5 ways to use AI to modernize your legacy systems

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Managing technical debt can consume up to 40% of IT development time.
• One way to overcome the legacy challenge is to use specialist AI agents.
• Focus on testing tools, refining projects, and pushing long-term change.

Businesses are being held back by their legacy systems. Research from IDC reports that unmanaged technical debt can consume between 20% and 40% of IT development time, diverting resources away from innovation and modernization.

IDC suggests many enterprises are eager to deploy AI-enabled services, but their ambitions are constrained by technical debt, including outdated systems, fragile integrations, and limited data interoperability.

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The good news is that pioneering executives are meeting this challenge head-on. While the legacy IT burden can prevent organizations from deploying new data and AI ...