Comments on: Monday’s Musings: Will Tech Vendors Without Credit Lines Survive The Financial Crisis? http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2008/09/29/mondays-musings-will-tech-vendors-without-credit-lines-survive-the-financial-crisis/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Fri, 18 May 2012 17:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: David Boulanger http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2008/09/29/mondays-musings-will-tech-vendors-without-credit-lines-survive-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-63 David Boulanger Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:36:53 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=224#comment-63 Ray - Your comments are on the money. I have found many user examples over the past several weeks that indicate the financing of the enterprise app - and the push to SaaS - is the most critical driver in Q4 and Q1 2009. This implies that the likes of HP/MSFT/IBM and others - with their deep access to credit and financing - will drive deal closures and not functionality and other 'typical' factors. Ray -

Your comments are on the money. I have found many user examples over the past several weeks that indicate the financing of the enterprise app – and the push to SaaS – is the most critical driver in Q4 and Q1 2009.

This implies that the likes of HP/MSFT/IBM and others – with their deep access to credit and financing – will drive deal closures and not functionality and other ‘typical’ factors.

]]> By: Anthony B. http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2008/09/29/mondays-musings-will-tech-vendors-without-credit-lines-survive-the-financial-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Anthony B. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:47:39 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=224#comment-62 We are doing our 2009 budgets and it's looking very tight. Microsoft offered a 0% financing and that was the factor that tipped us towards selecting them over another vendor who did not make the same offer. We are doing our 2009 budgets and it’s looking very tight. Microsoft offered a 0% financing and that was the factor that tipped us towards selecting them over another vendor who did not make the same offer.

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