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Defending Support and Maintenance Prices (DSMP) White Paper
To
protect our member-company’s bottom line, SSPA and the SSPA Industry
Committee on Maintenance and Support ROI have developed this white paper
to help you understand the emerging trends that threaten to reduce
services revenue growth and margins. This white paper also provides effective
strategies for defending your prices for maintenance, service and
support contracts.
SSPA’s primary finding is that while discounting cannot be eliminated
it can be controlled. Levers exist to bring this issue under
management’s control. Acting to defend maintenance and support revenue
is a company issue, not just a service & support problem. This report
identifies these levers and details what practices companies should
implement to better protect the important margin and EPS contribution of
your maintenance, service and support business.
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