In 2026, the line between a thriving digital business and a stagnating one often comes down to how you allocate IT spend. Here’s what every tech leader should know — and how Gart Solutions helps you get it right. 64% Average cloud cost reduction via FinOps 81% Compute savings on Azure Spot VMs (AI client) […]
The global financial services sector is at an inflection point. For decades, traditional banks have operated on aging mainframe infrastructure that was designed for a batch-processing world — a world without real-time payments, open APIs, or autonomous AI agents. Today, approximately 43% of financial institutions still run core banking systems built more than 20 years ago. […]
What Is an IT Infrastructure Audit? An IT infrastructure audit is a structured, evidence-based evaluation of your organization’s technology environment — cloud, on-premises, or hybrid. It assesses architecture health, security controls, scalability, compliance readiness, reliability, and cost efficiency. In plain terms: your team knows the systems “work.” An audit tells you how well they work, where they will break under pressure, and what you are […]
If you’ve been tracking the AI space lately, you’ve probably heard “MCP” thrown around with increasing frequency. But before we dive into why it matters for your enterprise architecture, let’s clear up a small naming collision that’s been causing confusion. “MCP Server” is actually an acronym that moonlights across three different tech worlds: the Mod […]
The Market Reality: Legacy IT Is the Hidden Anchor of Enterprise Value In the heart of nearly every large enterprise sits a massive constraint: accumulated technical debt embedded in legacy systems. Across Fortune 500 companies, roughly 70% of core enterprise software was built 20+ years ago. These systems run billing engines, transaction processors, underwriting platforms, […]
And what to do before the next crash costs you more than the migration would have. You started with a single VPS. You installed n8n, built a few workflows, connected some APIs — and it was brilliant. Fast, flexible, and almost free to run. But somewhere between “this is a cool prototype” and “this is […]
