Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (2019)

Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by jrs235 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:56PM (#22496770)

It's easy to say "yes" and difficult to say "no". Becoming a financial steward comes by first saying "no" and only saying "yes" when the ROI worksheet is filled out, completed, and approved. If you want your manager to approve spending some money on tools you can help them by filling out your own preliminary ROI worksheet to show them why you think it's a no-brainer.

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Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by jjoonathan on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:06PM (#22496879)

Buying a $5/mo subscription by accident, forgetting about it for years, and getting 0 value in return is cheaper than training on a formal purchase system, filling out a ROI sheet, and ping-ponging it back and forth in a few meetings before "responsibly" deciding not to buy.

Giving individual contributors purchase authority and then supervising spend -- the model implemented in every major cloud -- is a much better compromise, because it lets management prioritize where they spend ROI calculation cycles which are not free. Very not free!

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Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by gentleman11 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:25PM (#22497109)

What if that SAAS is data mining you though and your company secrets are leaking out? Or claiming some sort of ownership over content you post within it? I don’t know anyone who reads the privacy policies and TOS of those apps but tech companies just let their teams use what they like.

It’s hard to find a good SAAS privacy policy actually, and they target businesses who are theoretically more “serious” than individuals

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Re:Companies fret as costs soar for software subscriptions (... by lightshows on Thursday March 05, 2020 @02:13PM (#22496968)

I am far too apathetic for that.

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