Monetizing Technology Services

The internet has created a dynamic marketplace for vendors of technology and technology-related products and services. Even well-established vendors like independent software vendors (ISVs) are leveraging the internet not only as a method of distribution, but also as a source of new charging models. This is due to the simple fact that anything delivered over the internet can measured and controlled.

However, with these new opportunities come challenges, particularly in the back-office infrastructure required to support the new business and revenue models.

Technology providers require robust billing systems that enable them to:

• maximize their subscription and transaction-based revenue streams
• meet their increasingly demanding customer needs
• establish new business models and partnerships

Highdeal Transactive was designed with the needs of the technology vendor in mind. For example, Transactive’s “open architecture” APIs enables technology vendors to extend the value of their own application platforms. By integrating with existing infrastructure and application servers, Transactive provides seamless convergent charging and partner settlement capabilities that help technology companies manage revenues and margins in real-time.

• Unconstrained pricing and packaging flexibility

  Highdeal Transactive serves the needs of the dynamic technology marketplace by supporting any and all pricing models and bundling requirements. Those with particularly complex scenarios should participate in the Highdeal Challenge.

• Revenue recognition

  Transactive delivers comprehensive revenue recognition capabilities that enable vendors to manage both their “billed/unearned” and “earned/unbilled” revenue in real-time. Accruals accounting and revenue recognition is an extension of Highdeal’s core Pricing & Rating capabilities.

• Contractual terms & conditions

  Transactive manages the contractual terms and conditions associated with both SMB customers and negotiated, corporate relationships. This includes both master terms and terms specific to individual business-units. Contractual commitments by both vendor (e.g., service levels) and customers (e.g., consumption) can be managed with ease.

• Subscription, transaction and metered charging

  Transactive enables technology providers to benefit for multiple pricing mechanisms, including combinations of these types of charges. For example, charge end-users a recurring fee with limited usage. If the end-user exceeds this limit, then overage charges apply.

• World-class transaction throughput

  Highdeal Transactive delivers not only unrivalled flexibility but also unrivalled performance scalable to tens of thousands of transactions per second which satisfies the needs of the world’s largest technology vendors. Further still, Transactive’s performance per CPU delivers a world-class ROI.

• SOA Architecture

  Transactive not only integrates with back-office systems like CRM and ERP, but also with service platforms – like application servers, content servers and service delivery platforms (SDPs) – in real-time.

• See the Product section for a complete list of capabilities & features