The real cost of relying on legacy tech and postponing migration to new services

Continuing to extract value from existing infrastructure can appear commercially sensible writes Julian Farley, but hidden costs can accumulate through operational inefficiency, technical debt, increased fraud exposure and resources being diverted away from innovation

August 26, 2026

Why delayed migration away from legacy tech may well be a false economy; image credit: deepshine/shutterstock

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