CIO Joe Locandro (Rimini Street) claims AI allows companies to avoid forced ERP upgrades, reduce costs, and maintain legacy systems as assets. The ageing IT workforce presents a challenge, but custom third-party support offers solutions. AI improves innovation by accessing data without costly migrations, akin to the app revolution in consumer tech. Locandro criticizes rigid vendor upgrade policies and emphasizes the shift of power to customers, enabling choices between system upgrades, innovations, or maintaining current systems without pressure.
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