{"id":18226,"date":"2026-07-22T19:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=18226"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:03:22","slug":"85-of-canadian-firms-face-a-two-year-modernization-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=18226","title":{"rendered":"85% of Canadian firms face a two-year modernization hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Canadian organizations have moved AI into the core of how they operate, and now they\u2019re planning to spend the next two years rebuilding the systems it runs on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CGI\u2019s 2026 Voice of Our Clients research for Canada was drawn from 278 interviews with business and IT executives at 179 organizations. According to the report, 64% of respondents say they\u2019re applying AI to core business and operational processes, past the pilot stage. But 49% say legacy systems significantly challenge their digitization, data, and AI strategies, and 85% plan to modernize more than 20% of their core business application portfolio over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a familiar spot for anyone accountable for delivery. The AI is already in production, and the foundation under it is actively being built. CGI frames this as a move from experimentation to readiness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor Canadian organizations, the AI conversation has become one about foundation readiness,\u201d says Michael Godin, president of CGI\u2019s operations in Canada. \u201cAs organizations move beyond experimentation, they\u2019re prioritizing investments in cloud, data, governance and modernization to scale AI responsibly and achieve their digital transformation outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">61% say they\u2019re quantifying results from AI, which seems like progress until you separate measuring from earning. Quantifying a result isn\u2019t the same as booking a return, and CGI\u2019s own summary concedes that many organizations still struggle to quantify outcomes and scale value. Only 38% report a company-wide AI strategy. The rest are running AI in core operations without a coherent plan for the whole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sovereignty thread runs underneath all of it. 65% cite security and cyber risk as a cloud priority and 51% cite data sovereignty and localization, both of which make the modernization decision heavier, because rebuilding on a trusted, controllable foundation costs more and takes longer than moving to whatever\u2019s cheapest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the person carrying the AI mandate, keeping AI running in the business while the ground beneath it gets rebuilt, without stopping either one, is the current concern.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-final-shots\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Shots<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>64% are running AI in core operations, but only 38% have a company-wide strategy for it. Deployment got there first, governance is catching up.<\/li>\n<li>Security at 65% and data sovereignty at 51% are shaping cloud and modernization decisions, which makes the rebuild slower and costlier than a straight lift-and-shift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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