Increasingly, software providers are seeking alternative business models to overcome piracy issues and to disseminate their product into emerging markets. As an example, SaaS applications in emerging markets are gaining traction, but growth rates vary significantly across markets and regions. Vital Wave Consulting specializes in supporting companies to envision fundamentally new profit formulas and operating models for penetrating emerging markets and establishing sustainable anti-counterfeiting strategies. The firm provides multinational corporations that are investigating or embarking on SaaS programs and other innovative new business models with a clear understanding of individual market dynamics and the development of a partner ecosystem required for local distribution and fulfillment.

Representative Engagements

• In-depth Analysis on the South Africa Adoption of Open Source
• Open Source Software Data Sheets
• Software Start-up Support Program Strategy & Implementation
• Global Quantitative Country Segmentation
• Commercialization Support for Microfinance Technology Platform
• Global Workplace Trend Analysis
  

Sample Publications

• Software as a Services (SaaS) in Emerging Markets