Enterprise IT divisions spend nearly thirty percent of budgets on unwanted software upgrades

Enterprise-sized businesses spend an average of 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes, Ars Technica reported. The report relies on a survey commissioned by Origina, an enterprise software maintenance provider. Senior IT leaders surveyed frequently believe these forced changes are detrimental to their organizations. [1]

The findings are based on a survey of 2,018 chief information officers and senior IT decision-makers published in Origina's report, titled The Software Tax. According to Ars Technica, half of the respondents were based in the United States, while the remaining half were located in the United Kingdom. [1]

All of the survey respondents worked at enterprise firms that employ at least 10,000 workers, Ars Technica reported. Additionally, every company represented in the study generates at least 1 billion dollars in annual revenue. [1]

Software as a service is a cloud computing delivery model where a provider manages the underlying resources and delivers applications to clients over web or local interfaces. The service model separates the ownership of software from its actual use and grew to become the primary form of software deployment by 2023. [2]