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Come and see Adrian Mulligan from ELS in Australia at our Australian Conference in Sydney on the 28th and 29th November:
Podcast Episode 55: How you are lured into overspend
Adrian Mulligan from ELS in Australia discusses seven ways enterprises get lured into overspend
In this podcast I’m joined by Adrian Mulligan from ELS in Australia.
Podcast Topics
Overspend tactics:
- Maintenance payments will secure upgrade rights
- Support calls with maintenance payments
- True up, no true down
- New edition by stealth
- License metrics
- Bundles
- Audit exposure as leverage
Other talking points:
- Adam Ant
- Adrians slide deck from UK conference
- CCL Report on maintenance overspend
- AJ’s IaaS optimisation tools
- Secondary market opportunities and reselling licensing
[CLICK TO ENLARGE] How you are lured into spending too much – and what to do about it – By Adrian Mulligan
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