The Drive to Modernize:

How Decision Makers See It

IT leaders reflect on the task of bringing their organizations’ digital ecosystems up to today’s standards
As organizations work to keep pace with evolving IT needs, the list of reasons to modernize comes easy. The task itself is another story. To learn more about attitudes regarding modernization, a survey by Forrester Consulting (commissioned by Rocket Software) polled 309 global decision makers in charge of modernizing their IT environments. A selection of the results follows. 
Source: IT Modernization Without Disruption, Forrester Consulting (commissioned by Rocket Software), August 2024

Top 3 reasons organizations are modernizing

53%

To improve IT reliability and resilience 

51%

To enhance the experience of employees, partners and customers 

48%

To improve access to insights and find value in data 

Organizations seek outside help for modernization across a broad set of domains

0
%
Code and data modernization 
0
%

DevOps continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)

0
%
Open-source compliance
0
%
Agile apps and low-code
0
%
Structured and unstructured data management
0
%
Vulnerability management
0
%
AI and automation

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AI looms large in modernization efforts

0
%
or more
said they had successfully implemented AI for modernization.

Top 3 AI use cases

0
%

Automating applications and/or code analysis 

0
%

Code translation, transformation and generation 

0
%
Data transformation or synthetic data creation 

Application rewrite projects are a substantial part of modernization efforts

0
%

18% of IT modernization strategy budgets are dedicated to modernizing and rewriting applications 

These endeavors are often a case of trial and error

0
%

90% of application rewrite projects are not successful the first time.

0
/
0
Roughly one-third of respondents have been burdened by their AI implementations, leading to revenue loss, delayed timelines and general business disruption.

Barriers to overall modernization strategies

41%

Concerns over security risk

38%

Lack of talent/skills

34%

Challenges imposed by complex integration strategies

31%

Inadequate software tools/platforms 

30%

Ungoverned use of new technology like AI

What organizations look for in measuring success of modernization projects

0
%
Improved operational efficiency 
0
%
Improved customer experience 
0
%
Reduced security, risk and compliance issues 
0
%
Increased employee productivity 
0
%
Increased business and technology agility 
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