The Cost of Doing Nothing: Legacy Data Systems in the Age of AI
In an era where AI is reshaping industries at breakneck speed, many businesses are choosing the path of least resistance: sticking with legacy reporting tools, relational databases, manual data stitching and fragmented analytics processes. Proposals for modern, automated and governed data lakehouses are routinely rejected in favor of “business as usual.” Many say, “The cost of doing it now is outside our budget.” But what is the cost of doing nothing?