Enterprise software changed the face of business over the last decade. However, after years of aggressive enterprise software buying, corporations are now saddled with a large portfolio of solutions that are expensive to upgrade and have become equally expensive to maintain and support. Because of new market catalysts including a stabilization of enterprise software functionality, lower cost models for service delivery, and new maintenance options, buyers can now slash significant costs out of IT "entitlement" budgets. A combination of lower cost models, new maintenance options, and a focus on value are compelling companies to reassess spending models in order to free up dollars from constrained IT budgets.