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Software Licensing, SAM, Negotiate a Mega Vendor Renewal, AI, procurement, Optimisation, Software Investment Management, Software waste, FinOps

The efficiency gap. Software waste is hiding in plain sight

Jul 20, 2026 10:58:50 AM

Ask most IT or procurement leaders whether their software estate carries waste and the answer is yes...

AI spend dashboard showing rising usage, cost charts and missing spend controls for a blog on AI governance and software asset management.

Software Licensing, SAM, Negotiate a Mega Vendor Renewal, AI, procurement, Optimisation, Software Investment Management, Software waste, FinOps

The $500 million AI bill that was never an AI problem

Jun 30, 2026 8:23:21 AM

Wasted software spend is still a real issue despite optimisation efforts. The thing is, it's not rea...

Two people back to back on a mountain with text of Is your company wasting millions on software.

Software Licensing, SAM, procurement, Optimisation, Software Investment Management, Software waste

Is your company wasting millions on software? It’s probably not your fault

Feb 9, 2026 12:38:05 PM

Wasted software spend is still a real issue despite optimisation efforts. The thing is, it's not rea...