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Connectivity cloud position paper 2025

Updated 3/16/2026

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Digital failure is a widespread issue. The Boston Consulting Group found that 70% of technology projects are late, over budget, and/or do not deliver on their original scope. More specifically, McKinsey found that 75% of cloud migrations run over budget. And on the AI front, Gartner predicts that at least 30% of generative AI … application onboarding. On the latter point, 48% of IT and security leaders say they are struggling to support evolving user types and a growing number of users, according to joint Forrester and Cloudflare research. But even more importantly, complexity in the network or IT and security stack also makes it harder to add new … supporting infrastructure as a key reason for failed AI projects. These examples do not even touch on security risks of complexity: incident response and analysis can become dangerously slow. They also donʼt include other cost considerations: using too many IT and security services usually means paying for features you never use. Small wonder, then, that 60% of security leaders

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