I want to let CFOs in on a little secret. It’s called “technical debt.” It consumes nearly one-third of technology budgets and more than one-fifth of technology professionals’ time. What’s more, 70% ...

Everyone worries too much about “technical debt.” It’s not real. It’s just a slate of software projects that would have happened anyway. CIOs use debt use to protect budgets with categories everyone ...

Short-term fixes and partially implemented systems have costs that can weigh on a company for years. This debt can also stifle innovation, resulting in lower long-term revenue. The pandemic ...

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The United States has long struggled with managing its financial debt—borrowing beyond its means, deferring payments and accumulating obligations that eventually come due. The same holds true for ...

The accumulation of older software and infrastructure, known as technical debt, takes a substantial amount of budget and resources to maintain. (svedoliver/Getty Images) Who remembers when floppy ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

As healthcare technology grows more complex, financial executives need to pay attention to how much it costs. Whether a health system is acquiring new technology or maintaining or upgrading its ...

With best practices and a commitment to not let technical debt grow, developers can make a solid business case, especially when staffing and money are tight. technical debt can be small, like minor ...

Brian Eastwood is a freelance writer with more than 15 years of experience covering healthcare IT, healthcare delivery, enterprise IT, consumer technology, IT leadership and higher education.

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. At the recent midyear conference of the National Association of ...