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A recent report by Gartner found that industry-wide software spending is the second largest item on the typical IT budget .
Martin Biggs , VP and General Manager EMEA , Spinnaker Support
Why your organisation ’ s CIO or CFO could benefit from third-party software support
Martin Biggs , VP and General Manager EMEA , Spinnaker Support , shares some insight into software spend and some of the operational benefits of third-party software support that can enhance the work and support the priorities of the CIO and CFO .
How much of your IT expenditure goes on software ? A recent report by Gartner found that industry-wide software spending is the second largest item on the typical IT budget . It ’ s paramount that software is working hard for your business , supported fully and aligned with your digitisation goals .
But what if your business could halve its software maintenance costs , gain an improved service all round and even minimise operational risk ?
This is the reality of third-party software support . The goal for CIOs and CFOs should be for their software infrastructure to align with their business ’ overall goals – whether that ’ s a move to the cloud , a companywide digital upgrade , or sticking with the seamless systems and ecosystem you ’ ve already got . Third-party software support offers a means of achieving all these objectives – and more .
While often praised for the financial savings – and these savings are significant – there are additional , lesser-known operational benefits of third-party software support that can enhance the work and support the priorities of the CIO and the CFO alike .
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