89% of UK IT chiefs admit they keep legacy apps running on 'life support' compromising security and digital transformation

New study: IT decision makers reveal why they feel forced to keep obsolete systems running just to keep the data accessibleCrawley, UK, 26 June: 89 per cent of IT decision makers in UK enterprises admit they are keeping old or legacy applications alive just to keep the historical data accessible, according to a new study. They recognize, however, that retaining these obsolete systems leaves businesses more open to security threats (87 per cent), and eats... Source: RealWire

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