Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse

Survey of 2,018 IT heads at big firms points to a lack of leverage.

The short version

• Enterprise-sized businesses spend, on average, 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes.
• Often, those firms’ IT heads think those changes are detrimental.
• All respondents worked at companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue.

What happened

Keep in mind that Origina provides maintenance for various enterprise software. Its report points to independent software maintenance as a way for IT leaders to regain control over software budgets, illustrating its potential bias.

Why it matters

A third-party research consultancy, Censuswide , conducted the survey.

Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.