BCG · Technology / Operations · Intermediate · 25-35 min

Retire legacy systems and consolidate technology footprint

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A large retail bank operates 40+ legacy systems built on deprecated technology (COBOL, mainframe) that costs $200M annually to maintain. Business capabilities have been replicated in modern systems. Develop a legacy system retirement strategy.

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