HCLTech and Pega Combine AI Automation to Help Enterprises Replace Legacy Systems Faster
HCLTech and Pegasystems have expanded their collaboration to help enterprises modernise legacy systems using AI-driven automation, cloud-native workflows, and governance-focused transformation tools.
The joint solution combines HCLTech AI Force with Pega Blueprint to accelerate enterprise modernization projects that are often slow, expensive, and heavily dependent on manual discovery work. The companies say the offering is designed to help organisations move away from fragmented legacy environments while improving operational flexibility and reducing technical debt.
Why Enterprises Still Struggle With Legacy Systems
Many large organisations continue relying on outdated enterprise systems that are expensive to maintain and difficult to scale. While these systems remain critical to daily operations, they often limit innovation, cloud adoption, and workflow efficiency.
Modernising these environments is also complex because enterprises must maintain business continuity, governance, and compliance during migration.
This challenge is especially important for regulated industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and large enterprise operations where operational disruption can create significant risk.
HCLTech and Pegasystems are positioning their AI-led modernization model as a faster and more controlled way to transform legacy infrastructure without disrupting critical business functions.
How the AI-Powered Modernisation Platform Works
The solution uses generative AI and agentic AI to automate large parts of the modernization process.
According to the companies, the platform can:
- Analyse enterprise environments
- Extract business logic from legacy systems
- Document workflows automatically
- Create structured migration requirements
- Generate cloud-ready applications and data models
Rather than simply shifting old systems onto newer infrastructure, the approach focuses on redesigning workflows into cloud-native environments.
The companies say this reduces the manual effort usually required for enterprise transformation projects while improving speed, traceability, and accuracy.
HCLTech’s Sadagopan Singam said the combination of AI Force and Pega Blueprint helps make modernization faster, smarter, and more efficient.
Governance and Scalability Remain Key Focus Areas
A major part of the collaboration focuses on governance, resilience, and scalability.
Many enterprises are cautious about modernization because of concerns around compliance, operational continuity, and security risks. The joint platform is designed to preserve governance controls while helping organisations modernise more efficiently.
Pegasystems’ John Higgins said enterprises are increasingly looking for modernization strategies that improve speed while still maintaining resilience, scalability, and governance.
This reflects a broader industry trend where AI is becoming central to enterprise transformation rather than simply supporting automation at the workflow level.
AI Is Reshaping Enterprise Modernisation
The HCLTech-Pega collaboration highlights how AI is changing enterprise software modernization.
Traditional modernization projects often rely on large consulting teams, manual system analysis, and long implementation timelines. AI-driven transformation models now aim to automate much of that process, helping organisations modernise systems more quickly and with lower operational complexity.
For enterprises, the goal is clear:
- Reduce technical debt
- Accelerate cloud transformation
- Improve operational efficiency
- Maintain governance and business continuity
The Bottom Line
The expanded collaboration between HCLTech and Pegasystems reflects a growing shift toward AI-led enterprise modernization.
By combining automation, cloud-native workflows, and governance-focused AI tools, the companies are helping enterprises modernise legacy systems in a more scalable and less disruptive way.
As organisations continue investing in AI-driven operations and digital infrastructure, AI-powered modernization platforms are expected to play an increasingly important role in enterprise transformation strategies.
