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Application Replacement Fails Without Onboarding and Sunsetting Strategies, Finds Info-Tech Research Group

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Organizations often approach application replacement as a technical upgrade, but new findings from Info-Tech Research Group show it is a lifecycle challenge. Organizations that focus on deploying new systems without ensuring effective onboarding or fully retiring legacy applications limit value and increase risk. The firm’s blueprint, Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan, outlines a structured methodology to address both sides of the transition. 

ARLINGTON, Va., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As organizations accelerate application replacement, many struggle to balance user needs, strategic goals, and operational realities. Recent insights from Info-Tech Research Group indicate that the successful onboarding of new applications and the retirement of legacy systems depend on preparing early, coordinating across teams, and managing transitions with full visibility into risks and dependencies.

To address these challenges, Info-Tech’s recently published Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan blueprint outlines a two-phase methodology designed to help CIOs and IT leaders navigate the full application lifecycle from onboarding to sunset. The firm’s resource provides practical guidance for assessing onboarding maturity, aligning stakeholders, and mapping user journeys. The methodology also supports organizations in evaluating readiness for sunsetting, identifying risks and dependencies, and building a structured roadmap for the retirement of low-risk applications.

“Application onboarding sets the tone for the entire lifecycle, shaping how users adopt, engage with, and ultimately realize value from a new system,” says Jinit Shah, research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group. “By focusing on early outcomes and aligning cross-functional teams, organizations can accelerate time-to-value and improve long-term success.”

Info-Tech’s Two-Phase Framework for Systematic Application Replacement
To help organizations improve application replacement outcomes, Info-Tech’s Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan blueprint provides a structured framework to guide onboarding and sunsetting across the full lifecycle.

The two-phase approach is designed to help IT and applications leaders:

Phase 1: Assess and Map Application Onboarding for Seamless Adoption
Evaluate current onboarding maturity, align cross-functional stakeholders, and map application onboarding resources and user journeys. This phase ensures roles, responsibilities, and user needs are clearly defined, enabling organizations to deliver early value, accelerate adoption, and establish a consistent onboarding experience.

Phase 2: Plan and Execute Application Sunsetting Without Disruption
Define a clear sunsetting strategy, assess readiness, and conduct impact analysis to identify risks, dependencies, and affected components. This phase guides organizations in building a structured roadmap, executing the transition, and completing final cleanup activities to retire legacy systems safely and minimize operational disruption.

The firm also emphasizes that without a clear approach to sunsetting, organizations risk disruption, data issues, and lingering dependencies that undermine transformation efforts.

“Application sunsetting is more than just shutting down a system; it requires a controlled transition that protects data, maintains continuity, and minimizes risk,” adds Shah. “By identifying dependencies early and validating readiness, organizations can avoid disruption and confidently move away from legacy systems.”

By applying Info-Tech’s lifecycle approach, organizations can improve user adoption, reduce operational risk, and ensure legacy systems are retired without disruption. The blueprint equips IT leaders with practical tools and structured guidance, including onboarding maturity assessments, journey mapping frameworks, and application sunsetting workbooks, to align stakeholders, manage dependencies, and execute application replacement more effectively across the lifecycle.

For exclusive and timely commentary from Info-Tech’s experts, including Jinit Shah, and access to the complete Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan blueprint, please contact pr@infotech.com.

About Info-Tech Research Group
Info-Tech Research Group is the “get things done” partner for over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing leaders worldwide. The fastest growing research and advisory firm, Info-Tech enables leaders to make well-informed decisions and transform their organizations through AI, strategic foresight, step-by-step methodologies, practical tools, industry-leading advisory, and training programs. For nearly 30 years, tens of thousands of private and public organizations have trusted Info-Tech to lead their most important initiatives through periods of change and deliver outcomes that truly matter.

To learn more about Info-Tech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company, and for data-driven software buying insights and vendor evaluations, visit the firm’s SoftwareReviews platform.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software, and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.

For information about Info-Tech Research Group or to access the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and X.

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Indivisible Partners Welcomes FMB Wealth Management to Its Growing Advisor Network

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California firm rooted in perseverance and purpose joins Indivisible platform to expand client capabilities

CLEARWATER, Fla., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Indivisible Partners (“Indivisible”), an advisor-owned growth partnership, today announced that FMB Wealth Management, a Westlake Village, California-based wealth advisory firm, has joined its platform.

FMB was co-founded by Debbie and Tom Fields in 1994, and following Tom’s passing in 2018, Debbie led the firm as CEO for eight years, growing it into a $800 million practice. She established FMB as a woman-led firm defined by its ability to guide clients through financial complexity with both technical expertise and genuine care. The firm advises business owners, professional athletes, executives, multi-generational families, individuals navigating high-asset divorces, and philanthropists.

The Indivisible partnership follows an internal transition in which Debbie transferred majority ownership to her existing partners, led by Grant Blindbury, Danny Mock, and JJ Fields, in a move designed to ensure continuity for clients while positioning the firm for its next chapter.

“This is an opportunity to not only carry on the Fields’ legacy, but to share the story of its roots, and continue the significant growth we’ve achieved the last eight years,” said Blindbury. “This transition to the next generation is a testament to the firm’s origins, and a celebration of all the great things that lie ahead.”

Through its partnership with Indivisible, FMB gains access to expanded operational infrastructure, investment resources, planning capabilities, and growth leaders without disrupting the client relationships and culture at the firm’s core.

“Our partnership with Indivisible expands what we can offer clients while allowing our team to remain focused on the advice, guidance, and service they’ve always expected from FMB,” said Debbie Fields. “The added support strengthens our ability to deliver the thoughtful, relationship-driven guidance our clients count on.”

John Thiel, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Indivisible Partners, said the firm’s history made the partnership particularly meaningful: “FMB has built a practice around helping clients bring structure and intention to complex financial decisions, and the story behind that practice makes it all the more remarkable. We are proud to support a team whose commitment to clients, and to each other, reflects exactly what Indivisible was built to serve.”

About Indivisible Partners
Indivisible Partners is a privately held, independent advisory firm founded by experienced industry leaders and former advisors to redefine what independence can mean for elite advisory teams. The firm combines an innovative, integrated platform with true ownership, high-touch support, and a collaborative culture—empowering advisors to deliver better outcomes for their clients and build lasting enterprise value on their own terms. Indivisible Partners is headquartered in Clearwater, FL, and operates as a federally registered investment advisor. For more information, please visit: www.indivisible.com.

About FMB Wealth Management
FMB Wealth Management is a registered investment advisor based in Westlake Village, California, with investment advisory services offered through Indivisible Partners, LLC. The firm serves business owners, professional athletes, executives, multi-generational families, and individuals navigating complex financial transitions through a relationship-first approach. For more information, please visit: www.fmbwealth.com.

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KeyLogic is proud to announce the award of a contract supporting the Department of the Air Force Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (DAF CDAO)

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HERNDON, Va., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the Department advances its Data and AI Strategy, organizations across the Air and Space Forces are focused on turning data into mission advantage through stronger governance, improved interoperability, and accelerating AI for mission outcomes at scale. Through this effort, KeyLogic will support the DAF CDAO by identifying barriers to decision advantage, developing systems engineering artifacts and DoDAF views to inform future-state design, and modernizing internal program operations through Agile practices and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) optimization.

This award reflects the trust the Office of the DAF CDAO has placed in KeyLogic as a mission partner and recognizes our team’s experience delivering enterprise data, digital modernization, and AI-enabling solutions. We are honored to support this critical mission and look forward to helping advance the Department’s vision for a more data-centric, AI-enabled, and mission-ready force.

About KeyLogic
KeyLogic, LLC, a System One company, provides advanced analytical and strategic advisory services to help navigate complex energy and infrastructure challenges. Through multidisciplinary expertise, advanced modeling, and decision science, KeyLogic delivers actionable insights that inform decisions at the intersection of technology, markets, infrastructure, and policy.

Contact: Michele Smith, Sr VP of Business Operations, michele.smith@keylogic.com 

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Decisions Introduces Governed Vibe Coding and Enterprise Deployment Governance for Modern Automation

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The Decisions platform v10 release lets teams build front ends at the speed of AI while securing data, logic, and deployments with enterprise governance.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Decisions today announced its latest release, a major update to its enterprise orchestration platform that advances how organizations build, govern, deploy, and orchestrate automation at scale. The release introduces support for governed vibe coding, a new Deployment Tower for managing enterprise deployments, and an upgraded platform experience designed to make automation development faster and more intuitive.

Build at the speed of AI, governed by the enterprise

Decisions unites the speed of vibe coding to enterprise application development while keeping business logic, data, and workflows securely governed.

Development teams can use AI tools such as Claude Code to rapidly create front-end experiences, while Decisions provides a safe, scalable, and production-ready backend of flows, data, and business rules. Because AI-generated interfaces remain connected to the Decisions’ orchestration layer, organizations can deliver modern applications without creating disconnected systems or exposing critical business logic. 

Whether serving as the front end, the backend, or both, Decisions integrates with existing enterprise systems to support governed, end-to-end automation.

“Decisions transforms vibe coding from a weekend experiment into something the enterprise can actually trust,” said Decisions CEO Giles Whiting. “Vibe coding is phenomenal for spinning up front-end experiences at AI speed, but it introduces risk when those AI-generated interfaces get anywhere near production data, rules, and business logic. With our latest release, our customers can use whatever vibe-coding tool they like on the front end, while keeping their core decisions, rules, and data protected behind a governed Decisions backend. They get the velocity of AI-assisted development, without crossing business red lines on control, compliance, and reliability.”

The Decisions Deployment Tower: governed deployment, built in

As automation initiatives grow, the hard part is moving solutions safely across environments. Deployment Tower makes release governance part of the platform, connecting planning, validation, and promotion into a single governed lifecycle and making it possible to:

Understand what’s deployed where, across every environment.Trace every deployment back to the originating task (whether managed in Jira, Azure DevOps, or another project management system).Govern the movement of changes, with access controls, approvals, and audit built in.Control deployments at scale, from a single organization to many.

By importing stories and sprints directly into Decisions and keeping them synchronized, Deployment Tower replaces opaque revision numbers with a clear record of what changed, when, why, and by whom, giving teams in regulated industries a stronger foundation for traceability, governance, and audit.

An upgraded, more intuitive experience

This release also modernizes the entire platform with a cleaner, intuitive interface that reduces visual noise while making complex automation easier to build and manage.

Redesigned rule and truth table authoring improve readability and simplify the management of sophisticated business logic. Updated navigation, consistent design modules, and a new dark mode make the platform easier to learn and faster to build in, without sacrificing enterprise-grade capabilities.

“Teams everywhere want to build faster, but what really changes the game is being able to move quickly and trust every outcome,” said Whiting. “The latest release of the Decisions platform gives customers an even smarter way to create and a more controlled deployment, orchestrating work across people, systems, and AI so the more they build, the more value and confidence they get back from the business.”

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The Decisions platform v10 is available now. To learn more, visit https://decisions.com/platform/whats-new.

About Decisions

Decisions is the control layer for enterprise AI, bringing AI agents, systems, and people together under centralized governance. Built on a foundation of decisioning and process automation, it transforms fragmented automation into orchestrated outcomes across the business. Trusted by enterprises globally, Decisions helps organizations execute with speed, visibility, and control.

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