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title: "Opinionated Infrastructure Refreshing The City: Converged Infrastructure and Legacy"
date: 2013-08-13T18:18:24Z
modified: 2013-08-13T18:18:24Z
permalink: "https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/opinionated-infrastructure-refreshing-the-city-converged-infrastructure-and-legacy/"
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categories:
  - IBM
timestamp: 2013-08-13T18:18:24Z
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  - IBM
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The regeneration of Shoreditch can tell us something about systems architecture and the benefits of legacy. What is modernisation? Thoughts on governance, trains, networks, and [pace layering of legacy](http://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2010/11/22/pace-layering-in-software-websphere-feature-packs-vs-major-releases/). Inspired by the converged infrastructure my sponsor IBM PureSystems is building.

You should watch this video.