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
View all our podcasts on SoundCloud or iTunes.
Related articles:
Podcast Episode 63: "Classic ITAM won't exist in five years time", Deskcenter CEO Christoph Harvey
Podcast Episode 39: Dominance of Large Software Companies Beginning to Crumble
Can I sell my surplus software licenses?
Podcast Episode 56: Live from Gartner's 2018 London Summit
Second hand software licensing market finally gaining traction, large European corporates saving millions
Podcast Episode 42: 'Introduction to Telecoms Expense Management'
- Tags: Adrian Mulligan · ELS · overspend
About Martin Thompson
Martin is owner and founder of The ITAM Review, an online resource for worldwide ITAM professionals. The ITAM Review is best known for its weekly newsletter of all the latest industry updates, LISA training platform, Excellence Awards and conferences in UK, USA and Australia.
Martin is also the founder of ITAM Forum, a not-for-profit trade body for the ITAM industry created to raise the profile of the profession and bring an organisational certification to market. On a voluntary basis Martin is a contributor to ISO WG21 which develops the ITAM International Standard ISO/IEC 19770.
He is also the author of the book "Practical ITAM - The essential guide for IT Asset Managers", a book that describes how to get started and make a difference in the field of IT Asset Management. In addition, Martin developed the PITAM training course and certification.
Prior to founding the ITAM Review in 2008 Martin worked for Centennial Software (Ivanti), Silicon Graphics, CA Technologies and Computer 2000 (Tech Data).
When not working, Martin likes to Ski, Hike, Motorbike and spend time with his young family.
Connect with Martin on LinkedIn.
Martin is also the founder of ITAM Forum, a not-for-profit trade body for the ITAM industry created to raise the profile of the profession and bring an organisational certification to market. On a voluntary basis Martin is a contributor to ISO WG21 which develops the ITAM International Standard ISO/IEC 19770.
He is also the author of the book "Practical ITAM - The essential guide for IT Asset Managers", a book that describes how to get started and make a difference in the field of IT Asset Management. In addition, Martin developed the PITAM training course and certification.
Prior to founding the ITAM Review in 2008 Martin worked for Centennial Software (Ivanti), Silicon Graphics, CA Technologies and Computer 2000 (Tech Data).
When not working, Martin likes to Ski, Hike, Motorbike and spend time with his young family.
Connect with Martin on LinkedIn.