Businesses with legacy tech, particularly in their data tiers, must modernise as a matter of urgency or risk being “completely upended”, according to an industry expert. Organisations that are over a decade old are more likely to run on older technology stacks that may require modernising. Ravi Mayuram, CTO at Couchbase, spoke to IT Pro on the IT Pro Podcast to discuss the issues facing companies with extensive legacy tech. He warned against taking the easy route through digital transformation. Organisations have a tendency to prioritise updating customer-facing systems such as their user interfaces (UI) and application logic tiers, but they should instead focus on the data tier as a matter of urgency. “The place you had delayed the most to make changes is in your data tier, because that’s the toughest and that’s your foundation, right? That’s the one you didn’t want to move all this while because it delayed it as much as possible, because you could get away with it,” said Mayuram. “Now you can’t, you have to realise that, that the more you sort of stick with legacy systems, the more obsolescence and the cost of it. And it’s not just the bottom line, it’s […]
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