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UK businesses spend £2.5 billion on unnecessary apps

The UK’s top 7,000 businesses collectively spend an estimated £2.57 billion every year on maintaining and supporting unnecessary apps, according to application migration specialist Camwood.

Enterprise application estates can typically be rationalised by between 60% and 80%, says Camwood, which provides UK businesses with an opportunity to cut anywhere between £250,000 and £360,000 in unnecessary licensing costs every year. Previous research from Camwood also suggests that as many as a quarter of these unnecessary apps have never even been used.

Commenting on this finding, Adrian Foxall, CEO of Camwood, said, “More than ever before, IT departments are working closely with CFOs and finance directors to ensure that IT infrastructures don’t break the bank. Application management appears to be an area that is being overlooked, but more often than not this is simply down to a lack of awareness. When purchased over such a long period of time, individual application and licensing spends don’t seem particularly important, yet when they are added together, businesses typically find that they’ve been throwing away hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.“

“There are clear ways that IT departments can recognise and address this problem. Now that they have the big data necessary to undertake a full application audit, organisations are increasingly able to identify and rationalise those apps that never get used. At the same time, they are also able to make more strategic use of their app virtualisation platforms, moving their apps from machine to machine without having to pay for multiple licences. This can be an extremely effective money-saver for those looking to cut back on costs.“

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Adrian Foxall .