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The article focuses on the level of pricing for new launched technology products in Great Britain including software, hardware, and cloud services. Topics include the comparison of retail prices for hardware to determine if British pay more than those in the U.S., the results of the survey which show that there are no big difference in price of software between Western nations, and the low price offering for cloud services such as Spotify.

The article focuses on the trend among school districts in the U.S. to develop their own technology, a route taken when they do not have the budget for software acquisition, no existing product in the market fits their need and to save money. Topics discussed include factors to consider when deciding over the buy versus build dilemma, the Parent Center web portal built by the Judson Independent School District (ISD) and savings realized by various schools from making their own technology.

The article focuses on the growth of the cloud computing market and its effects on the software industry in the U.S. Topics covered include the duties of a sales representative in the cloud, the approaches by big companies like SAP and Oracle to selling their software offerings for the cloud, and the trend among cloud companies towards maintaining their sales growth by reevaluating their sales models.

The article discusses sales tax from software and nexus sales. Topics discussed include taxation of remote sales and Marketplace Fairness Act. Expansion of nexus and development of e-commerce industry is also mentioned. Comments by Carol Koskinis-Graves, senior state tax analyst from information services company Wolters Kluwer and Peter Stathopoulo, lead partner at certified-public account (CPA) firm Bennett Thrasher lead partner are presented.

The article focuses on the growth of information technology (IT) spending despite of the government shutdown and spending cuts in the U.S. in 2013. Topics include the market surveys and financial results from computer manufacturer Apple and online social networking company Facebook, the statement of Andrew Bartels, chief economist of market research company Forrester, relating to the growth of government spending on technology goods and services, and the increasing software and tablet sales.

The article reports on the drop in the net worth of U.S. billionaire Larry Ellison after shares of Oracle dropped by 2.9 percent in September 2012. According to the company, new software sales increased by 6 percent, while hardware sales dropped by 24 percent. Oracle said that Ellison increased the number of shares he pledged for collateral from 40 million a year ago to 139 million.