When shaping future virtualization and private cloud strategies, 61% say cross‑platform governance is very important or business critical.

When shaping future virtualization and private cloud strategies, 55% say integrated observability and AIOps is very important or business critical.

77% of consumers say data privacy policies influence their purchases.

53% of government IT security leaders rely on manual data transfer processes.

88% of consumers are most concerned about their financial information.

72% of consumers are concerned about their login credentials.

74% of enterprises view deploying agentic AI into production as a critical priority or strategic imperative.

National security organizations faced an average of 137 attempted or successful cyberattacks per week in 2025, up from 127 cyberattacks per week in 2024.

43% of consumers are concerned about their contact information.

Company breaches are the leading cause of consumer data exposure at 30%.

45% of security leaders in government, defense, and critical services cite managing identity and authentication across multiple domains as the biggest challenge to securing access to mission data.

90% of consumers say safeguarding their privacy is important.

Over 60% of organizations cite automating identity lifecycle processes and scaling identity operations as their primary GenAI use cases.

73% of construction enterprises prefer building on existing, open-source tools for AI agent orchestration.

71% of financial services enterprises prefer building on existing, open-source tools for AI agent orchestration.

16% of public sector agencies are piloting small AI projects.

Budget constraints (28%), technical complexity (24%), migration risk (21%), and skills gaps (20%) are cited by enterprises as the top barriers slowing virtualization progress.

Only 4% of enterprises cite licensing costs as the single biggest catalyst for virtualization.

78% of provisions are in the public cloud, 61% are in virtualized clusters, 48% are in private cloud, and 32% are at the edge.

When shaping future virtualization and private cloud strategies, 70% of enterprises say access to unified backup and cyber‑recovery is very important or business critical.