But the survey also reveals a big problem emerging within these growing IT budgets - unused software, or shelfware. 56 percent of respondents (up from 49 percent only a year ago) say that 11 ...

Shelfware is holding Shrinking Software Budgets HostageClick here for high-resolution version ITASCA, IL-- (Marketwired - September 30, 2014) - Enterprise software spending is being squeezed, and ...

Shelfware describes software that sits on the shelf, instead of being properly utilized. The study was conducted in November 2014 and included responses from 172 IT decision-makers and influencers.

The flush IT spending of the late 1990s came in three waves. First came the ERP platform, which was designed to become the company information nervous system. Next it was IT doctoring to avoid Y2K ...

“As cyber threats increase, it is troubling to see so many cybersecurity tools purchased by organizations end up as shelfware,” Greg Boison, director of homeland and cybersecurity, Lockheed Martin, ...

Shelfware is the big security problem that no one wants to talk about. Loosely defined as technology that remains unused, underutilized or implemented incorrectly, it is the elephant in the room ...

Or not using: Gartner estimates that 20 to 25 percent of all software ends up as shelfware. Don't you deserve to get some of that money back? Very likely you can.

Will Weider, CIO at Affinity Health System in Appleton, Wis., and blogger at The Candid CIO, says: “In my 10+ years as a CIO, it is painful to see how many IT purchases turn into shelfware.” ...

If your shelfware is necessary to meet compliance measures, then there needs to be a discussion on why it has never been deployed. Finally, if all else fails, head to the cloud.

Software as a Service shelfware often occurs when units within an organization purchase cloud software without the supervision or knowledge of IT staff. It should be the IT team’s job to provide ...

Shelfware Put in Cross Hairs … opinion Jul 17, 2006 4 mins Enterprise Applications Security ...

For the most part, IT leaders understand that user experience (UX) can make the difference whether an application or service becomes core to the business, or if it becomes more shelfware. However ...