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A vFunction and Wakefield Research survey found 79% of modernization efforts fail to deliver expected outcomes. AI augmentation offers a safer path for mid-size companies to modernize legacy systems by building intelligent capabilities on top of existing systems instead of expensive rip-and-replace approaches.
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