Businesses can minimize software costs by 30 percent

Businesses can cut software costs by 30 percent if they stick to software management best practices, Gartner has announced -- research director Hank Marquis says potential savings are just "too large to ignore". Companies will spend $332 billion on it in 2016, so yes, it is a pretty big deal. There are three best practices organizations can use to achieve these savings: optimizing software configurations, recycling licenses and using software asset management (SAM) tools. "Automated software license optimization is a relatively new discipline and most organizations are at lower levels of maturity", says Marquis. "The variety of license entitlements also makes it tough for… [Continue Reading]