Telecoms company TalkTalk is planning to streamline its IT operations , removing nearly half of its computer infrastructure in the UK . The company has around 84 million lines of code across 3,000 machines , and claims about 60 % of this is unnecessary . It intends to address the " tech crisis " over the next 12 to 18 months , and hopes that doing so will improve the company 's efficiency . By Watson's estimation, around 60% of TalkTalk's codebase is unnecessary. Implementing new automation software from CA Technologies is expected to lead to efficiency improvements of up to 80 % . It reported a £ 75 m ( $ 99 m ) pre - tax loss for the first half of this year .
Telecoms company TalkTalk is planning to streamline its IT operations , removing nearly half of its computer infrastructure in the UK . The company has around 84 million lines of code across 3,000 machines , and claims about 60 % of this is unnecessary . It intends to address the " tech crisis " over the next 12 to 18 months , and hopes that doing so will improve the company 's efficiency . Implementing new automation software from CA Technologies is expected to lead to efficiency improvements of up to 80 % . It reported a £ 75 m ( $ 99 m ) pre - tax loss for the first half of this year .