World Crisis Online

While legacy applications are a core part of any data center, they can be inflexible, costly and impede company growth. Baby boomers, the creators and keepers of these legacy applications, are set to begin retiring next year – taking their legacy application wisdom with them. What can CIOs do today to help prepare for this transition? How can they turn this challenge to a unique opportunity for their organizations?

Within the next few years, more than 75 million baby boomers are expected to retire, greatly affecting IT staffing.  Applications groups will be particularly affected; according to recent research from Forrester Research, Inc., “applications groups appear to have a crisis of leadership: 79% of firms are challenged in hiring leadership skills.” Moreover, the new hires that will replace retiring baby boomers may not have or even be interested in the necessary skills to run applications the “old fashioned” way. continue »