Legacy IT: Saving money by holding onto old tech is costing us all billions
Nearly half the money the UK is spending on IT goes on supporting legacy IT systems – to the tune of £2.3bn a year. That sum amounts to about half of the £4.7bn the central government spent on on tech in 2019, according to a new report from the Cabinet Office that highlights the cost of maintaining legacy systems or 'keeping the lights on'. "A recent analysis by government security indicates that almost 50% of current government IT spend (£2.3b out of a total central Governme