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McKinsey’s LegacyX: Rejuvenating legacy infrastructure with agentic AI

In this blog post, Dan Collins discusses McKinsey's LegacyX platform which uses agentic AI to significantly accelerate the modernization of legacy infrastructures, reducing costs and resource intensity while also re-engineering business processes for improved efficiency.

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legacy-infrastructure

agentic-ai

quantumblack

cost-reduction

business-transformation

software-modernisation

21-03-2025

The Move Faster Manifesto

In 'The Move Faster Manifesto', Brian Guthrie shares insights gained from over twenty years in the software industry, emphasizing the importance of speed and efficiency in software development. He presents key principles for moving faster while maintaining quality, encouraging a collective responsibility among teams to embrace change and act swiftly.

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09-03-2025

AI Needs Your Help - Save the AI

The article discusses the urgent need to reduce resource consumption to support artificial intelligence systems. It highlights the significant water and electricity footprints of AI technologies and encourages readers to raise awareness about these issues. The insights are attributed to the authors Sellman and Vaughan.

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electricity-footprint

03-03-2025

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