Software continues to eat the world. And while it does, software products are getting more advanced, more valuable and more complex.
The direct impacts are palpable - businesses operate more efficiently, serve customers more attentively, hire, train and retain team members better than ever.
Indirecty, the ecosystem value is outsized, too.
Somewhere between $5 and $7 in incremental business spending is generated off the back of each $1 in software costs.
And, where does the majority that incremental spending go?
To professional services providers.
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Yep, software is hard to get right, even as it gets better, faster and even easier to adopt.
For example, in a Cloud Software Association Q&A between Forrester's Jay McBain and Sunir Shah (link below), Jay points to the Salesforce ecosystem generating $5.80 in incremental value for every $1 captured by Saleforce (by 2024), 64% of which going to professional services providers.
Now, IDC is offering up similar numbers out of the HubSpot ecosystem. For every $1 captured by HubSpot, $6.16 will be earned by ecosystem partners and participants (by 2024), slightly edging out its competitor above, 57% of which will go to professional services providers.
Ecosystem-based valuations are here.
Links to check out:
- Cloud Software Association Q&A
- IDC & HubSpot news via Scott Brinker
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