Tag Archives: Tien Tzuo

May 14, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Zuora Partners With a Host of Mid Market Financial Vendors

By Ben Kepes

In my extensive writing around the subscription billing space, I have often noted that it is a very polarized sector of our industry with a handful of well funded companies providing services for large organizations – Zuora, Vindicia and Aria fit in this space. These companies are maneuvering for position

Tagged FinancialForce.com, intacct, netsuite, Subscription business model, Tien Tzuo, vindicia, Workday, zuora |

May 7, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Zuora and Citrix Announce Partnership

By Ben Kepes

News today of yet another partnership for SaaS subscription and billing provider Zuora – this time they’re signing up Citrix as a customer with Zuora powering the subscription and billing parts of Citrix’ CloudPortal Services Manager. The deal is essentially a simple one, Citrix wants to provide cloud tools

Tagged Billing, Salesforce.com, Software as a Service, Subscription business model, Tien Tzuo, zuora |

April 6, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Zuora Picks Another Vertical–Saving Telcos

By Ben Kepes

I’ve written previously about the masterful way in which Zuora reinvents it’s core product, repackaging it in new ways to sell to a different vertical industry. Previously Zuora had targeted media companies and cloud providers – this time it’s the turn of telcos to enjoy the polished spin of Zuora

Tagged Macquarie Telecom, Salesforce.com, Service Cloud, ShoreTel, Subscription business model, Telstra, Tien Tzuo, zuora |

December 2, 2010 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Z-Force Goes 4.0

By Ben Kepes

Next week sees me and 25000 of my closest friends (!) descend on San Francisco for DreamForce, the annual salesforce.com conference. It looks set to be an amazing event and, judging by the number of invitations to parties and briefings that are descending on my email box, it looks set

Tagged AppExchange, Force.Com, Salesforce.com, Tien Tzuo, zuora |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.