As businesses try to remain operational during the Covid-19 pandemic, they are looking to cut costs wherever they can. One way they could save a lot of money, which they seem to be neglecting, has to do with software licenses.
According to a new report from Insight, enterprises spend an average of $2.78 million every year on software licenses for applications they don’t even use.
At the same time, they are laying off valuable staff members. Since March this year, more than half of businesses have been forced to downsize, while more than a quarter downsized their IT teams specifically. Some consolidated physical spaces, while others pushed their existing IT assets to the edge.
Organizations have thus ended up with a large amount of duplicate hardware and software, with many being unable to scale their software licenses to the number of employees they have. At the same time, more than two thirds (69 percent) are struggling to manage the increasing amount of personal hardware that employees have been using since lockdown was first introduced.
“Organizations have been struggling to address systemic challenges around cost management for several years. If they double down on their cost optimization efforts, they could avoid making decisions that will almost certainly impact their ability to execute digital transformation plans,” said Emma de Sousa, Senior Vice President EMEA at Insight.
“There are countless opportunities for organizations to optimize their costs and save money without harming their ability to operate effectively.”
