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[ Resource Center ](https://www.sumologic.com/resources?_resource_type=briefs)# How tool sprawl can affect your budget, performance and team effectiveness

Tool consolidation is the ongoing and combined effort of all members of an IT organization to ensure that all employees use IT tools that create and demonstrate explicit value for stakeholders in the business. Tool sprawl is when organizations buy or use multiple tools to address the same use cases. Tool sprawl makes it hard for everyone involved in the DevSecOps lifecycle to deliver reliable and secure cloud native applications, and it causes costs to spiral.

Take stock of where you stand today and verify whether your tools and data are fit for purpose, fit for use, and fit for your wallet. Violate any of these conditions, and stakeholder value is compromised.

Discover the answers in this ebook.

 **Stop** the Sprawl. **Consolidate** your tools. **Save** time and money. 

[Download](https://www.sumologic.com/wp-content/uploads/Tool-Consolidation_Ebook_VF.pdf)

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