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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

CIO

According to IDC SaaS Path research from 2023 , 67% of businesses with more than 1,000 employees have employed a SaaS management platform, says IDC analyst Frank Della Rosa — a market category that includes a broad array of options, such as Productiv, Zylo, Flexera One, Blissfully, Torii, BetterCloud, Zluri, Apptio, and LeanIX, among many others.

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Utilities, Strategic Investments, and the CIO

The Agile Manager

Most IT dollars are spent on business as usual: maintenance and upgrades represent 70% or more of the annual IT budget. Apple is now in the greeting card business, Google in travel. The proto-CIO is a strong technologist with vendor management and negotiating skills, with a steady-as-she-goes disposition.