Trimming IT Waste Without Losing Value: A Panel with Dataprise and GEP

Stop Wasting Your IT Budget…

Too many businesses throw away a chunk of their IT spend–on unused licenses, forgotten tools, and overpriced contracts–without even realizing it. Meanwhile critical areas like cybersecurity and business continuity get underfunded.

You need to get smart with your IT dollars. It’s not about slashing budgets, but spending with intention, fixing what’s broken, and putting your money in the most advantageous places. 

Join Dataprise and global leader in procurement and supply chain transformation, GEP, to discover how to spot waste, streamline vendor spend, and protect the investments that keep your business running. 

What You’ll Get From this Session:

• Strategic Audit Framework: Master a systematic approach to evaluating your current IT spend, uncovering hidden costs, and identifying optimization opportunities that most organizations miss.
• Risk-Aware Cost Reduction Strategies: Learn how to trim expenses without compromising business continuity, including how to identify single points of failure before making cuts and balance immediate savings with long-term stability.
• Vendor Optimization Playbook: Discover proven techniques for renegotiating contracts, consolidating redundant services, and managing vendor relationships to maximize value while reducing costs.
• Investment Prioritization Matrix: Gain clarity on which IT investments are truly non-negotiable versus nice-to-have, with specific guidance on cybersecurity, compliance, and business continuity requirements.
• Dark Spend Detection Methods: Uncover forgotten subscriptions, unused licenses, and shadow IT expenses that drain budgets without delivering value.

Join us as we partner with industry experts from GEP, to learn how you can optimize your IT investments and eliminate waste.

From Tech Debt to Tech Fresh:

This session serves technology leaders and finance professionals who need to maximize IT budget efficiency while maintaining operational excellence.

The workshop is particularly valuable for organizations that:

• Are experiencing budget pressure but cannot afford to compromise on security or business continuity
• Have grown through acquisitions and suspect redundant systems and licensing across merged environments
• Struggle with vendor sprawl and overlapping service contracts that create inefficiencies
• Need to demonstrate clear ROI on IT investments to executive leadership and board members
• Have identified “dark spend” or suspect unused licenses and subscriptions are draining their budget
• Want to implement systematic approaches to IT cost management rather than making reactive cuts

Panelists Include:

• Braden Daniels: General Manager, West, Dataprise
• Ryan Shadle: Senior Director, Consulting, GEP