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Gartner

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Analyst firm that published research predicting over 70% of mainframe exit projects initiated in 2026 will fail due to overestimated generative AI capabilities.

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First Seen2026-04-07

Last Seen2026-04-22

Total Mentions3

Subject Mentions2

Last 7 Days0

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Peak Relevance4/5

Active Predictions1

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2026-04-22HIGH

Oil crisis? What oil crisis? IT spending de-coupled from wider war shock

Gartner raised its 2026 IT spending forecast to 13.5% growth ($6.31T) despite geopolitical crisis, with AI and datacenter investments driving the surge while broader enterprise IT stagnates at 7%.

2026-04-15HIGH

AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop: Gartner

Gartner forecasts that 70%+ of 2026 mainframe exit projects will fail because generative AI can't automate legacy code conversion as vendors promised, with 75% of vendors pivoting or closing by 2030.

2026-04-07HIGH

Only 28% of AI infrastructure projects fully pay off, survey finds

Gartner's survey of 782 IT managers found only 28% of AI infrastructure projects fully pay off—with skill gaps and data quality emerging as the real culprits, not the technology itself.

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Enterprise coding agent procurement processes will formalize within 8 weeks: at least 2 major analyst firms (Gartner, Forrester, or IDC) will publish coding agent comparison frameworks or Magic Quadrant-equivalent evaluations, and at least one Fortune 500 company will issue a public RFP or announce a formal vendor selection process for coding agents.

PENDING2026-04-12