Kill the stack

Tech stacks are growing out of control — and the CIO knows it. As layers of cloud, SaaS, and legacy systems accumulate, complexity becomes the silent killer of speed, innovation, and control. This roundtable explores whether it’s time to radically rethink the stack: what to eliminate, what to rebuild, and how CIOs can simplify without putting the business at risk. Because today, managing the stack is no longer enough — it may be time to kill parts of it.