Application sprawl is quickly becoming a major concern for IT and business departments alike. Not only can a swollen application portfolio be a sink for time and money which needs to be spent maintaining so much software, but it can also severely limit productivity and business agility.

This white paper explores the hazards of application sprawl, and how using the strategy of rationalization - the process of identifying software which no longer provides business benefits to justify maintaining it - can reduce complexity, cut costs, and dramatically increase organizational agility.