How much money are you wasting in unused software licenses?

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	How much money are you wasting in unused software licenses? One of the most common ways businesses waste money is buying software that will never be used, but how much money exactly is being thrown down the drain in this manner? The vendor 1E polled IT managers in an attempt to answer this question, and the number produced is a big one: $15.3 billion in the United States and United Kingdom, including $12.3 billion in the United States alone. That number is the amount of money spent annually on maintenance for unused software and shelfware. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Strategy Guide to Business Risk Mitigation Read this solution brief to learn more about the challenges that affect business and how HP Business Risk Mitigation Solutions can help. Read now! 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