Modernization Failure Post-Mortems: Common Root Causes
IN-COM September 21, 2026 Application Modernization, Data Modernization, Enterprise Modernization, Information Technology, Legacy Systems, Tech TalkBetween 70 and 79 percent of legacy modernization projects fail to meet their stated goals. That statistic appears in every...
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GitOps for Mainframe: Bringing Modern Version Control to z/OS
IN-COM September 16, 2026 Applications, Code Review, Developers, Impact AnalysisThe new developer joins the mainframe team. She has spent five years writing Java microservices with Git, GitHub, pull requests,...
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Application Criticality Scoring for Business Continuity Planning
IN-COM September 10, 2026 Applications, Code Review, Enterprise Modernization, IndustriesBusiness continuity planning fails most often not during a crisis but during the assessment that precedes one. Organizations complete Business...
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Portfolio Rationalization After Mergers and Acquisitions
IN-COM September 9, 2026 Application Management, COBOL Posts, Impact Analysis, Information Technology, Refactoring, Tech TalkThe target company’s billing system was flagged as redundant in week three of the integration workstream. The acquirer had its...
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Data Quality Scoring Frameworks for Modernization Projects
IN-COM September 1, 2026 Application Modernization, Data, Data Modernization, Information TechnologyThe standard case for data quality investment is built on operational risk: 84 percent of organizations experience measurable disruption from...
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Shadow IT Discovery: Finding Applications Nobody Documented
IN-COM August 26, 2026 Applications, Data, Developers, Information Technology, Tech TalkEvery organization knows it has shadow IT. The figure that makes the problem concrete: most organizations run more than 1,000...
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