{"id":290861,"date":"2026-10-21T21:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/enterprises-keep-buying-software-upgrades-that-it-thinks-will-make-things-worse\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:48:52","slug":"enterprises-keep-buying-software-upgrades-that-it-thinks-will-make-things-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/enterprises-keep-buying-software-upgrades-that-it-thinks-will-make-things-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Enterprise-sized businesses spend, on average, 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes. Often, those firms&#8217; IT heads think those changes are detrimental.<\/p>\n<p>Those results are according to a survey of 2,018 chief information officers and senior IT decision-makers at companies with at least 10,000 employees that Origina commissioned for its report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.origina.com\/guides-and-reports\/software-tax-enterprise-software-costs?utm_source=software+tax&amp;utm_medium=media&amp;utm_campaign=press-release\">The Software Tax<\/a>.\u201d About half of the respondents (1,011) are from the US, and the rest are from the United Kingdom. All respondents worked at companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that Origina provides maintenance for various enterprise software. Its report points to independent software maintenance as a way for IT leaders to regain control over software budgets, illustrating its potential bias. A third-party research consultancy, <a href=\"https:\/\/censuswide.com\/who-we-are\/\">Censuswide<\/a>, conducted the survey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/10\/survey-enterprises-waste-28-percent-of-software-budgets-on-unwanted-upgrades\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2026\/10\/survey-enterprises-waste-28-percent-of-software-budgets-on-unwanted-upgrades\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprise-sized businesses spend, on average, 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes. Often, those firms&#8217; IT heads think those changes are detrimental. 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