Quarterly report · Q3 2026 · July to September · Free edition · By Robert Encarnacao

Ten signals that defined the quarter, and the pattern behind the rest

Once a quarter we name ten organizations whose plans say the most about where legacy modernization is heading, and describe everything else in aggregate. Subscribers saw these weeks earlier, along with every other organization we found.

The quarter in three findings

What to do with it

Ten signals that defined the quarter

Described here without names. The emailed edition names each organization and links to its source, and subscribers saw them weeks earlier. The bar under each one shows how far along the work is: planned, selecting a partner, or under way.

Everything else, in aggregate

Where are the signals?

What is being modernized?

How early are the signals?

Work has not startedAlready under way

Why do they say they are moving?

How do they plan to get there?

Public-sector budgets behind the signals

Which industries?

Which parts of government?

Public companies showing a signal, by week

Month over month

Public-sector projects, by state

Technologies on the way out

How big are the companies?

Against last quarter, and what we expect next

How last quarter's expectations fared

    What we expect next quarter

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