The Cost of Legacy Software

Legacy software isn't just old. It's expensive in ways that compound over time. What starts as a few slow deployments or workarounds quickly becomes a drag on every part of the business—engineering, operations, security, and even customer experience. It consumes resources that should be invested in innovation. It imposes constraints on hiring, slows time-to-market, and leaves organizations vulnerable to failures they can neither predict nor afford

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2025-05-07
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15360319
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Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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The Cost of Legacy Software

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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The Cost of Legacy Software

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Abstract

Legacy software isn't just old. It's expensive in ways that compound over time. What starts as a few slow deployments or workarounds quickly becomes a drag on every part of the business—engineering, operations, security, and even customer experience. It consumes resources that should be invested in innovation. It imposes constraints on hiring, slows time-to-market, and leaves organizations vulnerable to failures they can neither predict nor afford

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
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