Software costs are out of control.
Software spending keeps growing, but visibility and accountability aren't keeping pace. It's time to apply FinOps principles to your software licensing.
The short answer
Software spending keeps growing, but visibility and accountability aren't keeping pace. It's time to apply FinOps principles to your software licensing.
- Software costs are growing faster than IT budgets
- Lack of visibility enables waste and overspending
- Cross-functional collaboration is essential
- Data-driven decisions reduce costs significantly
savings typically identified through FinOps analysis of software licensing and usage patterns.
of software spending occurs outside of IT's visibility, creating waste and compliance risk.
of software licenses go unused or underutilized—pure waste on your balance sheet.
The Software Cost Challenge
Software is often one of the top three expenses for enterprise IT, yet it's frequently one of the least well-managed. Costs are spread across departments, hidden in different budgets, and growing faster than IT spending overall.
Traditional approaches to software management focus on technical compliance, not financial optimization. Finance teams lack visibility into what's being purchased and used. IT lacks accountability for the financial impact of their decisions. Procurement lacks the data to negotiate effectively.
FinOps changes this by bringing Finance, IT, and Procurement together around shared visibility and accountability for software spending.
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The bottom line
Software spending keeps growing, but visibility and accountability aren't keeping pace. It's time to apply FinOps principles to your software licensing. FinOps principles can transform how you manage software investments. Let's discuss your cost optimization goals.
- LicenseFortress is an independent software licensing advocate — we never sell vendor licenses and take no vendor commissions.
- $2.4B+ in vendor claims defended and $625M+ saved for clients.
- Coverage across Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAP, VMware by Broadcom, and Adobe.
- Licensing experts working alongside software contract attorneys.
Take control of software spending
FinOps principles can transform how you manage software investments. Let's discuss your cost optimization goals.