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Do You Have Too Much Software?

Most companies are paying for applications and licenses they're not using, a turnaround expert says.

February 17, 2010

Companies have put all kinds of costs under the microscope during the past couple of years, but one expense that is frequently missed involves software usage — or, more exactly, nonusage.

According to Kathleen Brush, a turnaround professional, even software companies overlook opportunities to cut subscription costs for applications they no longer use, or fail to notice they are paying for more software licenses than they need. Since the mid-1990s, she has led or participated in turnarounds of about 20 software companies, and almost all of them were able to reduce software costs by at least 15% and as much as 35%, she says, just by eliminating such waste. Read more...

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