Executive Summary Professional software acquirers have historically avoided large-scale technology modernisation initiatives. Legacy technology stacks have been treated as operational constraints to be managed, rather than strategic liabilities to be eliminated. This posture largely reflected rational economic calculation. Technology modernisation projects exhibited poor risk-adjusted returns, extended timelines and a high potential for material execution risk. Now, however, two forces are converging to fundamentally alter that cost-benefit equation. The strategic imperative for AI capability and the emergence of AI-assisted development tooling are transforming technology modernisation from a value-destructive overhead to an essential infrastructure investment, with measurably improved economics. The Historical Case…

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