Zombie allusions: They just keep on coming-"costing them tens of millions of dollars in revenues per year."

http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/16/zombie-apps/

Enterprises are being infiltrated by

 ‘zombie’ apps, survey reveals

"IT departments are hoarding thousands of abandoned and little-used applications, often referred to as “Zombie applications.”

The survey results, released today, show that if companies don’t perform a thorough spring clean of these walking dead applications, they will accrue millions of dollars in operating costs, unleash a security threat, and put overall IT performance at risk.

Over half the respondents of the survey, conducted by research firm Harris Interactive, felt that these under-performers were eating up storage space. About seven percent reported that this was costing them tens of millions of dollars in revenues per year."

Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/16/zombie-apps/#YhA2doQVZO0OHf0s.99