In an interview with demographer Kenneth Gronbach, Scott Nelson of Tamarack Technology examined the impact of Gen Y on the equipment finance industry.

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Business consultants and operational leaders have a focus on two big promises of IoT: cost reduction through automation and better asset management. Both are delivered and propagated by the analysis of data that IoT edge devices generate from the value chains of enterprise operations. But this view has a pronounced blind spot, the fact that IoT success will be driven by dramatic demographic shifts.

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“Why should I pay for more than I use?” It’s a simple question and not new. Usage-based leasing (UBL), also called consumption-based financing in some circles, has been around for decades but has become of keen interest post-COVID because it speaks to market demands for flexibility.

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The harsh reality of Internet & enterprise software-based business models is that one scales exponentially and the other scales only as fast as the company can develop a relationship with each customer. But knowing your customers needs and meeting those needs is a fundamental of any business. So how does one succeed independent of relationships-by-name? The answer to this paradox can be found in three key principles in the practice of SaaS business models.

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What’s “new” today will not be the same as “new” in the future yet no one expects innovation cease – it’s part of our human nature and the driver of economic growth.

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Every generation of technology promises innovation and 5G is no exception. Scott Nelson explores variations in 5G that could make equipment finance more relevant to both providers and consumers of the technology.

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