// Recognizing, Assessing & Reducing Technical Debt Sustainably
Managing Technical Debt: Safeguarding IT Stability, Security & Efficiency
Technical debt arises when companies postpone modernization and continue to use outdated IT systems – leading to higher costs, increased risks, and reduced flexibility. With Raynet One, you can precisely identify and assess this debt and systematically reduce it before performance and security are compromised.
The key benefits of managing Technical Debt with Raynet One
Minimise Technical Debt – for secure, stable and future-proof IT
Technical Debt arises when companies continue to use outdated or unsupported hardware and software. The result: productivity losses, security gaps and more difficult modernisation processes.
This Technical Debt in the IT infrastructure destabilises business processes, slows down innovation and negatively impacts the customer experience. It causes high maintenance costs, hinders scalability and creates hidden risks that can be costly for companies in the long term.
Raynet One gives you full transparency over your technical debt. The platform identifies all relevant assets, integrates vulnerability, EoL and EoS data, and accurately assesses risks. This allows you to prioritise debt, reduce it in a targeted manner and make your IT environment permanently stable, secure and future-proof.
Ensure that your IT remains debt-free and future-proof
Identify Technical Debt early on – reduce downtime
Identify and replace outdated systems early on. With Raynet One, you can identify technical debt in good time and ensure the stability and availability of your IT services.
Manage hidden IT risks and increase security
Eliminate unpatched software, EoL/EoS components and hidden technical debt. This will increase your IT security in the long term.
Avoid disruptions caused by EoL/EoS systems
Keep track of your IT assets throughout their lifecycle. Raynet One integrates vulnerability, end-of-life and end-of-support data and minimises unplanned downtime.
Increase productivity – relieve IT of Technical Debt
Less Technical Debt means fewer disruptions. Your IT becomes more efficient, your core business more productive – and your team has capacity for innovation again.
How METRO identified Technical Debt and reduced IT costs with Raynet
In a comprehensive IT asset management project, METRO AG, together with Raynet and USU, achieved a key goal: complete transparency regarding Technical Debt across the entire IT infrastructure.
The combination of Raynet Unified Data Platform and USU License Management made obsolete assets and unused software visible – the basis for strategic optimisation of costs, security and efficiency.
This enabled METRO to modernise its hardware and software portfolio in a sustainable manner and make it future-proof.
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Identify, evaluate and reduce Technical Debt in IT with Raynet One
Raynet One provides valuable insights into your IT environment and helps you to precisely identify, evaluate and systematically reduce Technical Debt.
In IT, technical debt arises both consciously, when modernisation is postponed for budgetary or resource reasons, and unconsciously, for example through EoL/EoS systems, missing security patches or shadow IT. Typical examples include servers with expired support contracts, end devices with outdated operating systems such as Windows 7, legacy applications without security updates, or unpatched databases.
Unlike classic software problems, technical debt directly affects IT infrastructure, security, and business processes. With the integrated Raynet Technology Catalog, you receive continuously updated IT asset data with lifecycle information and EoL/EoS status – the basis for full transparency.
With Raynet One, you can not only identify Technical Debt, but also prioritise and automatically reduce it – before it becomes a risk to security and productivity.
In our IT Visibility dashboard, you’ll get an overview about your optimization potential.
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Frequently asked questions about technical debt
What is Technical Debt?
Technical Debt arises when short-term IT decisions lead to complexity, inefficiency or risks in the future. It often results from a lack of standards, inadequate documentation or the use of outdated systems.
What causes Technical Debt?
Technical Debt usually arises from time pressure, inadequate planning or quick workarounds. Common causes include outdated software, a lack of lifecycle management and undocumented systems.
What risks does Technical Debt pose for companies?
Uncontrolled technical debt increases IT costs, slows down projects and jeopardises security. Outdated or unsupported systems that pose compliance and security risks are particularly critical.
How can Technical Debt be identified?
Companies can identify Technical Debt through regular IT transparency analyses, inventorying and monitoring. Tools such as Raynet One provide a complete overview of all assets, their lifecycle and support status.
How can Technical Debt be reduced?
It can be reduced through modernisation, consolidation and lifecycle management of IT assets. With a clear strategy, costs can be reduced, risks minimised and innovation capabilities increased.
How does Raynet One support the management of Technical Debt?
Raynet One offers true IT asset visibility and integrates data from over 200 sources. This enables companies to identify outdated, redundant or insecure systems at an early stage and reduce technical debt in a targeted manner.
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Technical debt arises when companies postpone modernization and continue to use outdated IT systems – leading to higher costs, increased risks, and reduced flexibility. With Raynet One, you can precisely identify and assess this debt and systematically reduce it before performance and security are compromised.
Technical Debt arises when companies continue to use outdated or unsupported hardware and software. The result: productivity losses, security gaps and more difficult modernisation processes.
This Technical Debt in the IT infrastructure destabilises business processes, slows down innovation and negatively impacts the customer experience. It causes high maintenance costs, hinders scalability and creates hidden risks that can be costly for companies in the long term.
Raynet One gives you full transparency over your technical debt. The platform identifies all relevant assets, integrates vulnerability, EoL and EoS data, and accurately assesses risks. This allows you to prioritise debt, reduce it in a targeted manner and make your IT environment permanently stable, secure and future-proof.
Identify and replace outdated systems early on. With Raynet One, you can identify technical debt in good time and ensure the stability and availability of your IT services.
Eliminate unpatched software, EoL/EoS components and hidden technical debt. This will increase your IT security in the long term.
Keep track of your IT assets throughout their lifecycle. Raynet One integrates vulnerability, end-of-life and end-of-support data and minimises unplanned downtime.
Less Technical Debt means fewer disruptions. Your IT becomes more efficient, your core business more productive – and your team has capacity for innovation again.
In a comprehensive IT asset management project, METRO AG, together with Raynet and USU, achieved a key goal: complete transparency regarding Technical Debt across the entire IT infrastructure.
The combination of Raynet Unified Data Platform and USU License Management made obsolete assets and unused software visible – the basis for strategic optimisation of costs, security and efficiency.
This enabled METRO to modernise its hardware and software portfolio in a sustainable manner and make it future-proof.
Raynet One provides valuable insights into your IT environment and helps you to precisely identify, evaluate and systematically reduce Technical Debt.
In IT, technical debt arises both consciously, when modernisation is postponed for budgetary or resource reasons, and unconsciously, for example through EoL/EoS systems, missing security patches or shadow IT. Typical examples include servers with expired support contracts, end devices with outdated operating systems such as Windows 7, legacy applications without security updates, or unpatched databases.
Unlike classic software problems, technical debt directly affects IT infrastructure, security, and business processes. With the integrated Raynet Technology Catalog, you receive continuously updated IT asset data with lifecycle information and EoL/EoS status – the basis for full transparency.
With Raynet One, you can not only identify Technical Debt, but also prioritise and automatically reduce it – before it becomes a risk to security and productivity.
What is Technical Debt?
Technical Debt arises when short-term IT decisions lead to complexity, inefficiency or risks in the future. It often results from a lack of standards, inadequate documentation or the use of outdated systems.
What causes Technical Debt?
Technical Debt usually arises from time pressure, inadequate planning or quick workarounds. Common causes include outdated software, a lack of lifecycle management and undocumented systems.
What risks does Technical Debt pose for companies?
Uncontrolled technical debt increases IT costs, slows down projects and jeopardises security. Outdated or unsupported systems that pose compliance and security risks are particularly critical.
How can Technical Debt be identified?
Companies can identify Technical Debt through regular IT transparency analyses, inventorying and monitoring. Tools such as Raynet One provide a complete overview of all assets, their lifecycle and support status.
How can Technical Debt be reduced?
It can be reduced through modernisation, consolidation and lifecycle management of IT assets. With a clear strategy, costs can be reduced, risks minimised and innovation capabilities increased.
How does Raynet One support the management of Technical Debt?
Raynet One offers true IT asset visibility and integrates data from over 200 sources. This enables companies to identify outdated, redundant or insecure systems at an early stage and reduce technical debt in a targeted manner.
Interested in our solutions, need further Information, or have questions?
With almost 25 years of experience and numerous customer projects worldwide, we can help you with your challenges – contact us today!