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The enterprise software industry is likely to be hit with more consolidation in coming years, said Jai Das, the managing director of Sapphire Ventures. Sapphire specializes in investing in enterprise software startups, and Das knows the industry well. Something he calls "account control" is going to spur the shakeout, he said, because the bigger, established companies have it, and the nascent ones don't. Account control is the sway that big firms over their customers, as Das explains it, and it's going to be a major factor. A shakeout is coming. That's Jai Das's take on the enterprise software industry.

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