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36% of financial services organisations and 36% of IT & technology organisations report modernising most or all core systems, compared with 12% of public sector organisations and 19% of industrial organisations

PublisherTelstra International & Economist Impact
ReportResilience by design: Building connected ecosystems for the age of disruption
Published14 April 2026
TopicsLegacy Systems, Modernization, Financial Services, Public Sector, Industrial

Published by Telstra International & Economist Impact in Resilience by design: Building connected ecosystems for the age of disruption, 14 April 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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