FEATURE : 2022 : THE CIO ’ S PRIORITIES
Identify precisely what ’ s in your IT estate
Today ’ s hybrid IT estates – including on-premises , cloud and Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) assets – bring complexities to IT life cycle management . Without comprehensive visibility into the individual assets that comprise your infrastructure , your organisation faces unnecessary hurdles , including increased vulnerabilities and wasted spend .
Unfortunately , today , the majority of organisations lack this clarity : less than a quarter of respondents in the Flexera 2021 State of IT Visibility Report indicated that they have complete visibility into their IT estates . that can help drive Technology Value Optimisation ( TVO ). Doing so can eliminate waste , allowing you to reassign budget to your organisation ’ s strategic initiatives .
Optimise your software licensing expenses
Software licensing can be mystifying . There ’ s no straightforward equation for determining the cost per unit for the software you use .
Cyndi Tackett , Vice President of Product Marketing at Flexera
You ’ re certainly not alone if you ’ re part of the majority who are missing a clear picture of assets . If that ’ s the case , focusing on this is an essential first step for reducing risks and securing the correct IT asset data
Software publishers ( including IBM , Microsoft , Oracle and SAP ) bill customers based on multiple metrics , such as availability , cluster , cores and environments . Not only does this complicate customers ’ ability to
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