Kyndryl report finds AI demand shifts modernization focus to business outcomes over legacy replacement
Bitget2026/10/01 04:02- Kyndryl published a global modernization report based on a survey of 2,000 business and technology leaders across five continents.
- AI adoption now outranks cost reduction or legacy replacement, driving higher use of mainframes, edge computing, SaaS, private cloud.
- Nearly half of organizations reported being behind schedule on modernization goals; 98% that delayed modernization reported negative business impacts.
- Agentic AI adoption remained limited at 10%, yet early users showed faster progress, with 67% on track or ahead.
- Operational visibility remains a constraint, with 9% fully understanding application dependencies; 25% reported many undocumented applications.
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