B
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65%
65% -- share of it leaders with tool consolidation mandate for IT leaders (2026)
65% of IT leaders have a mandate to reduce the number of tools they use.
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65%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Gartner
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Tier C
https://www.wearesiete.com/en/industry/software ↗
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B2B Lead Generation for Software Companies | Siete
The B2B software market is at a turning point. Mid-sized companies already manage an average of 96 SaaS applications and are actively consolidating vendors: according to Gartner, 65% of IT leaders have a mandate to reduce the number of tools they use. Buyers arrive informed, skeptical, and with litt…
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IndustrySoftware
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IT leaders: 65% share of it leaders with tool consolidation mandate. Source: Gartner (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-it-leaders-tool-consolidation-65
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