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2 thoughts on “Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions

  1. Suddenly, having that IT staff on payroll to run the on-prem version vs the SaaS based offering starts to make a lot more sense as startups scale into mid-size companies.

  2. It’s funny how the only hierarchy mentioned in the article is under the CIO. Someone had to pay for these licenses — and someone had to approve those expenditures…why no inquiry to the financial branch(es) as to their take for how & why they’re approving the financial outlay?
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    As much as people hate the IS branch for spying upon them by doing this, it might be time to analyze the logs to determine who is connecting where, and compare that with the people who have been dually approved by the financial and technical folks to have those connections.

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