legacy systems news from FierceCIO

Problems with legacy applications tend to amplify as time goes on, but replacing these systems can be disruptive, not to mention expensive. For tips on how to smooth the upgrading process, Read more...

IT consolidation requires constant vigilance because the forces pushing decentralization are strong. This is one of the greatest lessons learned by state IT chiefs from Pennsylvania to Tennessee to Read more...

IT executives from several large enterprises, including Lowe's and McGraw-Hill, have developed a "code of conduct for IT maintenance" to demand better quality and service from the software industry, Read more...

> Microsoft: April will be a big month for patches. Article> IT free trade up in the air. Read more...

It seems like you can't get through a single day lately without hearing the 'R' word. Don't let it scare you. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of falling gross domestic product. It Read more...

Virtualization is shaping up to be a key element in the successful deployment of SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) strategies, according to an analysis in eWeek. As organizations Read more...

Every CIO has to deal with high-risk, high-value, legacy systems. It helps to know as much about them as possible, a task more easily accomplished with an IT asset management (ITAM) repository, Read more...

The U.S. doesn't innovate and CIOs risk becoming extinct. That was the message delivered by Gartner analyst Steve Prentice at the recent Gartner Symposium/IT expo. Prentice said that in the IT Read more...

Thanks to the fast proliferation of broadband, mobile devices and collaboration tools in the enterprise, the promise of the joined-up enterprise--the idea that organizations can share data and Read more...

If a good chunk of your IT budget is put to use maintaining and supporting legacy systems and applications, you're in good company. According to a new survey from Accenture, U.S. businesses have the Read more...