| Over three decades, enterprise software has undergone three shifts: perpetual licenses, then subscriptions, and now a third era where software is consumed. Each AI interaction—reports, recommendations, workflows—becomes a measurable unit. We are moving from Software as a Service to Intelligence as a Service. A Fundamental Shift CIOs once managed licenses; tomorrow they will manage engineering intelligence consumption. Unlike fixed licenses, AI costs vary with user behavior, workflows, agents, data processing, model complexity, and cloud usage. This shifts budgets from predictable to contin... |