Report by Unisys

Cloud Insights Report 2025

21 FINDINGSPublished Aug 19, 2025
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Key Findings

Readiness for quantum computing is low at 32% for IT executives.

Quantum computing

82% of innovation leaders are already allocating more than 6% of their IT budgets to genAI-enabled data management.

AIGenAIIT budgetData management

Only 36% of organizations say they are ready to support large-scale AI workloads.

AI

73% of business executives warn that failing to adopt agentic AI could pose a competitive risk.

AIAgentic AI

62% of business executives say they are adopting or planning to adopt Zero Trust models.

Zero trust

78% of businesses are investing in GenAI.

AIGenAI

Augmented and virtual reality are supported by just 35% of IT environments.

Augmented realityVirtual reality

78% of organizations plan to increase investment in genAI.

AIGenAI

85% of organizations describe their cybersecurity posture as reactive.

MaturityReactive

In 2025, only 36% of organizations feel confident in their ability to support large-scale genAI workloads and data volumes.

AIGenAI

73% of business executives view agentic AI as critical to staying competitive.

AIAgentic AI

Only 14% of business executives say they're prepared for post-quantum cryptography.

Post-quantum cryptography

Downtime costs reached up to $500,000 per hour.

DowntimeBreach costs

In the past year, 17% of organizations experienced a breach.

Data breach

Just 36% of businesses have the infrastructure to support GenAI.

AIGenAI

2% of business executives view cloud and IT as profit centers.

CloudIT

Fewer than half of business executives are fully satisfied with the ROI on cloud, automation, and genAI.

CloudAutomationGenAIROI

61% of business leaders prioritise cyber recovery.

Cyber recovery

Readiness for edge computing is 34% for IT executives.

Edge computing

78% of all organizations intend to increase their genAI spend.

AIGenAIBudget

Only 43% of organizations have implemented AI-based cybersecurity measures.

AI