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UK bank outages linked to legacy data management failures
UK banks suffered 800 hours of outages affecting millions, driven by outdated data infrastructure. The problem stems from fragmented legacy systems that struggle with modern transaction volumes. Without modernization, these disruptions will continue to plague the financial sector.
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The article correctly identifies a systemic issue, but understates the complexity of migrating from decades-old mainframes to cloud-native architectures.
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