Where AI Actually Belongs in Legacy Modernization
Gartner predicts 70% of 2026 mainframe exit projects will fail from overestimating AI. See where AI and deterministic engineering actually belong.
TL;DR
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IT leaders under board pressure to "just use AI" for mainframe modernization are walking toward Gartner's 70% failure rate.
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The failure point isn't AI itself, it's using AI as the whole strategy instead of the right tool for the right phase.