“ You cannot create a coherent IT roadmap without understanding your corporate estate , and you cannot understand your estate if you don ’ t understand your software asset profile ”
— Dan Ward , Proxima forego normal risk analysis processes – risks which have been exaggerated by the increased use of personal devices for professional communication .
“ This has forced procurement and risk management teams to retrospectively conduct risk analysis and fit these new IT operating systems into their company roadmap . Ultimately , Covid- 19 has accelerated complexity and introduced unknown risks that need to be reactively combatted and mitigated .
“ The key question here is ‘ can you track your assets and use the data ?’ This data is essential to shaping your commercial arrangements and decisions in future . You cannot create a coherent IT roadmap without understanding your corporate estate , and you cannot understand your estate if you don ’ t understand your software asset profile .
“ When you make continual changes , which every organisation is currently experiencing at an accelerated pace , then this becomes even more critical because you cannot know what to do with your corporate estate if you don ’ t understand the data behind it .”
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