{"id":10820,"date":"2026-02-25T18:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10820"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:40:27","slug":"your-technical-debt-is-crushing-your-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10820","title":{"rendered":"Your technical debt is crushing your bottom line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/S03E7-Tara-DeZao-landscape-cover-800x450.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tara DeZao of Pegasystems on Conversations with MarTech.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Did you know technical debt costs global enterprises approximately $400 million annually?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a staggering amount of money, and that debt arises from \u2014 among other things \u2014\u00a0 a cultural resistance to change or budgetary limitations, which lead organizations to add new applications rather than replacing outdated systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Technical debt can accumulate practically anywhere in an organization, and the martech stack is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we\u2019re talking with Tara DeZao, senior product marketing director at Pegasystems, about technical debt, whether AI can help solve the problem and how all of this plays into customer data and customer experience.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode guide<\/h3>\n<p><strong>0:36: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g&amp;t=36\">Meet Tara DeZao<\/a><br \/><strong>0:57:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g\">How does technical debt accumulate to such levels?<\/a><br \/><strong>2:48:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g&amp;t=168\">What role does AI play in helping address technical debt?<\/a><br \/><strong>4:38: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g&amp;t=278\">How will agentic AI help with legacy systems and technical debt?<\/a><br \/><strong>6:50: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g\">Do legacy systems stay in place because organizations trust them?<\/a><br \/><strong>9:50: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g&amp;t=590\">How do marketing teams feel about AI in their organizations?<\/a><br \/><strong>14:07:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HMpf1yOP-xc?si=rEI47BEFx05Ppt7g\">What will happen with technical debt and AI adoption in the coming year?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><!--\nPaste this into a WordPress \"Custom HTML\" block.\n--><\/p>\n<section class=\"cwt-follow-box\" aria-labelledby=\"cwt-follow-heading\">\n<h2>Follow Conversations with MarTech on:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cwt-row\">\n    <!-- Conversations with MarTech logo 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It\u2019s a staggering amount of money, and that debt arises from \u2014 among other things \u2014\u00a0 a cultural resistance to change or budgetary limitations, which lead organizations to add new applications rather than replacing outdated systems.\u00a0 Technical debt can accumulate practically anywhere in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/?p=10820\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your technical debt is crushing your bottom line&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"medium":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"large":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"inspiro-featured-image":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"inspiro-loop":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"inspiro-loop@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/martech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hmpf1yop-xc.jpg",0,0,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attentionmedia.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}