a billing...

We live in a world where recurring revenue management is becoming a dominant theme. Lately there’s been a natural gravitation to the Internet of Things/Internet of Everything, and the synchronicity between the business models the IoT produces and how Aria is serendipitously...

A recent report released by Markets and Markets estimates the global cloud computing spend to grow to $121.1 billion by 2015, recording a compounded annual growth rate of 26% over the period 2010 through 2015. Another report by Market Research Media expects strong growth...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is more than the newest buzzphrase. It's set to transform the electronics industry, from what products consumers use to how those products get made. "Vast innovation in the Internet of Things space is being driven by range of people from large...

Experts at Boston's Connected Cloud Summit argue that the cloud and the Internet of Things are necessarily intertwined. BOSTON – The Connected Cloud Summit held here two weeks ago could easily have been called "The Internet of Things Connectivity Summit," since most of the...

I came across a very interesting story posted at the Reviewed.com. Website in the section covering home oven reviews. The headline read “The Smart Home Dominates the Internet of Things.” The story, based on a recent report published by Appinions, a market research firm,...

California-based Aria Systems, the leading cloud billing provider, Thursday announed its 2014 Fall platform release, expanding its leading monetization capabilities to provide additional pricing and packaging options. The new release helps companies to take advantage of...

Revenue-management solutions provider Aria Systems has introduced its 2014 Fall platform, expanding its monetization capabilities to provide additional pricing and packaging options. Available now, the company says this latest release includes enhancements to its cloud-...

Aria Systems, a recurring revenue and subscription billing company, has announced its 2014 Fall platform release. The newly updated platform contains more than 60 new features including many additional monetization capabilities like surcharge capabilities where companies...

Although the true meaning of the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to provoke plenty of debate, there is no question the cloud is helping organizations across nearly every industry capitalize on an increasingly connected world. The business implications of this brave, new...

Imagine a world where almost every device we use is connected to a vast, intelligent network that monitors, measures, meters and monetizes the colossal flow of data coming through it. It's not the stuff of science fiction. We're already seeing it today. This Internet of...

Aria Systems is a Cloud-based provider of recurring revenue management systems enabling its customers to provide products and services through subscription, usage, prepaid, tiers, pay-as-you-go and freemium. Aria’s list of customers  include such high-profile  Industry...

The shape of our future with the Internet of Things (IoT) began as far back as 2005. The IoT stands to transform appliances as mundane and common as the toaster oven. When it needs service, it could alert a repair shop to come fix it or pick it up for replacement. More...

There is no question that one of the hottest topics in the tech industry is the rapidly evolving world of the Internet of Things. The seemingly infinite variety of use cases for capturing data from a widening array of connected devices and objects is inspiring the...

Constant Contact, which provides an all-in-one marketing platform to small businesses, has chosen Aria Systems’ cloud-based, enterprise-class platform for recurring revenue management. Aria says its solution will help Constant Contact provide a greater variety of pricing,...

The term Internet of Things is frequently associated with smart home devices--everyday objects that are hooked up to the internet--but the future of "IoT" technology has more to offer than just refrigerators that can tell you which items they're missing. Some of the...

AriaSystems.com is offering a free ebook on “Monetizing the Internet of Things: Perspectives from the Front Lines,” an e-book released today and available free of charge from Aria Systems, “the leading innovator in recurring revenue management.”

Adobe broke tradition just over a year ago when it switched from its traditional perpetual license to a subscription model for its popular Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign software. Under the new model customers pay from $29.99 to $49.99 per month depending upon the...

If you’re like me – with my busy schedule and all – it’s easy to forget things, especially when I am in a rush to get out of the house for work or for some critical appointment. Usually my mind is fixated elsewhere. I invariably have to ask myself whether I’ve switched off...

Whether it’s a toddler going through potty training, the behaviors of subatomic particles during nuclear fission, a society shifting to a new social norm, the widespread adoption of a new technology, or the arrival of a new boss at your company… it’s all the same: As...

In all systems, great change is always preceded by great disequilibrium. Whether it’s a toddler going through potty training, the behaviors of subatomic particles during nuclear fission, a society shifting to a new social norm, the widespread adoption of a new technology,...

Aria Systems, launched in 2002 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a centralized hub providing a SaaS solution for full management of all aspects of billing in recurring-revenue businesses in all industries. In this interview,co-founder and chief evangelist Brendan O’...

When you look under the hood of your car, you can see many of the critical parts that make it run efficiently, including the motor. Well, think of Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a little like your car’s motor. AWS is tucked under the hood of the Internet, out of sight, geared...

Salil Deshpande never really imagined life as a venture capitalist before he was one. The former software engineer and startup founder never considered life on the other side of the fence when he was putting himself behind enterprise startups. It wasn't until he took a...

Working moms spend every waking minute striving to keep their family life and work responsibilities—sometimes simultaneously—up and running. They run their lives based on contingency-plans for the “what-if” scenarios and recovery plans from the inevitable everyday disasters...

There's no doubt that the Internet of Things is driving the next wave of innovation. Google has spent billions over the past few months vacuuming up companies that specialize in smart appliances and machine learning. Already, Philips light bulbs, Audi automobiles, and...

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I’ve done a fair amount of work within telcos and I’ve yet to come across one that isn’t a slow, lumbering beast. That’s a pretty harsh summation but it’s my experience. While many people put telco lack of agility down to core structural and cultural problems, one of the...

Whilst the ‘Internet of Things’ is being thrown around as a buzzword for all businesses, it’s good to take a look at the ones that are actually using the IoT to make money. As part of Aria Systems blog series ‘The Monetization of Things‘, they have created an infographic...

For those have not yet heard the term, Gartner defines IoT as physical objects that contain technology which allows them to communicate, sense or interact with their internal states or external environment. From cars to bracelets and even light bulbs, more and more...

In this @ThingsExpo Power Panel, on June 9 at our New York City studio, @ThingsExpo conference chair Roger Strukhoff led a discussion with panelists Mac Devine, Distinguished Engineer at IBM; Jonas Jacobi, Co-Founder & President of Kaazing; Chad Jones, Vice President,...

With growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) projected to be 26 billion units installed by 2020 resulting in billions of dollars of additional value for suppliers, the potential for revenue is there for those who develop successful IoT strategies. “Soon it will be easier and...

There are many interesting ways in which companies are looking to connect devices to the cloud. From the vehicles to kitchen appliances the internet of things is already a $1.9 trillion dollar market based on research estimates from IDC . Included is a fascinating...

According to a company release, Aria Systems helps businesses solve complex monetization problems to quickly grow revenue and deliver outstanding customer experiences. Constant Contact offers an all-in-one online marketing platform that helps small businesses drive repeat...

With SLI Systems, your site visitors will find the products and information they seek quickly and efficiently, moving them to a purchase in fewer clicks. The result? Happier customers, increased conversions and 1 3 % * higher average order value from visitors who use search...

Constant Contact, Inc. , which offers an online marketing program for SMBs, has chosen Aria Systems’ platform for recurring revenue management to provide a greater variety of pricing, packaging, and billing options to its 600,000 customers. “To support the continued growth...

"The Internet of Things is a wave that has arrived and it's growing really fast. The concern at Aria Systems is making sure that people understand the ramifications of their attempts to monetize whatever it is they build on the Internet of Things," explained C Brendan O'...

"The Internet of Things is a wave that has arrived and it's growing really fast. The concern at Aria Systems is making sure that people understand the ramifications of their attempts to monetize whatever it is they build on the Internet of Things," explained C Brendan O'...

According to Gartner, 35 percent of Global 2000 companies will generate incremental revenue through subscription-based services and revenue models by 2015. Additionally, MGI Research indicates that 76 percent of cloud infrastructure companies and 83 percent of software-as-a...

Aria Systems hired Adeeb Shanaa as vice president of products. Shanaa most recently served as executive vice president at LogicBlox. 365 Data Centers has named John Scanlon chief executive officer and Keao Caindec chief marketing officer. Before joining 365, Scanlon served...

You may have heard a lot about the move toward the subscription-based business economy. After all, it’s a buzz-worthy notion. An increasing number of customers now prefer to subscribe to services than buy products on a one-off basis, and that phenomenon is revolutionizing...

Media outlets everywhere shouted news that the 3-year-old ride-sharing service Uber charted an eye-popping valuation of up to $18.2 billion, after closing its venture capital round that raised $1.2 billion. In fact, by Forbes' numbers, Uber is now worth more than Avis and...

4INFO named Mari Tangredias its new SVP. AddThis announced a new online marketplace featuring tools that enable online publishers to serve more targeted and relevant content to website visitors. AKQA announced the winners of its global Future Lions competition at the Cannes...

Do you want repeat customers? Of course you do. Plenty of research shows that getting more business from an existing customer costs you less in both outlay and effort than persuading someone to buy for the first time. The easiest way to make it happen is by creating a...

Raymond Vrabel gives us an end-of-the-year wrap-up on what we learned in the SMB space in 2014, as well as what MSPs should be looking for in 2015. Don't be a doofus. Because if you're making this networking mistake, that's exactly what you are. It's what Mojo Marketing's...

Every Wednesday evening at Hive76 is open house night. That means that hobbyist hardware hackers gather at the Callowhill space to battle with homemade robots, 3D-print bracelets and build their next cosplay prop — all while drinking Lionshead or Genesee (and the occasional...

Aria Systems on Thursday announced the launch of the first article in a nine-part series on the "Monetization of Things," a strategic and financial primer for businesses that are looking to achieve maximum financial benefit from the "Internet of Things" (IoT) phenomenon....

Lloyd Alexander, Seal Software The San Francisco provider of a platform that helps companies maximize revenue opportunities named Lloyd Alexander vice president of contract strategy. Previously, he served at IBM. Rita Brogley, MyBuys The San Mateo provider of coordinated...

The Internet of Things is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. Why? Because the "things" are not just desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets. The "things" come from the world of sensor-driven Big Data that is even now...

Executives from GE, Google, Salesforce.com, SmartThings, Birst, Prelert and Code On Technologies are among the latest speakers to agree to share their perspectives regarding the rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace at the Connected Cloud Summit hosted by...

In a previous posting, I took a look at the business transformation that is sweeping the Internet as “E”verything becomes a service. While falling almost into the category of “having a keen grasp of the obvious,” the facts are that the desirability for business and...

Birst, ServiceSource and Xively, a division of LogMeIn, are the latest Internet of Things (IoT) companies to agree to sponsor and speak at the Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace, Thursday, September 18 in Boston, MA. The...

Aria Systems hired Adeeb Shanaa as vice president of products. Shanaa most recently served as executive vice president at LogicBlox. 365 Data Centers has named John Scanlon chief executive officer and Keao Caindec chief marketing officer. Before joining 365, Scanlon served...

The Connected Cloud Summit will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to capitalize on today’s rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities across nearly every industry. The Summit will provide an intimate, executive forum that will showcase the latest...

Aria Systems, the leading innovator in recurring revenue management, has appointed Adeeb Shanaa as vice president of products to drive continued leadership and innovation as the company expands globally. In this newly created position, Shanaa reports directly to Aria...

Adeeb Shanaa Date added:May 1, 2014 Submission Type:New Hire Current employer:Aria Systems Current title/position:Vice President of Products Industry:Technology Position level:Vice President Duties/responsibilities: Aria Systems, the leading innovator in recurring revenue...

Flexera Software, a leading provider of software licensing and entitlement management solutions, is the latest company to become a sponsor and speaker at the Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace, Thursday, September 18 in Boston,...

Aria Systems, a leading innovator in recurring revenue management, has appointed Adeeb Shanaa to VP of products as part of the company's global expansion initiative. Shanaa will report directly to Aria Systems CEO Tom Dibble. Shanaa has led product innovation in enterprise...

Ben Pring, one of the authors of “Code Halos”, has agreed to present the key findings of the new book regarding the business implications of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) at the 2014 Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace, on...

Brendan O’Brien has been in the subscription services business for over 20 years and is recognized as a pioneer and thought-leader. By innovating database-driven, enterprise-grade Web applications, O’Brien introduced the world to cloud billing before the concept of “cloud”...

A confluence of technological and market forces is coming together to exponentially expand the past promise of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) capabilities into a wider array of Internet of Things (IoT) market opportunities. These new possibilities are also attracting a broader...

Quorum appointed Nader Soudah as vice president of Americas channel sales. Talari Networks Inc. named Hien Nguyen as vice president of sales. Nguyen joins Talari from Netgear. Talari Networks Inc. named Hien Nguyen as vice president of sales. Nguyen joins Talari from...

Quorum appointed Nader Soudah as vice president of Americas channel sales. Talari Networks Inc. named Hien Nguyen as vice president of sales. Nguyen joins Talari from Netgear. ABD Insurance & Financial Services hired Nancy Brown as vice president, account executive real...

Raymond Vrabel gives us an end-of-the-year wrap-up on what we learned in the SMB space in 2014, as well as what MSPs should be looking for in 2015 Don't be a doofus. Because if you're making this networking mistake, that's exactly what you are. It's what Mojo Marketing's...

It's a great day to "start having the important conversations on the technologies, security, data privacy and enormous potential" of the IoT, organizers maintain. But the IoT faces the same challenge many of us faced in our academic years: How do you get someone — or, in...

The telephone has been around for 130-plus years, ever since its invention by Alexander Graham Bell back in the mid-1870s. We don’t think much about those once-familiar devices, but the telephone revolutionized communications, and set the stage for our economy’s shift from...

John Pora Vice President of Professional Services at Aria Systems In his new role as vice president of professional services, Pora leads an expanding team supporting the company’s continued growth in enterprise deployment. Pora’s appointment underscores the company’s...

Editor’s note: The Internet of Things, combined with the cloud, opens doors to new ways for companies to connect with customers through products and services, made even more attractive because of disruptive new pricing and packaging models. Global brands from United...

There’s a lot of buzz these days surrounding the “Internet of things.” Unfortunately the term itself is fuzzy, leading to ambiguity and misunderstanding of what it actually means. A shame, because the underlying concept is one that promises to revolutionize the way we...

There’s a lot of buzz these days surrounding the “Internet of things.” Unfortunately the term itself is fuzzy, leading to ambiguity and misunderstanding of what it actually means. A shame, because the underlying concept is one that promises to revolutionize the way we...

Recurring revenue is not a fad anymore; it’s the new way to do business in just about any sector. Recent examples of companies joining the recurring revenue revolution range from online retail powerhouse Amazon to big-box retailer Target stores to global automaker Toyota to...

How to make money is the channel's traditional financial challenge, but some partners face another quandary: how to count it. Deciding when to record income as revenue -- the accounting task of revenue recognition -- was fairly straightforward in the traditional value-added...

How to make money is the channel's traditional financial challenge, but some partners face another quandary: how to count it. Deciding when to record income as revenue -- the accounting task of revenue recognition -- was fairly straightforward in the traditional value-added...

With increasing number of software solutions moving to SaaS, the way to charge, collect the fee for the service is also changing. License (lump-sum) fee is being replaced by (monthly/annual) subscription fee. If the architecture, data management, service uptime (SLAs) are...

San Francisco, Calif.—Feb. 18, 2014—Aria Systems released a new e-paper entitled “Why Recurring Revenue Success Is All About Customer Relationships,” which outlines how businesses can develop a recurring revenue strategy that drives repeated sales and rapidly expands their...

Raymond Vrabel gives us an end-of-the-year wrap-up on what we learned in the SMB space in 2014, as well as what MSPs should be looking for in 2015 Don't be a doofus. Because if you're making this networking mistake, that's exactly what you are. It's what Mojo Marketing's...

The trend of companies adopting recurring revenue surged in 2013, with brand names ranging from Adobe and Amazon to Target and Toyota using new billing and pricing models to grow sales and deepen customer loyalty. This surge will continue this year as more companies adopt...

The trend of companies adopting recurring revenue surged in 2013, with brand names ranging from Adobe and Amazon to Target and Toyota using new billing and pricing models to grow sales and deepen customer loyalty. This surge will continue this year as more companies adopt...

San Francisco-- The trend of companies adopting recurring revenue surged in 2013, with brand names using new billing and pricing models to grow sales and deepen customer loyalty. Recurring revenue technology provider Aria Systems projects this surge will continue in 2014 as...

More and more companies are turning to a recurring revenue business model from online companies to unexpected companies such as Adobe and Audi. These new, unexpected, subscription-based business models are disruptive but when they are connected to the Internet of Things...

Remarks on monetization strategies likely to emerge in the market for Analytics-as-a-Service solutions

You’re alone. You’re hungry. You’re in the dark. You’re crying. You want to be fed. Oh, and one more, thing. You’re three months old and suddenly the one predictable reality in your life isn’t there anymore.  Why am I painting this picture? Because that baby I’m describing...

Doug Pepper joined the venture capital business straight out of business school — in 2000, as the dot-com bubble was bursting. Not what they call auspicious timing. But by focusing on consumer Internet, mobile and (more recently) Software-as-a-Service deals, the Stanford...

I have written lately about how digital customers change customer engagement . It’s no surprise that at the heart of this change, as well as many others that impact business, is the Internet. Along with smart mobile devices, the Internet has changed the ways consumers...

Big companies are betting big on recurring revenue—that is, pricing plans designed to guarantee continuing income, as opposed to one-time payments. They believe that if they play their hands correctly, this strategy will deliver profitability and growth. We’ve been watching...

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Raymond Vrabel gives us an end-of-the-year wrap-up on what we learned in the SMB space in 2014, as well as what MSPs should be looking for in 2015 Don't be a doofus. Because if you're making this networking mistake, that's exactly what you are. It's what Mojo Marketing's...

The subscription management company gains fourth round funding of $40m from a consortium of VMware and venture capitalists, bringing total investment to $83m.

Raymond Vrabel gives us an end-of-the-year wrap-up on what we learned in the SMB space in 2014, as well as what MSPs should be looking for in 2015 Don't be a doofus. Because if you're making this networking mistake, that's exactly what you are. It's what Mojo Marketing's...

Lifecake, an app that enables families to easily and privately share photos and videos, raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Balderton Capital. ALOHA, a healthy lifestyle business, raised more than $4 million from First Round Capital, Highland Capital...

If anything, this is the week of big valuations in the world of money. Dropbox is looking to be valued at $8 billion, while its rival, Box, thinks it's worth a more "modest" $2 billion. And Spotify, the music streaming service, is worth $4 billion after raising $250 million...

Greg Davis steps down as Dell channel chief and is replaced by enterprise solutions exec Cheryl Cook; plus, more news from Veeam, iBackup and others.  Less than a month after announcing that Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners had wrapped up their acquisition of Dell Inc...

Aria (News - Alert) Systems, a provider of cloud-based subscription and billing solutions, has raised $40 million in a recent funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. This round, the company’s fourth to date, brings total funds raised to $83 million. Other companies that...

As Salesforce.com draws Silicon Valley’s tech players into San Francisco for its weeklong Dreamforce conference, money continues to pour into enterprise software operating over the cloud. Apprenda, Hightail and Aria Systems have raised a combined $90 million in the last two...

Bain Capital’s venture unit has led a $40m round for cloud-based recurring revenue management specialist Aria Systems. Existing investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Interwest Partners, Tugboat Ventures and Venrock also participated in the round, which brought Aria’s...

From processing payments to managing subscription billing and recurring disbursements, financial software helps companies streamline one of the most important aspects of their business—getting money. It also enables companies and consumers to track finances, manage budgets...

Aria Systems, a cloud-based recurring revenue management platform, has raised $40 million in new funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from existing investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Interwest Partners, Tugboat Ventures and Venrock, as well as...

Cloud-based recurring revenue management provider, Aria Systems has announced it has raised USD 40 million in its fourth round of funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and includes existing investors Hummer Winblad Venture Parnters, InterWest Partners, Tugboat...

Aria Systems said Tuesday that it has closed $40 million in funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Interwest Partners, Tugboat Ventures, Venrock and VMware. Headquartered in San Francisco, Aria Systems is a...

ood news everyone! We’ve just gathered up all the funding news for the day and rolled it up into our now legendary* Funding Daily column. Check out all the new investments below. Aria Systems snags $40M for cloud-based billing Aria Systems has some new capital to process....

Aria Systems, a San Francisco-based developer of cloud-based software designed to help users manage recurring revenue, said on Tuesday it has landed $40 million in its fourth round of funding, led by Bain Capital Ventures. Previous backers Hummer Winblad Venture Partners,...

Aria Systems, a San Francisco provider of online recurring revenue management software services, has raised $40 million in a fourth round of funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. The new investment brings the total raised by Aria to $83 million since the company was founded...

San Francisco-based Aria Systems said it received USD 40 million for its fourth financing round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Ventures and participated in by the company's current investors InterWest Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Venrock, Tugboat...

Offering software-based services through the cloud changes how companies account for revenue and charge for services–they need to be able to manage recurring payments and a host of other financial issues. Several companies are now tackling this problem, including San...

Compass-EOS, an Israel-based developer of electro-optical systems, has raised $42 million in new VC funding. Rusano and an unidentified U.S. private equity firm were joined by return backers Comcast Ventures, Cisco, Pitango Venture Capital, Benchmark Capital, Northbridge...

Offering software-based services through the cloud changes how companies account for revenue and charge for services--they need to be able to manage recurring payments and a host of other financial issues. Several companies are now tackling this problem, including San...

The San Francisco-based maker of cloud-based billing solutions just raised a $40 million funding round, the company announced today. Bain Capital Ventures led the round with participation from existing investors VMware, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Interwest Partners,...

Aria Systems, a San Francisco provider of online recurring revenue management software services, has raised $40 million in a fourth round of funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. The new investment brings the total raised by Aria to $83 million since the company was founded...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 19, 2013) -  Aria Systems, the leader in cloud-based recurring revenue management, announced today that it has raised $40 million in its fourth round of funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and includes existing investors...

I got called into my boss’ office not that long ago for a meeting. You know that meeting, the one where your boss says, “I have a great opportunity for you," but something about the way he says it leads you to believe that this is not going to end well. This felt like one...

Today, even the largest of enterprises in both the private and public sectors are adopting subscription, or recurring revenue business models, an approach once largely relegated to the sale of insurance, music, movies and a few other limited items online. In recent weeks,...

Over the last decade, CEOs, investors, analysts and business advisors have fallen in love with the recurring revenue model. And why not? Recurring revenue models provide for: more predictable revenue streams the ability to scale costs with revenues a lower cost of sales,...

Adobe and YouTube’s recent announcements about their plans for recurring revenue initiatives mark a watershed moment reflecting a sweeping change in how software and services are sold and consumed in the Internet age. The trend toward businesses moving to subscription...

A new Gatepoint Research study, commissioned by Aria Systems, finds that a significant percentage (42%) of respondents from the high tech, telecom, and retail sectors are experiencing frustration with their current billing systems when trying to use them to support new...

Forty-two percent of respondents from the high tech, telecom and retail sectors are experiencing frustration with their current billing systems when trying to use them to support new recurring revenue models, a new study has revealed. Legacy billing systems, often found at...

Forty-two percent of respondents from the high tech, telecom and retail sectors are experiencing frustration with their current billing systems when trying to use them to support new recurring revenue models, a new study has revealed. Legacy billing systems, often found at...

The cloud billing platform simplifies the management of recurring billing across various distribution networks and can handle multiple ways vendors go to market. Aria Systems has developed a cloud-based unified billing product that addresses the challenges faced by...

Aria has introduced a business process automation (BPA) platform designed to give enterprises the ability to synchronize and automate behind-the-scenes and customer-facing activities by creating, testing and deploying customized workflows within a single SaaS environment....

Aria Systems, a provider of cloud billing solutions, announced a new Business Process Automation (BPA) capability that enables companies to improve business processes by synchronizing and automating behind-the-scenes and customer-facing activities. The new BPA solution has...

Cloud billing provider Aria Systems today announced the release and availability of a Business Process Automation (BPA) platform, which the company describes as "the next step in the delivery of recurring revenue services." According to Aria, the one-stop-shop for workflow...

San Francisco based Aria Systems provides cloud based subscription billing and management solutions for Global 2000 companies. The company has raised $34 million from InterWest Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Venrock.Nearly half of all U.S. businesses have or...

Tom Dibble is the CEO of Aria Systems, a company that offers the unique cloud-based “Aria Subscription Billing Platform,” which enables enterprises to manage subscriptions and billing. Tom holds a degree in economics with honors from the Syracuse University and has more...

Company claims new SaaS-based product will help resellers and system integrators keep tabs on cloud deals Aria Systems has launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based billing product to help the channel exploit earning opportunities in the cloud. Resellers and integrators...

"The development of Aria's Unified Channel Billing capability has been driven by real world customers' needs," said Aria Systems CEO Tom Dibble. Aria has announced Unified Channel Billing, which provides channel businesses with the capability to easily set up and manage...

Aria Systems' SaaS billing system, Unified Channel Billing, is designed to simplify channel partners' billing operations for cloud-based services. Increasingly, resellers and born-in-the-cloud companies are adopting subscription-based business models that generate a...

Aria Systems announced Tuesday a new billing platform for businesses selling recurring revenue services, such as cloud computing, through channels. Aria’s Unified Channel Billing platform manages the billing process throughout the supply chain, giving suppliers visibility...

Aria Systems today unveiled Unified Channel Billing, a new solution for businesses selling recurring revenue products and services through channels. Unified Channel Billing provides end-to-end cloud billing for business partnerships with multiple levels of complexity. All...

The UK’s systems integrators, resellers and service providers could miss out on a massive earning opportunity because the channel  won’t be ready when it arrives, claims Aria Systems, the vendor of a new unified channel billing system designed for cloud computing. The...

Aria Systems today launched Unified Channel Billing, a breakthrough solution for businesses selling recurring revenue products and services through channels. Aria’s Unified Channel Billing provides end-to-end cloud billing for business partnerships with multiple levels of...

Aria Systems (www.ariasystems.com) announced Unified Channel Billing, a solution for businesses selling recurring revenue products and services through channels. Aria’s Unified Channel Billing provides end-to-end cloud billing for business partnerships with multiple levels...

I’ve spent a lot of time covering the subscription and billing space – vendors like Zuora, Aria Systems and Vindicia at the enterprise level, and SB vendors like Chargify and Recurly are all trying to provide modular solutions for businesses that want to move to a...

Cloud-based subscription billing specialist Aria Systems expands further towards the EMEA Enterprise market with a new European HQ based in Heathrow, UK.  The company  says EMEA markets are a "key driver" for global cloud billing growth. According to IDC the market is set...

San Francisco-based Aria Systems, a cloud billing solutions provider, has further expanded farther into the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) enterprise market. Enterprise adoption in EMEA is mirroring trends in North America, Aria said, where nearly one-half of all...

As software-as-a-service grows in popularity, companies find they have to adjust the way they pay for the service on a monthly basis, prompting a rise in the number of third-party providers to choose from that manage recurring billing as a replacement for one-off invoicing...

Aria Systems, a provider of cloud-based subscription billing, says it's had 11 successful deployments over the last 100 days. The companies that have recently gone live on Aria's platform include startups and multinational Global 2000 enterprises, Aria said. Aria intends to...

The Cloud Zone is brought to you in partnership with ActiveState and WSO2. Learn how to easily get started with Cloud Foundry and checkout WSO2's App Cloud. SYS-CON.tv recently interviewed Tom Dibble, the president and CEO of Aria Systems at the Cloud Expo Conference, which...

Flickr — remember Flickr? — charges $6.95 a month to share your photos to the world, if you want pro functionality. Buffer, the social media sharing and analytics company, charges $10/month for anything beyond the freemium crumbs. And Dropbox goes from $10-50/month, just at...

Before online sales became as ubiquitous as it is today, there were just a few ways we traditionally paid for something. With few exceptions, we either bought something outright, or paid a regular subscription for a product or service. Whether it’s streaming movies and...

Summary: Despite a grim economy, the tech sector is booming. For entrepreneurial people, there are lots of ways to get a foot in the door, even in a completely new field. This is how Brendan O’Brien, of Aria Systems, did it. Let me clear something up straightaway: my...

As you know, there is always a surge in spending (and Web traffic) for retailers during the weeks leading up to the holidays. “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” draw out massive numbers of consumers for pre-holiday sales. And these purchasing spikes can seriously harm a...

For electronic content providers and digital publishers, the age-old question remains: fee or free? Today, the answer for many lies somewhere in between-in other words, freemium. As a business model, freemium-offering a completely gratis but possibly feature-limited product...

Aria Systems is a leading provider of cloud billing and subscription management solutions. The company’s main headquarters is San Francisco, CA and it also has a research and development center in Broomall, PA. Earlier this year, the company announced a record-breaking...

For years, smaller businesses have had to use consumer class software to run their business, as enterprise applications were usually too expensive and complicated. Then along came Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and the cloud, which shifted this by giving a company of any size...

Summary:Amazon has proven that developers are happy to outsource the data center, and Salesforce has proven that end users and IT organizations are content to consume a Web-based application — but what about all the core functions in between? Enter the providers of business...

Editor’s note: Bruce Cleveland is a General Partner with InterWest Partners focused on software and services sector investments with an emphasis on cloud computing, mobile and analytical applications. Follow him on Twitter. Most of us are familiar with the adage by George...

The rising popularity of the cloud has created a demand for new billing options: pay-as-you-go, subscription, rental, you name it. Aria Systems, a pioneer in cloud subscription billing solutions, supports disruptive, emerging technologies by enabling them to interact with...

We may be bombarded with subscription services, opt-in incentives and direct debits -- but the recurring revenue model is anything but modern. Mobile technology and customer convenience may be King, but it's not all about monthly-subscription music and film streaming...

So you thought that recurring revenue streams are the sole province of funky web 3.0 services companies? JustFab will send you a to-die-for clutch and blouse for $40 a month, and The Fancy will Fedex just about anything that its members like for $30. And yes, men can get a...

It is hard to imagine a more vital part of a business than sending out bills and collecting cash. But for most companies, the way you collect what’s owed you is not likely to give you a competitive advantage — unless you outsource it to Aria Systems. As CEO, Tom Dibble,...

When you think of subscription-based businesses, popular consumer-service companies like Netflix and Hulu likely come to mind. However, more traditional companies like Walmart are also turning to this approach to reinvent their business models, launching online offerings...

AAA of Northern California, Nevada, and Utah is making its way toward an end-to-end SaaS deployment. The destination is not just a set of horizontal apps but a complete enterprise SaaS deployment. AAA NCNU is one of dozens of AAA clubs offering its motorist members a mix of...

Aria (News - Alert) Systems Inc., a source of cloud billing and subscription management solutions, recently announced that AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU) has selected Aria Subscription Billing Platform.  Officials from AAA NCNU said the solution’s...

According to a recent Incyte Group report, nearly half of all businesses in the United States currently have or are in the process of developing and/or investigating recurring revenue offerings. Unlike traditional business models, which are built around one-time...

This Panel session explores the latest trends and emerging technologies/solutions in the cloud computing space. Cloud is an area that’s been maturing more in the last few years, but is still in its early stages of development for many companies. In fact, the Open Data...

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As companies host more and more of their services through different web-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, one service that has fallen under the radar is billing. Generally thought of as a low value-add, back-office activity, billing is more strategic than you...

Over the past decade, as offerings of all kinds have shifted to Web-based delivery, there's been a paradigm shift away from traditional business models that are built around a single "pay and go away" type transaction to recurring revenue models that emphasize continuous...

More and more companies are going to market with offerings that generate recurring revenue. Over the last decade, executives, investors, and analysts have recognized that recurring revenue models make a lot of sense—benefits include predictable revenue streams, ability to...

A new whitepaper this week from the Incyte Group and sponsored by Aria Systems says more businesses are looking to go to market with products and services that generate recurring revenue. It also says that a surprising number of them aren't ready to deliver that model....

Aria Systems is simplifying recurring revenue management for businesses through the addition of several significant, new capabilities for the Aria Salesforce.com (News Alert) Connector. The Aria Salesforce.com Connector from Aria (News - Alert) Systems builds upon the...

Simply put, the software-as-a-service delivery model has been blowing up. But one of the major factors contributing to its rapid adoption has gone relatively undermentioned: recurring revenue offerings. recurring revenue “Unlike traditional financial models, which are built...

The Software-as-a-Service delivery model has rapidly matured in the past few years, evolving from an experimental delivery method for niche audiences to a widely-practiced business approach. Investors are clearly enamored with it, in part, because it's helped lower the...

Nearly half of all businesses in the United States (47 percent) currently have, are in the process of developing or are investigating recurring revenue offerings, according to the results of “The Anatomy of a Recurring Revenue Business” report, from Aria Systems, a provider...

Cloud-based billing and subscription solutions company Aria (News - Alert) Systems, Inc. announced that Web-based real estate solutions provider 1parkplace, Inc. has adopted its Aria Subscription Billing Platform. The solution is expected to offer 1parkplace features...

Elastic Path Software, a provider of digital commerce technology and expertise for enterprises selling digital goods and content, unveiled a partnership with hosted billing provider Aria (News - Alert) Systems to deliver the functionality of Aria Subscription Billing...

Venture-backed Aria Systems, a provider of cloud billing and subscription management solutions, has appointed Tom Dibble as president and chief executive officer. Dibble previously served as the company’s chief revenue officer. Prior to joining Aria Systems in 2009 he led...

When it comes to billing and customer management solutions different companies will have different requirements. But whatever the size, revenue, or target market of a company, all of them need reliable subscription billing and management to automate operations, accelerate...

G-Cloud suppliers and services could be updated every three months, the government has revealed today in tender documents for the sixth iteration of the framework. The Open Data Institute has launched a new 'node' in Devon to enable the sharing of information held by...

Technology-enabled business solutions and services provider CSC and subscription billing, management firm Aria Systems together have released CSC CloudBill to businesses in the Europe. CSC CloudBill is a billing and subscription management offering delivered "as a service"...

Most every ecommerce site accepts credit-card payments. But the type of cards that merchants accept can affect cart-abandonment rates, and many consumers expect payment options other than the four basic credit cards. Merchants that accommodate these new methods can increase...

Aria (News - Alert) Systems, a provider of cloud billing and subscription management solutions, announced it has upgraded its cloud platform to eliminate software maintenance downtime for hosted billing.  Scheduled downtime for code rollouts results in revenue losses for...

Scheduled downtime for code rollouts causes lost revenues for enterprises that rely on mission critical cloud services. To eliminate these scheduled downtimes and speed up deployment of new features and customizations, Aria Systems, the leading provider of cloud billing and...

Welcome to CRM magazine's annual debriefing, 2011-2012 edition. Every year, we examine occurrences and trends that we've seen to get a final assessment of where things stand in our industry and place a capstone. Doing this also lets us (and you, our readers) perform a level...

Many years ago when I was becoming interested in wine, I read "Wine for Dummies" from cover to cover. While I learned quite a bit, the book’s greater benefit was as a reference, going back to re-read, for example, passages on describing wines. This little trick has aided my...

B/OSS has been busy this summer. Since late May, B/OSS has published 25 new, premium industry resources available to the BSS/OSS community, including Reports, Webinars and Solution Centers. Yesterday, we published a new Solution Center, sponsored by Aria Systems and titled...

B/OSS LIVE! —YouSee, a division of Tele-Denmark Communications, has selected Aria Systems (Booth #418 at the B/OSS Live! Conference & Businessplex) as its new billing and subscriber management solution provider. Aria Systems will power the billing for YouSee’s high-...

B/OSS LIVE! — Aria Systems (Booth #418 at the B/OSS Live! Conference & Businessplex) and MATRIXX Software today announced a new partnership and the industry’s first cloud-deployed, real-time rating and billing solution for communications service providers (CSPs) and...

On demand billing and recurring subscription management company,Aria Systems has raised $20 million in new funding led by InterWest Partners with Hummer-Winblad and Venrock participating in the round. This brings Aria System’s total funding to $34 million. Aria’s platform...

Subscription billing solution Aria Systems announced Tuesday the close of a $20 million Series C round led by InterWest Partners, with help from previous investors Hummer-Winblad and Venrock.  An unnamed “large, global technology firm” also contributed an undisclosed amount...

Aria Systems, the SaaS cloud billing and subscription lifecycle management outfit, has closed a $20 million C round. A hush-hush 20% chunk of it reportedly came from EMC, which only seems fair since Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is an investor in Aria rival Zuora. The new...

In practice, sustainability is a moving target because it has to be tied to things like demand. What is sustainable at one level may not be at a higher level. It often does not engage a new paradigm. It simply extends an older and frequently decrepit one. But resilience...

The nearly 25,000 attendees at the Dreamforce 2010 conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco can expect CEO Marc Benioff's two-hour keynote speech, a speech by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and a concert with Stevie Wonder. But there also will be more than 250...

As the next version of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), PCI DSS 2.0, comes up, merchants are on the lookout for new solutions that help them with this standard. Helping them in this cause, Aria Systems has introduced the Aria Universal Payment...

Cloud billing and subscription management solutions specialist Aria Systems announced the launch of the Cloud Revenue Adapter for VMware vCloud Director and VMware vCenter Chargeback. Designed for VMware vCloud service provider partners offering cloud services to end users...

Subscription and billing vendor Aria Systems, today announced the Aria Cloud Revenue Adapter for VMware vCloud Director. Designed for service providers offering cloud services to end users, the new product automates service activation, usage tracking, billing and...

Thought to be a conglomerate of all things good about cloud, VMware's vCloud Director turns out to require both Oracle and Red Hat systems, along with relying heavily on features from third-party vendors. VMware's new vCloud Director is supposed to settle the cloud...

As we move toward this whole notion of paying for IT as a service, one of the things that most IT organizations are overlooking is exactly how the billing process will be handled. Many IT service providers have cobbled together their own billing applications and there is no...

Aria Systems, Inc., a provider of cloud billing and subscription management solutions, announces the selection of Aria (News - Alert) Platform Standard Edition by HootSuite, the Social Media Dashboard. HootSuite will deploy Aria's SaaS platform to automate monetization of...

Aria Systems, a provider of on-demand billing and subscription management solutions, has announced SubscriptionsPlus for PayPal, a subscription management and recurring billing product designed for PayPal's global merchant base. SubscriptionsPlus for PayPal is aimed at...

Aria Systems has announced Aria SubscriptionsPlus for PayPal, a new subscription management and recurring billing product designed for PayPal's global merchant base. Aria says its "SubscriptionsPlus for PayPal gives merchants robust, SaaS-based subscription billing...

Online payment vendors such as eBay’s PayPal have become popular for one-time purchases. But Aria Systems is expanding PayPal’s repertoire to subscription management. PayPal has handled the payments part of subscriptions for years. But to date, subscription management...

May 05, 2010 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Aria Systems, a provider of billing and subscription management solutions, has announced that Fuze Box, a provider of internet and mobile based online collaboration solutions, has selected Aria Platform Enterprise Edition to automate...

With the launch of the iPad, the value of content is being reconsidered once again. It's clear that free (the way of Google) isn't the goal of the publishing industry. As a result, many new iPad owners are faced with the question of whether the book or magazine they own or...

Ed Sullivan, CEO of Aria Systems, a SaaS billing provider, has written a thought piece looking at how customers spend in an iPad world, and how that could be improved for all concerned. As always, we invite guest posts from industry insiders – drop us a line to discuss....

Aria Systems announces a SaaS solution for cost-conscious businesses in need of a billing solution, Platform Standard Edition. On-demand billing and subscription management solutions provider Aria Systems announced Platform Standard Edition, designed to address the...

For content and application developers there is more opportunity than ever to monetize subscriptions. The Apple App Store has sparked a revolution in the mobile space generating billions of dollars for Apple and also creating look-alike services from nearly every mobile...

Aria Systems a provider of on-demand billing and subscription management solutions reportedly announced that Canvas has deployed the Aria (News - Alert) Billing and Subscription Management Platform in its Mobile Application Store. Canvas is the creator of the Mobile...

Achieving Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard(PCI DSS) compliance for online transactions is an expensive and timely endeavor; routinely costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and spanning several quarters in time. According to Gartner, PCI compliance will cost...

Aria Systems has reportedly integrated its on-demand billing and subscription management solution with NetSuite’s (News - Alert) core billing engine by way of NetSuite’s SuiteCloud developer platform. The combined solution is targeted at companies that offer subscription-...

Following on from the guest post by the CEO of Zuora, Ed Sullivan, CEO of Aria Systems , another SaaS billing provider has written another piece which adds to the body of work looking at the changes that a move to a subscription billing model brings. Subscription billing...

SaaS (News - Alert)-based billing and customer management solutions vendor Aria Systems , Inc. has opened a new office in San Mateo, Calif., following what it calls “the growing demand” for its services. The announcement about the new office in the Silicon Valley comes...

Companies are flocking to the cloud because of its cost-savings potential, but that's just the beginning of what it has to offer. By combining the SaaS model with the cloud, companies can not only trim their budgets, but also create new revenue streams, giving third-party...

There's a hole in the enterprise software market between the expensive stuff that requires its own hardware stack as well as a consulting team and the apps you can download for a small fee right onto your PC. "Basically, if you want to do billing, it's either $200 for [...