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Has your organization bought any Computer Aided Design software recently? Or high-end data science tools such as SPSS or SAS? If so, you’ll know that their licenses are expensive. And such examples are far from unique. Specialist high-end software is costly to acquire. But here’s another question. Is your organization buying such high-value applications cost-effectively?…

Specialist high-end software is expensive—and yet, your organization’s skilled specialists often can’t work without it. Look closely in many organizations and high-value applications like Computer-Aided Design software, niche engineering applications, high-end data science tools such as SPSS or SAS, and finance and accounting tools aren’t difficult to discover. But how intensively are they being used?…

The faster pace of change means organizations need to innovate faster and be digitally agile to stay competitive. IT budgets are constantly under pressure and review as IT teams look to balance expenditure between existing IT Operations and digital transformation projects. Software licenses and maintenance are big line items in most IT budgets. Upwards of…

In nearly all organizations, there is usually an opportunity for rationalizing software assets to drive savings. There will undoubtedly be opportunities to eliminate unused or underutilized software and remove unnecessary duplication and overlap. Why buy new software licenses if what is required is lying unused elsewhere in the organizations’ IT estate? But in fact, the…

How to Improve Your Employee Experience During Remote Work With employees having sometimes just hours of warning, there was little time to plan for widespread working from home. Improvisation was the order of the day. However, improvisation has its limits. Widespread and ongoing working from home raises a lot of challenges and at the very…

Get 90 Days Free Access to Assess and Tune ‘Work Anywhere’ Capabilities Widespread working from home raises a lot of issues. At the very least, organizations will need to consider their technology stacks, technology provision, culture, and working practices. However, many organizations have found that the present crisis has thrust them into something of an…

How Ready is Your Organization? Widespread working from home raises questions about organizations’ technology stacks, technology provision, culture, and working practices. Put another way, an organization that has to conduct business entirely by email soon discovers email’s limitations. As we move forward there is a real possibility that the need to work from home will…

A merger or acquisition is usually an opportunity for rationalizing software assets to drive savings. Combine two organizations together, and there are bound to be opportunities to eliminate unnecessary duplication and overlap. That’s very much the case with software. Why buy new software licenses if what is required is lying unused elsewhere in the combined…

When companies merge, combining their IT estates can be riddled with pitfalls: here’s where to start It’s a fact that many mergers and acquisitions fail to deliver in full on their objectives. Synergies don’t happen, savings aren’t made, and rationalization doesn’t occur. In trying to address this, boards of directors and chief executives have long…

Trustworthy data is vital for IT Finance and Procurement to be able to manage and control costs. In order for IT Asset Managers to identify opportunities for rationalization and improved planning, an IT Asset baseline is critical – but one more granular than is generally available. Many organizations rely on out-of-date CMDBs and spreadsheets to…

Throughout this blog series, we have discussed the importance of planning and management before, during and after cloud migration. It’s an ongoing process that takes into account many different aspects of cloud computing, from reducing costs and achieving greater control to understanding the optimal cloud environment for your organization and supporting those business needs. Scalable’s…

While every organization knows that cloud computing is the way forward, industry research shows that many managers are still fearful that they’re paying over the odds for cloud and are not convinced that they’re making the most of their opportunities. How to Reduce Cloud Costs A proper audit and thorough assessment of an enterprise estate…