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Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report

Cloud costs continue to grow, wasted spend remains high and budget pressure is increasing. What does that mean for the cloud? Get the latest cloud trends in the Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report and learn how to succeed in economic volatility.

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Flexera One now supports Linux on IBM zSystems® and LinuxONE

Gain significant cost savings while remaining compliant Many organizations rely on the robust infrastructure that Enterprise IT Systems offers to run their business. But sometimes managing software assets on these systems can be a complex and time-consuming process for your IT department, particularly if your organization has a large hybrid environment. Manually managing these assets may also open the door to risk of non-compliance, which can result in both financial penalties and reputational damage.

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Flexera’s practical guide for a successful cloud journey

Get tips and practical guidance to navigate the cloud journey enabling you to migrate the right workloads in the right order and effectively govern your entire technology asset portfolio.

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Keeping tabs on trends in ITAM

The role of technology in business keeps growing and evolving. A great way to keep up with it is by reading the latest Flexera State of ITAM Report.

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Wasted IT spend trends and other ITAM topics

With such a need for tech, is tech spend waste headed in the right direction? Find out what ITAM pros think about this and other IT topics in the latest Flexera State of ITAM Report.

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IT Modernization: How to Effectively Plan Your Hybrid IT Estate

Waste is a constant in the world of technology. That’s not hyperbole. Every year, respondents to the Flexera State of ITAM Report estimate their waste in desktop, datacenter, SaaS and cloud services at 33 percent or higher. Roughly one-third of IT budgets are being underutilized or completely wasted. Across the IT estate, organizations big and small are spending their budgets on technology they don’t use instead of powering initiatives for the business. Eventually, one would think organizations would see that they continuously burn a third of their budget and seek to remedy.

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What you need to know about the new Oracle Java licensing

Flexera has been helping large enterprises manage IT costs for years. We help you see into your technology black hole and inform your IT spending through complete visibility.

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Stay protected from software vulnerabilities with trusted IT visibility

You need a comprehensive view of your IT estate in order to address software vulnerabilities. Discover how complete visibility, collecting the right data and keeping it current can help you succeed in today’s hybrid IT world.

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Flexera helps Northern Trust manage SaaS and cloud assets

Northern Trust’s Jeffrey West discusses implementation of Flexera SaaS Manager solution to manage SaaS licenses, as well as Flexera cloud management solutions for cloud migration and FinOps.

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Flexera helps Northern Trust manage software publishers

Northern Trust’s Jeffrey West discusses how his organization uses Flexera-discovered license inventory data to provide effective license positions to publishers that is accurate and trustworthy, avoiding adversarial audit relationships.

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Flexera enables Northern Trust Collaborative Quartet

Northern Trust’s Jeffrey West discusses how his organization’s IT asset management, IT service management, IT financial management and procure-to-pay disciplines share a Flexera-provided pool of accurate and consistent data to empower company decision makers.

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Now available: SaaS data from over 26,000 applications

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) has become increasingly attractive to enterprises because it provides a way to retire the technical debt associated with maintaining and operating traditional data centers. In fact, Flexera’s 2022 State of the Cloud Report found that moving from on-premises software to SaaS is a top initiative for 42 percent of organizations.

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Controlling cloud costs from a unified point of view

A Flexera solution provided visibility into cloud spend across vendors, enabling Accruent to optimize its cloud environment and enjoy major cost savings.

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Industry-leading Flexera One ITAM delivers actionable data

All that data you have about your organization’s IT—is it the kind you can use to manage, govern and optimize your hybrid estate? Flexera One ITAM delivers the quality of information you need to optimize your IT.

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Overcoming a recession

Many believe a global recession is coming in 2023, but few know how long it will last or how severe it may be. The threat, however, is impacting how professionals prioritize IT initiatives. A recent 2022 Flexera Insider Report uncovered current trends and what may change moving forward.

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Manage, govern and optimize your IT assets with Flexera One IT Visibility

Getting the most business value from the many assets of your complex hybrid IT assets calls for an extensive, trusted view of your estate. And that’s what Flexera One IT Visibility delivers.

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Predictions 2023: Cloud Computing

It’s no secret the cloud market is constantly evolving, and new developments are the new normal. Discover what Forrester experts say the future holds and why Flexera will be an essential player for FinOps practitioners in 2023.

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Findings from the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Software Asset Management

The world of SAM is changing Despite the onset of worrisome macroeconomic events, we saw the continued adoption of software from organizations at a steep rate in 2022. As enterprises continue to consume software and SaaS, software asset management (SAM) tools are needed to provide visibility into complex IT environments, automate processes, mitigate risk and optimize costs.

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The hierarchy of software asset management needs

In a hybrid IT world, you need SAM best practices to achieve valuable insights and accurate license positions. However, there’s a hierarchy of needs that must be fulfilled before you can provide high-end value that goes beyond compliance. Discover how to achieve a fully mature SAM program and elevate the ROI of your IT investments in this enlightening datasheet.

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Flexera Cloud Cost Optimization honored by Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan have recognized Flexera’s Cloud Cost Optimization solution with the 2022 Best Practices Product Leadership Award in the Global Cloud Economics Industry.

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Why staying up to date on software can prevent future cyberattacks

Even well-run organizations like yours can fall into the habit of using outdated versions of applications. This happens for several reasons: the scale of change is daunting, updating is a hassle and what’s the real need if what you’re currently using does the job?

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Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report webinar

Cloud costs continue to grow, wasted spend remains high and budget pressure is increasing. Don’t miss the 2023 State of the Cloud webinar to see how organizations are navigating cloud initiatives through a cost-conscious lens and how you can weather the storm of economic uncertainty.

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How to Stay a Step Ahead in an Evolving Hybrid IT Environment

Stay a step ahead in an evolving hybrid IT environment   The Named User License Consumption and Optimization report has just been released in the Flexera State of ITAM Report. This report brings a unique optimization capability in the hybrid IT world of subscribed applications that can be used online or on-premises (e.g., Adobe, Microsoft).   How it works   Flexera One SaaS Manager collects the active subscriptions and online usage directly from SaaS applications in your hybrid IT world.

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The Importance of IT Asset Management: Flexera State of ITAM Report

Digital transformation continues to expand unabated across organizations of all sizes and industries of all categories. With this transformation comes the need for rapid adoption of new technologies and new ways of acquiring and provisioning the resources that implement workloads in order to take advantage of these technologies. Over the previous few years, we’ve seen a shift in the role and purview of IT asset management practitioners, as they’ve had to adjust to this new world, much of it in the dynamic and agile expanse of the public cloud.

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Flexera State of ITAM Report

As digital transformation pressures increase, high-functioning enterprises are leaning more and more on ITAM.

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Flexera One is a Digital Platform Conductor—but what’s that?

Regardless of the size of the organization, IT estates continue to evolve and expand beyond the four walls of the legacy data center. This means the utilized IT resources are expanding beyond those borders as well, and what we’ve traditionally used to manage them fall short in this new environment. Therefore, the role of Digital Platform Conductor (DPC) tools gains prominence in the IT orchestration, management and automation needs of enterprises utilizing the growing landscape of IT options and services.

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Food and beverage giant enjoys a refreshing cloud optimization solution

A global food and beverage company sought Flexera’s help to find a more tractable way to implement their cloud cost tracking and optimization controls. As with many organizations, their cloud usage and cloud spend were growing rapidly. They wanted to be proactive in gaining visibility into this spend and to find existing, as well as future, optimization opportunities before the spend grew unwieldy.

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Prioritize vulnerability assessment more easily with these simple steps— and intelligence—from Secunia Research

The cost of an exploited vulnerability due to a cyber–attack can be devastating to your business. Your confidential information, intellectual property, and employees are the valuable data points that make up your brand and must be protected.   According to Forbes, cybercrimes are at an all-time high with external hackers being linked to 93 percent of reported cases. Simply focusing on patching the most common vulnerabilities is not enough and can leave you exposed to potential attacks. While running a successful business, it can feel overwhelming and impossible to know everything.

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Infographic: Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study of Flexera One

Infographic highlights the key findings from the study and offers insights into Flexera’s ability to deliver total visibility in complex hybrid ecosystems and more.

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Flexera cited as a leader by independent research firm for cloud cost management and optimization

We’re proud to announce that Flexera has been positioned as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management and Optimization, Q3 2022 report. In this wave report, Flexera’s cloud optimization solutions including Cloud Cost Optimization and Cloud Migration and Modernization were evaluated. Cloud cost management has greatly increased in popularity over the past two years, due to the drastically accelerated public cloud adoption driven by the pandemic, as well as current economic conditions driving cloud budget consciousness.

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Rightsize your 2023 IT budget for an uncertain economy

Budget planning can seem nearly impossible with so much disruption in the economy and the world. But Flexera has put together a useful budget guide that can help you successfully build a solid plan.

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Flexera a leader in cloud cost management and optimization

What are the top cloud cost management and optimization providers? Download the Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management and Optimization, Q3 2022. You’ll find that Flexera has come out a leader. 

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Get ahead of sprawling hybrid IT with the right plan

With nearly a third of IT budgets being thrown out the window with wasted spend, how can you get ahead? Join us to learn how to plan your IT estate effectively, from on-premises to SaaS and cloud in this insightful webinar.

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FinOps with Flexera: Setting a plan through tracking and benchmarking

Flexera Cloud Lead Jeremy Chaplin will dive into Flexera’s Cloud Cost Optimization platform to cover powerful workflows and use cases utilized by major enterprises to optimize cloud costs and maintain FinOps best practices.

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The total economic impact of Flexera One

To prove the impact of Flexera One on IT organizations, Flexera recently commissioned a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ Study of the Flexera One solution.

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Conquer complex cost with FinOps and ITAM, featuring Forrester

The rise of FinOps has helped many enterprises get the most of every dollar, but there’s still room for improvement between FinOps and ITAM teams. See how collaboration can optimize cost management during this on-demand webinar featuring Forrester.

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FinOps: The needs it addresses and the players involved

In recognition of International FinOps Day, we want to take this opportunity to make the topic of FinOps top-of-mind for those involved with their organization’s cloud journey. As Flexera’s State of the Cloud Report has shown year after year, IT professionals estimate that a significant portion of their cloud budget is wasted—this year the estimate is 32 percent, which is an increase from last year’s 30 percent, and the highest estimate we have seen in all the year’s of the State of the Cloud Report. Given this high level of waste, it’s not surprising the top cloud initiative in the…

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Cloud optimization

The cloud helps enterprises scale, be more agile, increase revenue and achieve business goals. It’s important for your organization to get the most from every cloud dollar.

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The future of IT visibility: Your business decisions are only as strong as your data

Flexera’s Mark Bradley and SoftwareONE’s Russ Eicholtz discuss the future of IT visibility and how it can benefit your organization.

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How to successfully navigate your cloud journey

Now more than ever, organizations are migrating workloads to the cloud to realize the benefits of rapidly scaling their business services in order to meet demand. However, navigating your cloud journey can seem daunting, and it’s important to go in with a well-thought-out plan. By dividing your cloud journey into the three phases of planning, migration and ongoing management, you can confidently maintain control. Planning Planning is absolutely critical to correctly navigating your cloud journey.

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Identifying FinOps anomalies and opportunities

Learn how to quickly set limits to identify spend anomalies, find the right cloud savings opportunities, and discover how Flexera Cloud Cost Optimization has been enhanced.

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A Total Economic Impact™ Study of Flexera One, featuring Forrester

Forrester’s Byron Ramirez and Flexera’s Kevin Miller discuss the results of the recently commissioned Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ Study of Flexera One.

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Rightsize your 2023 IT budget for an uncertain economy

With concerns about recession, supply chain, Ukraine and more, getting the budget right will be a test. Flexera’s Conal Gallagher and Mark Delisi discuss strategies and tools for getting it right.

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Cost conscious cloud migration and day two operations

Cloud spend is a serious issue facing every enterprise—and getting the most out of every cloud dollar continually is critical. Join us for our Cloud Cost Migration quarterly webinar, where you’ll learn how you can set your customers up for success throughout their entire cloud journey.

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Tagging your way to success with cloud financial management

You may have read our previous blog posts about cloud financial hygiene discussing the importance of cloud financial management, the FinOps Foundation lifecycle and how to use key performance indicators to ensure you remain on track to achieve your goals. Throughout all these posts, one consistent theme has remained: you need to be armed with data-driven insights and a comprehensive view of all the assets in your multi-cloud estate. This requires a robust tagging strategy that underpins the success of your cloud financial management strategy.

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FinOps with Flexera: Cost allocation

In this webinar, we’ll discuss the critical inform phase of the FinOps journey: cost allocation. You’ll learn how Cloud Cost Optimization tools help successfully navigate this portion of the journey, as well as how you can customize it to best fit to your organization.

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When financial regulation comes for your IT assets

If you’re like me, you likely don’t have months set aside to pass exams from financial regulatory bodies like the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). I needed full transparency into the lifecycle of my IT assets to quickly meet the reporting requirements and action plans set by the FFIEC. This included the end-of-life and end-of-support status on the IT hardware and software across my IT estate. IT asset management (ITAM) professionals know the struggles of audits all too well. Whether internal or external, they’re a resource drain.

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Brewing better IT visibility for a global beer giant

Carlsberg Group was managing its IT infrastructure with a solution that didn’t provide visibility of the entire IT estate. Switching to Flexera’s IT Asset Management solution and partnering with SoftwareONE to operate the system, Carlsberg realized substantial cost savings and increased efficiency.