Breaking the Legacy Cycle: From Maintenance to Continual Modernisation

Thursday, September 24, 2026 10:40 AM to 11:30 AM · 50 min. (Europe/London)
Digital Foundations
Panel
Central GovernmentLocal GovernmentDigital TransformationData Infrastructure

Information

This session addresses the critical challenge of managing archaic systems that currently hinder digital delivery across the public sector. Rather than viewing legacy as a static problem to be addressed every few years, we will explore the transition toward "evergreen" technology and a culture of continual modernisation. This discussion focuses on moving beyond high-cost maintenance to create resilient, cloud-ready platforms that allow for zero disruption to services.

  • Retiring legacy components while successfully migrating core services to resilient, cloud-ready platforms.
  • How do we shift from buying and replacing every few years to a model of continual modernisation to achieve an "evergreen" IT estate?
  • Implementing evergreen strategies at the point of commercial procurement to ensure long-term scalability.
  • How to use sandboxes and robust testing to ensure new products are compatible with historic government constraints?
Day
24 September 2026