Skip to main content

Kyndryl Report Finds AI Alters Modernization Priorities

Source Decision Insights Record Published September 30, 2026 Companies 1
Human View Machine View

1st article in the last 90 days, one of 15 articles referencing Kyndryl. Previous coverage: Kyndryl Named a Leader in 2026 ISG Provider Lens Mainframes (Apr 2026).

Companies mentioned

Best suited for

Seniority
EVP / SVP / VP / AVP
Job function
Chief Information Officer
Persona
Platform / Infrastructure Operations Leader
Buyer role
Decision Maker / Budget Holder
Buyer journey
Need to Buy
Adoption curve
Early Majority
Technology maturity
Market Correction
Industry
Information Technology / Cloud & Infrastructure Software / Cloud Infrastructure, Automation & Platform Engineering / Cloud Management & FinOps

Our classification, not the publisher's statement. Best suited for, not only for.

Kyndryl released its first global Modernization Report, based on input from 2,000 business and technology leaders, to examine how AI affects modernization priorities and operational planning. The report places business orchestration alongside technology modernization as organizations expand investments across legacy and modern platforms.

The findings describe modernization as a business-wide priority, with decision-making involving multiple stakeholder groups that can include CIOs, CTOs, boards of directors, and finance and compliance teams. Respondents also reported that nearly half were behind schedule on modernization goals, while sovereignty considerations and governance needs influenced modernization strategies.

According to the report, organizations are expanding technology use as AI raises expectations for technology delivery, rather than consolidating environments. It also reported that need to adopt AI now outranked priorities to reduce spending, replace legacy systems, or address a shrinking pool of legacy systems expertise, and that AI affected mainframe and edge computing use, SaaS and private cloud expansion, and upgrades to networks and application portfolios.

The study described how agentic AI, which can plan and execute tasks, entered production for modernization in 10% of organizations, applied to dependency mapping, code conversion, and documentation generation. Early adopters reported that 67% were ahead of or on track with modernization goals, compared with 51% for other organizations. “AI is creating new possibilities and raising expectations for the business outcomes technology should deliver,” Kyndryl Chairman and CEO Martin Schroeter said.

Press release, provided by Cision on behalf of Kyndryl. Read the original.

Mentions

Structured data (JSON-LD)

The schema.org markup this page publishes for search engines and AI agents, exactly as they read it.

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/records/",
        "name": "Records",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/kyndryl-report-finds-ai-alters-modernization-priorities/",
        "name": "Kyndryl Report Finds AI Alters Modernization Priorities",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/kyndryl-report-finds-ai-alters-modernization-priorities/#blogposting",
    "@type": "NewsArticle",
    "about": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/kyndryl/#organization",
      "@type": "Organization",
      "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/kyndryl/",
      "name": "Kyndryl"
    },
    "audience": [
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Seniority",
        "audienceType": "EVP / SVP / VP / AVP"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Job function",
        "audienceType": "Chief Information Officer"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Persona",
        "audienceType": "Platform / Infrastructure Operations Leader"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Buyer role",
        "audienceType": "Decision Maker / Budget Holder"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Adoption curve",
        "audienceType": "Early Majority"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Technology maturity",
        "audienceType": "Market Correction"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Industry",
        "audienceType": "Information Technology / Cloud & Infrastructure Software / Cloud Infrastructure, Automation & Platform Engineering / Cloud Management & FinOps"
      }
    ],
    "author": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/#person",
      "@type": "Person",
      "name": "Decision Insights Record",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/"
    },
    "dateModified": "2026-09-30T22:38:02-06:00",
    "datePublished": "2026-09-30T22:37:57-06:00",
    "description": "Kyndryl’s Modernization Report surveys 2,000 leaders on how AI affects modernization priorities, delays, and the use of agentic AI.",
    "headline": "Kyndryl Report Finds AI Alters Modernization Priorities",
    "isBasedOn": {
      "@type": "CreativeWork",
      "sourceOrganization": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Cision"
      },
      "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kyndryl-report-as-ai-broadens-modernization-agenda-leaders-prioritize-business-outcomes-over-replacing-legacy-systems-302895199.html"
    },
    "keywords": [
      "Edge"
    ],
    "mainEntityOfPage": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/kyndryl-report-finds-ai-alters-modernization-priorities/",
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "sdDatePublished": "2026-10-01",
      "sdPublisher": {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
      }
    },
    "mentions": [
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/kyndryl/#organization",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/kyndryl/",
        "name": "Kyndryl"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    }
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/#person",
    "@type": "Person",
    "description": "Press releases and independent analyst research, structured into concise summaries for research and monitoring. Produced under our Standards & Methodology.",
    "name": "Decision Insights Record",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/decisioninsights/"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/"
  }
]

Is this your company? Get structured data for your own pages