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Latest from DOGE: Agencies often have more software licenses than employees
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:47 pm
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Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:47 pm to Friedbrie
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:49 pm to Friedbrie
Let’s do PPP
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:49 pm to Friedbrie
Most shocking part of those revelations is that Winzip is still in business and someone is actually paying for those licenses.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:50 pm to Friedbrie
That's not shocking tbh.
If you have more people retiring/leaving than you originally had licenses when you set up the contract. You could wind up in a spot where you are paying fir more licenses than employees using them...until the contract for the license renews.
If you have more people retiring/leaving than you originally had licenses when you set up the contract. You could wind up in a spot where you are paying fir more licenses than employees using them...until the contract for the license renews.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:50 pm to Friedbrie
Very common and low hanging fruit. Anyone that’s been in the military would tell you this isn’t surprising.
Find something noteworthy, doge
Find something noteworthy, doge
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:51 pm to Friedbrie
This is a pretty common problem in corporate America
They definitely should go through and consolidate systems and such to save money again probably not enough to matter a ton here but should be tightened up.
Although some of these you have to wonder what the full scope of their planned implementation is and what phase they're in. You sometimes get big price breaks for buying more than you need so you can scale into it. Vs buying small chunks over and over and getting raked over the coals.
But no one should be paying for fricking winzip
They definitely should go through and consolidate systems and such to save money again probably not enough to matter a ton here but should be tightened up.
Although some of these you have to wonder what the full scope of their planned implementation is and what phase they're in. You sometimes get big price breaks for buying more than you need so you can scale into it. Vs buying small chunks over and over and getting raked over the coals.
But no one should be paying for fricking winzip
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:52 pm to BigPerm30
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Most shocking part of those revelations is that Winzip is still in business and someone is actually paying for those licenses.
Microsoft has had built in zip capability since Windows 7. There’s no excuse for this.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:52 pm to cubsfan5150
Here’s another jagoff who doesn’t get it.
The policies and procedures that allow these redundancies allows $20B to just disappear into thin air with no accounting.
You fix it one step at a time. So sit back and shut up, unless you have something to actually say that doesn’t come from a peanut gallery script.
The policies and procedures that allow these redundancies allows $20B to just disappear into thin air with no accounting.
You fix it one step at a time. So sit back and shut up, unless you have something to actually say that doesn’t come from a peanut gallery script.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:52 pm to Friedbrie
Who the frick still uses WinZip???
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:52 pm to Friedbrie
I believe that. Hell, I see waste with licenses in the private sector.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:54 pm to oklahogjr
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But no one should be paying for fricking winzip
100%
I can't even remember the last time I've known somebody who had that on their computer.
Only thing I can reasonably think of is folks on legacy systems that can't upgrade to new OS.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:56 pm to gaetti15
Yes, you aren’t wrong. But not with those numbers. I could see maybe 5% or even 10%, if you had volatility in your staffing. That is not what we are seeing.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:57 pm to gaetti15
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Only thing I can reasonably think of is folks on legacy systems that can't upgrade to new OS.
Maybe they just bought a bunch way back when and as they retired them they were just left over?
Posted on 2/24/25 at 7:59 pm to Fat Fingers
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But not with those numbers. I could see maybe 5% or even 10%, if you had volatility in your staffing. That is not what we are seeing.
Yeah i agree. I'd be alittle more on the percentages...maybe up to a quarter
That's why I'm wondering if it's security related because of legacy systems...or for some other third reason i can't think of at the moment
Lord knows there is alot of that in the govt, banks, etc.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:00 pm to oklahogjr
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This is a pretty common problem in corporate America
They definitely should go through and consolidate systems and such to save money again probably not enough to matter a ton here but should be tightened up.
Although some of these you have to wonder what the full scope of their planned implementation is and what phase they're in. You sometimes get big price breaks for buying more than you need so you can scale into it. Vs buying small chunks over and over and getting raked over the coals.
But no one should be paying for fricking winzip
This might be the first time I've upvoted one of your posts.
It's very common in large orgs to keep a surplus of software licences to onboard new hires more quickly and efficiently.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:00 pm to Friedbrie
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Agencies often have more software licenses than employees
Yeah, no shite.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:00 pm to oklahogjr
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Maybe they just bought a bunch way back when and as they retired them they were just left over?
Could be
I like that they brought this up. It's definitely an issue that needs to be resolved particularly fir the more expensive softwares.
But in overall grand scheme of things. I would think low on the totem pole.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:01 pm to Fat Fingers
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Yes, you aren’t wrong. But not with those numbers. I could see maybe 5% or even 10%, if you had volatility in your staffing. That is not what we are seeing.
For an organization this size it's not unrealistic what they have here. And sometimes you buy up with plans to expand or things change and you negotiate back down.
The ss admin finding uipath having double licenses is a good example. If they continue building out automation there they'll continue to consume more and more since it's tied to workers not users there. Nothing nefarious there just more info needed
Posted on 2/24/25 at 8:02 pm to Friedbrie
They should run that Rocket subscription checker app on the Fed Gubment.
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