Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse
- ID
- 38099
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026, 5:48 AM
- Fetched
- 22 Oct 2026, 6:22 AM
- Provider
- Ars Technica
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/survey-enterprises-waste-28-percent-of-software-budgets-on-unwanted-upgrades/
- Source URL
- https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index
Summary
- Score
- 2.5
- Created
- 22 Oct 2026, 6:23 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_foundersdevelopers
What happened
The only substantive content available is the headline and URL: an Ars Technica report on a survey claiming enterprises waste 28 percent of software budgets on upgrades that IT staff believe will make things worse. The fetched page body is a Condé Nast consent-preferences screen, so the survey's methodology, sample size, vendor sponsor, and the definition of 'unwanted upgrades' are all unavailable. No version numbers, prices, dates, or named respondents appear in the text.
Why it matters
There is not enough here to act on. The 28 percent figure has no stated sample, sponsor, or definition of 'unwanted,' so a founder or SaaS seller should not cite it in a pitch or use it to justify changing a pricing or renewal model. Treat this as an unverified headline until the underlying survey is located.
Discussion angle
Worth a short live check: has anyone in the room seen a renewal or upgrade pushed through over IT's objection, and what actually triggered it — a compliance deadline, a vendor bundling tactic, or an exec-level relationship? That would give us a concrete story to weigh against the headline's 28 percent claim, which we cannot currently verify.