Atul Rawat highlights one important aspect of the software industry: The rising cost of Software Maintenance in today’s episode of KnolBytes. Atul is Vice President, Operations at Knoldus with more than 20 years of experience in IT/ITeS as a Techno-functional & Business Management Professional.

IT budgets these days are not just measured by their numerical values but also how much value one is able to yield out of it. Project cost is something that keeps IT heads & executives on their toes. But often they overlook the Total Cost of Operations or TCO and focus on the development cost itself when 90% of the software cost goes into maintenance. What are the reasons for this phenomenon and what are the key issues that the organization needs to deal with?