ITASCA, Ill., June 24, 2026 (Globe Newswire) — Flexera, a global leader in technology spending and risk intelligence, today announced that Flexera 2026 ITAM reporting statusThis highlights the growing disconnect between rapid AI adoption and an organization’s ability to effectively manage it. Almost half of organizations already track AI as part of their software spend; Only a third (31%) reported that they could accurately understand AI software.
at the same time, 59% of respondents say their wasteful AI spending is increasing year over year. It highlights increasing cost pressures as companies deploy AI at scale and as it becomes a core spending category.
“AI is changing the economics of IT faster than most organizations can adapt,” he said. Becky TrevinoChief Product Officer, Flexera. “What we are seeing is a familiar pattern of rapid adoption followed by a scramble for visibility and control as spending soars. Organizations that successfully transform AI modernize the governance and optimization frameworks they built for on-premises, SaaS, and cloud for AI technology. This is also happening at FinOps and Tokenomics Foundations and other organizations. Flexera’s AI cost management platform”
Latest important discoveries Flexera State in 2026 ITAM report include:
- Technology visibility is declining: Complete IT asset visibility has dropped to 36%, reflecting the increasing complexity year-over-year across AI, SaaS, and cloud environments.
- Audit activities remain high and costly. Almost half (48%) have been audited in the last year, and only slightly fewer (44%) report spending $1 million or more on software audits in the past three years, a number that has remained flat over the past three reporting periods.
- Microsoft is most frequently cited in vendor-wide audit efforts. 64% of respondents said: microsoft We have audited the organization for the past three years and have remained at the top of the list for the past few reports. Although there was significant variation, respondents also reported an increase in audit activity. oracle, 38%, up from 24% a year ago. Adobe, increased from 24% to 32%.
- Collaboration between ITAM and FinOps will become more targeted: Even though reporting coordination increased by 5 points, daily interactions between teams decreased slightly year-over-year. Targeted collaboration remains critical as organizations increasingly rely on both groups to achieve comprehensive visibility.
- Cost optimization guides IT priorities. ITAM teams spend the most time optimizing software (32%), followed by audit readiness (22%) and audit assignments (22%).
This year’s data reflects a broader shift as AI spans existing technology categories across cloud, SaaS, data centers, and devices, while also introducing entirely new layers of models, agents, data, and platforms dominated by new economics. This expansion on top of an already complex environment accelerates existing cost and visibility challenges. As organizations expand their AI efforts, they increasingly need unified visibility across software, cloud, and AI to manage spend and reduce risk.
Complete findings are available at: Flexera 2026 ITAM reporting status, It explores the perspectives of 512 technology professionals from around the world across industries and contextual areas.
To download the full report, please visit http://www.flexera.com/stateofitam.
For more information on the Flexera blog, visit https://www.flexera.com/blog/it-asset-management/.Itam Province 2026/
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