How to reliably master your software spend and maximize ROI

How to reliably master

your software spend

and maximize ROI

Three approaches to cost

management you need to know

This guide will help you manage your software spend, identifying opportunities to cut costs, optimize spend and increase the value of your software investmContents

Managing the contradiction between rising spend and declining budgets

Your IT cost management journey starts with having the right data

PHASE 1:

Getting started with cost cutting

PHASE 2:

Cost optimization

PHASE 3: Value optimization

Managing strategic vendors

versus long-tail vendors

Delivering cost management with SHI

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optimizing your software spend

Managing the contradiction between rising spend and declining budgets >

Explore the good, bad, and ugly of software spending and the three cost management tools you need in your arsenal.

Your IT cost management journey starts with having the right data >

Make data-driven decisions by gaining visibility into your IT environment.

PHASE 1: Cost cutting >

Find opportunities to rationalize and renegotiate.

PHASE 2: Cost optimization >

Rightsize your software investments.

PHASE 3: Value optimization >

Realize full value from your investments with better software lifecycle management, training, and digital agility.

Managing strategic vendors vs. long tail vendors >

Discover why it’s not an either/or proposition.

Delivering cost management with SHI >

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