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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴, 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁’𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 The second report in our Deloitte research series quantifies how technical debt suppresses growth—and how targeted action across enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and data can reduce technical debt and unlock latent technology potential. The research shows that organizations cannot “AI their way out” of tech debt—systemic optimization across architecture, infrastructure, and data is essential. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Technical debt can consume ~21–40% of IT spend and acts as a measurable drag on performance • Infrastructure modernization can reduce tech debt by ~18% over five years • Data transformation can unlock value, with ~52% improvement in latent potential over five years • Scaling AI without fixing foundations can compound debt—not resolve it The choice is no longer whether to modernize—but how quickly leaders can reduce debt and unlock that trapped value. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 https://delo.tt/6040B80anO #MonitorDeloitte #TechnologyStrategy #TechDebt #AI #EnterpriseValue Subodh Chitre Tarun Sharma