THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING

Since the dawn of the software era, systems have generally followed a lifecycle of develop/operate/ replace. For the type of systems our company, ThoughtWorks, specializes in (typically built over the past 10-15 years), organizations expect as much as five to 10 years between significant investments in modernization. And some of the oldest core systems have now reached 40-plus years -- far longer than the average life span of most companies today!