企业级公司平均将软件预算的28%用于不想要的升级、迁移和许可变更。通常，这些公司的IT负责人认为这些变更有害。
Enterprise-sized businesses spend, on average, 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes. Often, those firms' IT heads think those changes are detrimental.
这些结果来自Origina为其报告《软件税》委托的一项调查，受访对象为2018名首席信息官和高级IT决策者，他们任职于员工至少1万名的公司。约一半受访者（1011人）来自美国，其余来自英国。所有受访者所在公司年收入均至少10亿美元。
Those results are according to a survey of 2,018 chief information officers and senior IT decision-makers at companies with at least 10,000 employees that Origina commissioned for its report, “The Software Tax.”About half of the respondents (1,011) are from the US, and the rest are from the United Kingdom. All respondents worked at companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue.
请注意，Origina为各类企业软件提供维护服务。其报告指出，独立软件维护是IT领导者重获软件预算控制权的一种途径，这显示了其潜在偏见。第三方研究咨询公司Censuswide实施了该调查。
Keep in mind that Origina provides maintenance for various enterprise software. Its report points to independent software maintenance as a way for IT leaders to regain control over software budgets, illustrating its potential bias. A third-party research consultancy, Censuswide, conducted the survey.