--- title: "Legacy systems are holding back AI projects — Marsanne Studio AI watch" description: "84% of CIOs have cancelled an AI project because of their legacy systems, according to GFT Technologies." url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/legacy-systems-are-holding-back-ai-1e415f/" lang: "en" --- [Marsanne Studio](https://marsanne.studio/en/) [← Back to home](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) [← The AI watch](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) Data study · 6 October 2026 # Legacy systems are holding back AI projects Original title, in Spanish: “Los sistemas legacy paralizan los proyectos IA” **Publication** Computing (Spain) **Author** Unsigned **Published on** 6 October 2026 · read in the page structured data ## Summary According to a GFT Technologies report, 84% of CIOs have had to cancel an artificial intelligence project because of the limitations of their existing (legacy) IT systems. The article's standfirst points to these systems as a major obstacle to implementing AI projects in companies. Summary based on the full text of the article. [Read the article on Computing →](https://www.computing.es/cio/los-sistemas-legacy-paralizan-los-proyectos-ia/) ## Figures cited - 84 % Share of CIOs who have cancelled an AI project because of the limitations of their legacy systems > « El 84% de los CIO ha cancelado un proyecto de IA por las limitaciones de sus sistemas legacy, según un informe de GFT Technologies » Source: GFT Technologies ## Classification **Country** Worldwide scope **Company size** All sizes **Industries** Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · All industries, or industry not specified **Companies** GFT Technologies (study author) **Keywords** legacy systems, AI projects, CIO, project cancellation, digital transformation Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Computing. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.