Business leaders are facing a critical 12-to-18-month window to modernize their IT infrastructure, primarily driven by the accelerating adoption and demands of AI. Marco Santos, Global CEO of GFT, emphasizes that legacy systems, particularly mainframes, are inadequate for current and emerging AI capabilities like multi-agent systems and real-time data pipelines. The risk of not modernizing now outweighs the traditional concerns about the cost and complexity of such projects, as competitors leveraging modern architectures are rapidly gaining advantages in AI deployment and innovation. AI
IMPACT Enterprises must modernize legacy systems to leverage AI capabilities, with a critical window of 12-18 months before falling behind competitors.
RANK_REASON Article is an opinion piece by a CEO discussing industry trends and strategic imperatives related to AI adoption and IT modernization.
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