Most enterprises have multiple legacy applications, and with advancements in IT, this number will continue to grow. Managing it wisely versus a rip-and-replace approach can help prevent unnecessary costs, risks and delays to the business.

This Gartner® report, “Use Continuous Modernization to Optimize Legacy Applications,” outlines an approach that CIOs should consider. By iteratively addressing friction points within your existing systems, you can minimize business disruption while optimizing technology investments that can take on the transformation and innovation needed for growth.

Key findings:

• Rip-and-replace approaches are often too costly, risky, and time-consuming, and do not always produce the ROI expected
• It’s possible to avoid premature moves through gradual modernization
• Lack of coordination between product and modernization teams can sabotage continuous modernization efforts