Research: Legacy systems - time to bite the bullet?

John Leonard
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Upgrading legacy systems is a difficult and risky business. John Leonard takes a look at what organisations are running and why

When does an organisation's trusty IT backbone become a legacy system? Vendors will try to convince you that it is as soon as a new version of their solution has been released, but for most organis...

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