{"id":45948,"date":"2025-06-05T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=45948"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:12:46","slug":"nintex-survey-finds-australian-it-leaders-embrace-ai-as-saas-sprawl-undermines-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2025\/06\/05\/nintex-survey-finds-australian-it-leaders-embrace-ai-as-saas-sprawl-undermines-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintex survey finds Australian IT leaders embrace AI as SaaS sprawl undermines productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australian findings reveal a wave of unbridled software proliferation that is slowing workflows, increasing compliance risk and consuming IT resources at an unsustainable rate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian mid-market organisations are contending with a growing software sprawl crisis – with 49% juggling between 51 and 200 SaaS tools and half adding a new tool every two to four weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To overcome this, Australians are turning to AI, with 92% deploying AI to detect redundant apps, automate integrations and optimise tool usage – a rate higher than any other nation surveyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These findings are from the 2025 SaaS Sprawl Snapshot, a study commissioned by Nintex which surveyed 2,000 IT decision-makers across four countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian findings reveal a wave of unbridled software proliferation that is slowing workflows, increasing compliance risk and consuming IT resources at an unsustainable rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Australia, software sprawl is holding organisations back and taking the wind out of their sails. Budgets are overflowing, compliance risks are piling up and scaling feels like sailing with a dropped anchor,\u201d said Keith Payne, Regional Vice President, APAC, Nintex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNearly every mid-market organisation knows it\u2019s a problem, but with IT teams stretched thin, fixing it can feel like trying to bail out a sinking ship with a teacup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most acknowledge the problem – 93% say that addressing SaaS sprawl should be a top priority \u2014 more than half (58%) admit their current orchestration processes are ineffective. This was the highest rate across all countries surveyed and the impact is being felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vast majority (91%) report a moderate-to-major financial impact while 41% cite rising security and compliance risks. Over a third (34%) say sprawl is directly limiting their ability to scale. Despite this, 77% place full responsibility for managing SaaS sprawl on IT teams that are often under-resourced and stretched thin, without the time, budget or headcount to implement a cohesive strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany local organisations are layering new software over old processes in a race to fill capability gaps with band-aid fixes,\u201d said Payne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt might solve the problem of the day, but over time it\u2019s creating deeper disconnections between systems, teams and workflows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the report found that Australia leads other countries in leveraging AI to overcome software sprawl, the path to resolution will require more than just AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report highlights deeper systemic issues, including a lack of staff enablement. Only 34% provide training to help employees effectively use software, a critical gap that contributes to shelfware and shadow IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, no amount of software can save a broken process,\u201d Payne said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf organisations keep piling on tools without fixing the foundations, they\u2019re not transforming, they\u2019re treading water with a sinking stack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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