Cybersecurity statistics / Hybrid Multicloud

93% of organizations operate across multiple clouds.

Publisher	F5
Report	The State of Application Strategy in 2026
Published	5 May 2026
Topics	Hybrid Multicloud, Cloud

Published by F5 in The State of Application Strategy in 2026 , 5 May 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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