Astadia has partnered with subscription billing and commerce solutions provider Zuora (News - Alert) with the intention to expand its cloud solution capabilities.
As part of the collaboration, the lead-to-cash platform from Astadia will now be available with Zuora’s subscription billing and commerce capabilities.
Astadia asserted that both traditional and start-up companies are building services that require subscription billing to be successful. Any company would usually want pricing flexibility, operational agility and technology scalability that cope with its changing service offerings. The partnership with Zuora is supposed to help Astadia’s clients from Lead-to-Cash including helping companies build, manage, and grow their subscription business and payments.
Astadia is also hoping to leverage its Salesforce.com (News 
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Netherlands based online job board VNU Media has the deployed Astadia’s solutions that make use of the combined power of salesforce.com and Zuora to realize lead to cash process mapping and optimization. The combined solution is stated to have driven 40% improvement in billing efficiency and 4x acceleration of product launches.
VNU Media acknowledged that the combination of Astadia and Zuora proved successful in solving its complex sales, pricing, quoting, and billing process needs. Its unique market and market segments, each demanded a custom solution. Astadia was able to integrate Zuora into its existing back-office platforms while optimizing its processes.
Officials with Astadia exclaimed that their new strategic partnership with Zuora is a key element of their ITG initiatives. They will continue to invest in dedicating resources to this practice area. Not only does it make their customers more successful, it drives new revenue streams and allows them to expand into new markets, dramatically increasing Astadia's competitive advantage.
Zuora added that the shift to a Subscription Economy and new subscription-based business models is happening at a rapid pace across billion dollar industries. In order to scale to the customer demand at hand, Zuora needs implementation partners that have proven success and best practices with subscription business models. Astadia has proven implementation methodology to deliver a complete solution to global enterprises.
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