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Can AI fix legacy IT? The ‘economics don’t hold up,’ says former IBM strategist
Vendors are pitching AI as a cure-all for legacy IT systems, but is it?
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The piece notes that IT modernization—moving applications from legacy mainframes to newer on‑premises or cloud platforms—has been a long‑standing priority for CIOs. It references a range of past initiatives, including web services, microservices, cloud adoption, virtualization, and migration to x86‑based Windows and Linux servers. The author, a former IBM strategist, argues that the economic case for using AI to solve legacy‑IT challenges does not hold up.
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