I was reminded this morning that the key to saving money on software is to reduce your need for it. Said differently, executives overseeing IT spend should be asking the following question: why aren’t improvements to hardware, adoption of low-cost x86 servers, cloud computing, fill-in-the-blank-latest-whatever, resulting in overall savings?
As complex as the topic may be, there is one simple truth: vague, undocumented and otherwise overwhelmingly complex software licensing policies have the potential to dictate IT decisions.
