Aging IT - What's the Problem?

Legacy systems are often maintained simply to reference historical information. This kind of compliance and discovery strategy is expensive and comes with a high total-cost-of-ownership (TCO). These systems can be difficult to maintain, often require senior resources which become distracted from strategic initiatives, and come with hefty software maintenance budgets. Additionally, these systems are typically susceptible to risks and problems associated with aging and become complex with decreasing knowledge about how to operate the application. The organization is at risk that the system won’t be supported as long as it is required to retain the data. But with compliance requirements, access to this information for audit and discovery is required. In order to balance legacy requirements with new technology landscapes, organizations are examining Legacy Decommissioning Solutions to maximize the value of their data while reducing the cost and overhead of maintaining a legacy system.