PR Newswire·Jul 21, 2026, 8:00 AM ET

90% of Organizations Report Strong AI and Cloud Foundations, but Business Performance Falls Short, Unisys Finds

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Unisys released the "Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026" based on a survey of 1,000 senior IT & business decision-makers across the US, Europe, & Asia-Pacific.
90% of organizations report having the right architecture for large-scale data-driven decision-making, an increase from 72% in 2025.
Operational efficiency expectations are not being met, with only 65% of organizations exceeding them, down from 80% in 2025.
Cybersecurity breaches surged to 49% of organizations in the past 12 months, nearly three times higher than the 17% recorded the prior year.
While 75% of organizations believe agentic AI is essential for managing cloud environments, only 23% have begun scaling it across their business.
96% of organizations say their cloud security approach enhances their ability to adopt new technologies faster than competitors, up from 60% in 2025.
Top barriers to scaling new tools include talent shortages (27%) & data management & integration issues (26%).
Primary objectives for application transformation focus on technical modernization (39%) & enabling AI & automation (36%) rather than reducing costs (27%) or improving customer experience (24%).
Only 42% of business leaders view cloud & IT as profit centers rather than cost centers.
93% of organizations state that cloud security capabilities significantly affect the level of autonomy granted to AI systems.
Preparatory steps for agentic AI adoption include identifying priority use cases (89%), upskilling employees (87%), securing executive buy-in (87%), & partnering with vendors (86%).