Only 10% of IT leaders use agentic AI for legacy modernization, Kyndryl survey finds
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A Kyndryl survey of 2,000 senior IT decision-makers found that only 10% are applying agentic AI as a tool for modernizing legacy systems, and nearly half report their modernization projects are behind schedule and over cost.
Kyndryl's researchers say agentic AI shows early promise for mapping hidden system dependencies, generating code, and producing documentation.
Andy Thurai, a former IBM chief strategist, cautions that AI-driven infrastructure sprawl could make compute costs unpredictable, a risk the report presents as a concern rather than a measured outcome.
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AIA Kyndryl survey of 2,000 senior IT decision-makers found only 10% are applying agentic AI as a modernization tool, and nearly half report being behind schedule with cost overruns. Researchers say agentic AI shows early promise for mapping hidden dependencies, generating code, and creating documentation, while Andy Thurai, a former IBM chief strategist, warns that AI-driven infrastructure sprawl could make compute costs unpredictable.
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