The U.S. government’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was created to cut waste from government spending and improve efficiency by July 2026. Agencies have been asked to prove productivity ...

Many agencies are at a tipping point when it comes to technical debt. Vendors simply can’t support legacy hardware anymore, and agencies need a cloud alternative while planning the effort to modernize ...

Imagine a bustling software development team eager to roll out the next big feature, only to be tangled in a web of outdated code, endless bug fixes, and mounting maintenance tasks. This scenario is ...

Technical debt is a barrier to timely cyberthreat detection and response. Strategies such as hyperconvergence can reduce vulnerabilities and improve visibility. Brian Eastwood is a freelance writer ...

In today’s ever-increasing digital world, the speed at which technology is changing and updating is significant. From cloud computing and AI to automation and data-driven decision-making, enterprises ...

As companies continue to rely on outdated software and legacy systems, many dating back to the 1980s, they face mounting challenges. Rising maintenance costs, increasing complexity and significant ...

In our first installment, we defined technical debt, its continuously rising importance and why all should care about its mitigation within business. In our second installment, we learned how to share ...

Brian Eastwood is a freelance writer with more than 15 years of experience covering healthcare IT, healthcare delivery, enterprise IT, consumer technology, IT leadership and higher education.

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

From regional banks to global investment firms, financial institutions carry significant levels of technical debt, especially in areas such as core banking systems, payments infrastructure and ...

Technical debt is a concept most IT professionals are familiar with, but too often it is discussed primarily in terms of application code. Yet, databases are equally susceptible to technical debt, and ...