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Emerging "software tax" diverts IT budgets from innovation

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A "software tax" is emerging in enterprise IT budgets, where a significant portion of spending is allocated to unsolicited changes, forced upgrades, and vendor-driven deadlines rather than actual business growth or transformation. This tax, driven by factors like mandatory version transitions and price uplifts, is becoming increasingly noticeable as software spending outpaces global GDP growth. Companies are struggling to allocate sufficient budget towards innovation, with AI investments often layered onto legacy systems, leading boards to question the correlation between rising IT spend and stagnant innovation. AI

IMPACT This analysis highlights how rising IT costs, including AI investments, may be diverting funds from core innovation, impacting the strategic allocation of resources for AI initiatives.

RANK_REASON The article presents an opinion piece analyzing IT spending trends and coining the term "software tax."

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Emerging "software tax" diverts IT budgets from innovation

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Tomás O'Leary, Forbes Councils Member ·

    The Software Tax: What You're Paying For—And What You Don't Have To

    There is a tax on every IT budget that most CIOs are paying without ever having sat down to read the bill.

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