A Kyndryl survey of 2,000 senior IT decision-makers found that just 10% are applying agentic AI to modernization efforts, even as decades-long attempts to update legacy systems continue to fall short. The survey found only about half of companies modernizing report improved IT operations, less than half see innovation gains, and nearly one in five say the benefits were limited or unclear, with many projects running late and over budget.
zdnet.com
· 2026-10-08
A product commentary argues that consumer financial apps repeatedly default to building generic 'document hub' and 'notifications centre' features to satisfy internal stakeholders and legacy compliance needs. The author says these features start simple but balloon into complex, Google Drive- or Gmail-like systems requiring ongoing maintenance and security work. The piece frames refusing to build such features as one of the most important product decisions a team can make.
liamnugent.me
· 2026-09-17
Neuralab, a web development agency, published an analysis arguing that ERP integration requests, often framed casually by clients as a simple connection task, actually involve complex system sequencing and legacy data issues. The piece contrasts building a new storefront, which is a clean greenfield project, with integrating it into an existing ERP or CRM, which requires navigating undocumented, brittle legacy infrastructure.
shiftmag.dev
· 2026-09-04
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