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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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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets. IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers. If the answer is no,” Upchurch says, “you may just be renting someone else’s data center.”

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

In these cases, it’s important to budget more time finding the right partner, speaking with them, implementing a proof of concept, and staying closer to progress than you would with a partner working on a more mainstream project.” Double down on vendor management. Select the right partnership model.

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Key Software Asset Management Tools and Benefits

Apiumhub

Cost Optimization: By providing insights into software usage and license compliance, software asset management tools enable organizations to optimize their software spending. This may involve reallocating licenses, negotiating better licensing agreements, or identifying opportunities to consolidate software vendors.

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Infinidat Is Purchasing’s Best Friend, and NOT Just for an Amazing ROI!

Infinidat

Infinidat understands the problem and is here to help transform IT Operations’ view of Purchasing from being a speed bump in the pathway to their getting the storage they need to a partner that helps them get maximum value from their storage budget. Monetizing the Cost of Operations and Purchasing Not Working Together.

Storage 69
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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. The proto-CIO is a strong technologist with vendor management and negotiating skills, with a steady-as-she-goes disposition. IT, the argument goes, is less a source of value and more a cost of doing business.