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In the Information Technology sector, chaos isn't an aberration; it's the operating system. Discover why Strategic Operating Knowledge is the constant that anchors sound IT strategy when everything else is in flux. The Unstable State of IT In the Information Technology sector, chaos isn't an aber...

In the Information Technology sector, chaos isn't an aberration; it's the operating system. Discover why Strategic Operating Knowledge is the constant that anchors sound IT strategy when everything else is in flux. The pursuit of technological innovation has been a human characteristic for thousa...

You've been there. Maybe it was during an OCC exam prep meeting. Maybe it was a Dodd-Frank compliance review. Or perhaps it was when your Chief Compliance Officer forwarded you yet another regulatory update with a yellow-highlighted section and a simple question: "Do we do this? Where?" And you f...

You've heard the pitch a thousand times. Your COBOL systems are legacy. They're risky. They're expensive to maintain. The developers who understand them are retiring. The solution? Modernize. Rip out those ancient mainframes and replace them with shiny new cloud-native microservices built on the ...

As we explored in Part I, 220 billion to 800 billion lines of COBOL code still power 80% of the world's financial transactions—an empire built by a generation now walking toward the exits. But here's the gut punch nobody talks about at budget meetings: When Maria retires next month, she's taking...

When maintenance issues result in mission-critical application downtime or crashes, your organization will likely lose market share, social capital, and maybe most important – reputational risk. A 2019 IBM report revealed that 41% of IT leaders surveyed indicated that the costliest aspect of downtime is its negative impact on corporate reputation. Phase Change President Steve […]