Why The Heat Is On For Firms To Kill Legacy IT
Technative, Wednesday, August 16,2023
Sustainability targets, high energy costs and increased digital usage are reaching a tipping point in the datacentre, making modernising IT infrastructure essential.
For the sake of the environment and business continuity, things have got to change now.
When a large US domestic airline went into meltdown in December last year, cancelling around 16,700 flights, it didn't really come as a huge shock. Like a lot of companies that rely too heavily on old IT systems and software, there comes a point at which the technology just can't cope anymore. In the case of this large airline, legacy technology has played a huge role in seeing the firm take a reported $800m hit.