While we are finding some success hiring millennials to fill the gap, we are relying more and more on some of the
legacy technology systems we have in place to drive efficiencies in the business, keep up with direct and emerging competitors, and provide the best possible experience for the insured.
Dealing with
legacy technology, as well as the time and cost to go from concept to reality were also big challenges.
* While nearly half (49%) of government IT departments are struggling with
legacy technology, seven in ten IoT adopters in the public sector report cost savings and improved organisational visibility as the major benefits.
More alarmingly, almost a third (29%) of respondents say that the limits of
legacy technology are preventing their organization's IT department from delivering even on immediate business demands, let alone enabling innovation for the future.
A new class of neutron detection instrumentation that offers capabilities not accessible by traditional 3He gas-filled (or other similar
legacy technology) neutron systems, the Antero and Shavano Neutron Spectrometer products feature capabilities such as location and identification of neutron radiation sources.
As a result, a crucial element of the project selection decision was the combination of reliability - provided by the elimination of
legacy technology like Spanning Tree, an older single-path networking protocol - and flexibility that comes from centralized and automated virtual configuration capability.
In addition, CIOs entering their position within the last year will have 141 per cent more of their environment in the cloud than a longer-tenured CIO (greater than six years), and that for certain workloads over the next three to five years, cloud pricing will be 30 per cent to 40 per cent lower than
legacy technology.
Replacing its existing
legacy technology, Niger Dock will deploy the Avaya Aura Solution for Midsize Enterprise, as well as Avaya ERS 4000 and ERS 5000 networking solutions at the core and edge of its communications network.
"What that means is we've contained the investment in our older technologies that can't be scaled for growth and we've simplified our current technologies by consolidating like components wherever possible and eliminating
legacy technology," she explains.
"Proper planning and design is a critical step in the wireless lifecycle, whether deploying a new network, migrating
legacy technology or validating an existing WLAN.
NAB's outsourcing program is part of a plan to upgrade the bank's
legacy technology systems that includes spending one billion dollars over five years on revamping its core banking systems.
The
legacy technology includes ADABAS/Natural, VSAM/COBOL, JCL, Assembler, CLIST, SuperWylbur, PL/I, CA Easytrieve and SAS.