Information Systems Obsolescence and Its Impact on Business Digital Transformation
Session
Information Systems
Description
The digital transformation of businesses is a necessary requirement of recent times and a new opportunity for businesses to move from the form of carrying out operations in a conventional way to the new form where technologies are what they want. This process, is accompanied by many delicate challenges that often place businesses in an unenviable financial or competitive situation. One of the challenges that this paper discusses and analyzes is the obsolescence of information systems (IS). IS that are operating and that are more or less showing difficulties in improvement, lack of stability and accuracy, as well as the inability to integrate with new digital technologies. Such a challenge exposes businesses, among other things, to increased operational costs and increased risk for cybersecurity. IS Obsolescence as a phenomenon is widespread throughout the globe, but academic research on this topic seems to be limited. This becomes even more difficult when considering that quantitative research is geographically limited to Kosovo. The research applies quantitative and qualitative approaches by conducting a survey with local businesses and analysing case studies. The results are supposed to help accelerate academic knowledge on this topic and increase the efficiency of businesses as they can gain knowledge regarding more effective sustainability management.
Keywords:
IS obsolescence, digital transformation, technology integration, operational costs, data security
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-41-2
Location
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
25-10-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2025 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.216
Recommended Citation
Limani, Ylber and Zeneli, Jona, "Information Systems Obsolescence and Its Impact on Business Digital Transformation" (2025). UBT International Conference. 3.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2025UBTIC/IS/3
Information Systems Obsolescence and Its Impact on Business Digital Transformation
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
The digital transformation of businesses is a necessary requirement of recent times and a new opportunity for businesses to move from the form of carrying out operations in a conventional way to the new form where technologies are what they want. This process, is accompanied by many delicate challenges that often place businesses in an unenviable financial or competitive situation. One of the challenges that this paper discusses and analyzes is the obsolescence of information systems (IS). IS that are operating and that are more or less showing difficulties in improvement, lack of stability and accuracy, as well as the inability to integrate with new digital technologies. Such a challenge exposes businesses, among other things, to increased operational costs and increased risk for cybersecurity. IS Obsolescence as a phenomenon is widespread throughout the globe, but academic research on this topic seems to be limited. This becomes even more difficult when considering that quantitative research is geographically limited to Kosovo. The research applies quantitative and qualitative approaches by conducting a survey with local businesses and analysing case studies. The results are supposed to help accelerate academic knowledge on this topic and increase the efficiency of businesses as they can gain knowledge regarding more effective sustainability management.