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  "title": "Data Migration Failure Rate: What the Studies Actually Measured, and Where the 83% Comes From",
  "slug": "data-migration-failure-rate",
  "version": "1.0",
  "last_source_check": "2026-10-13",
  "publisher": "Zinstall",
  "permalink_base": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate",
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  "scope_note": "Migration projects across the industry, as measured by independent studies, surveys and audits; most of those projects relied on in-house approaches (three in four in Bloor Research's 2007 survey). None of these figures measures transfers made with Zinstall's products.",
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      "statement": "23% over budget on average was the public cloud spend of the 750 cloud decision-makers and users in Flexera's 2020 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in the first quarter of 2020 (Flexera, 2020).",
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      "value": 23,
      "unit": "% average overrun of public cloud spend against budget",
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      "period": "2020 (survey Q1 2020)",
      "population": "Cloud decision-makers and users (technical professionals and executive leaders) worldwide, Flexera State of the Cloud survey",
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      "source_title": "Flexera Releases 2020 State of the Cloud Report (press release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-releases-2020-state-of-the-cloud-report",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2020-04-28",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Organizations are over budget for cloud spend by an average of 23 percent, and expect cloud spend to increase by 47 percent next year",
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      "notes": "Ninth edition (formerly RightScale). Vendor-published survey of an independent panel; Flexera sells FinOps tooling. The 2026 edition changes the budget question (see flexera-2026 record).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2020-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-23pct",
      "citation_text": "23% over budget on average was the public cloud spend of the 750 cloud decision-makers and users in Flexera's 2020 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in the first quarter of 2020 (Flexera, 2020). Source: Flexera, \"Flexera Releases 2020 State of the Cloud Report (press release)\" (https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-releases-2020-state-of-the-cloud-report). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2020-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-23pct.",
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      "id": "flexera-2021-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-24pct",
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      "statement": "24% over budget on average was the public cloud spend of the 750 respondents to Flexera's 2021 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Flexera, 2021).",
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      "period": "2021 (survey Q4 2020)",
      "population": "Cloud decision-makers and users (technical professionals and executive leaders) worldwide, Flexera State of the Cloud survey",
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      "publisher": "Flexera",
      "source_title": "Cloud cost management isn't just about cutting waste: What 5 years of Flexera's State of the Cloud data reveals (Flexera blog)",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2026-09-02",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Five years ago, respondents estimated that 30% of cloud spend was wasted and public cloud spend was over budget by an average of 24% with expected cloud spend growth of 39% over the following year.",
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      "notes": "The 2021 English press release omits the figure; Flexera's own 2026 retrospective blog and the 2022 report (p46: 'down from 24 percent YoY') carry it. Sample 750, Q4 2020 per the 2021 press release.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2021-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-24pct",
      "citation_text": "24% over budget on average was the public cloud spend of the 750 respondents to Flexera's 2021 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Flexera, 2021). Source: Flexera, \"Cloud cost management isn't just about cutting waste: What 5 years of Flexera's State of the Cloud data reveals (Flexera blog)\" (https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/cloud-cost-management-trends/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2021-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-24pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "flexera-2022-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-13pct",
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      "statement": "13% over budget on average was the public cloud spend reported by the 753 respondents to Flexera's 2022 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in late 2021, down from 24% the year before (Flexera, 2022).",
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      "population": "Cloud decision-makers and users (technical professionals and executive leaders) worldwide, Flexera State of the Cloud survey",
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      "source_title": "Flexera 2022 State of the Cloud Report",
      "source_url": "https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/Flexera-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-2022.pdf",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2022-03-09",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "respondents reported their public cloud spend was over budget by an average of 13 percent, down from 24 percent YoY. Moreover, respondents expect their cloud spend to further increase by 29 percent in the next twelve months.",
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      "history": [],
      "notes": "Full report PDF, ungated on resources.flexera.com. German press release carries the same 13% (2021: 24%).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2022-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-13pct",
      "citation_text": "13% over budget on average was the public cloud spend reported by the 753 respondents to Flexera's 2022 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in late 2021, down from 24% the year before (Flexera, 2022). Source: Flexera, \"Flexera 2022 State of the Cloud Report\" (https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/Flexera-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-2022.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2022-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-13pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "flexera-2023-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-18pct",
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      "statement": "18% over budget on average was the public cloud spend reported by the 750 respondents to Flexera's 2023 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in winter 2022, up from 13% the year before (Flexera, 2023).",
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      "published_at": "2023-03-08",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Public cloud spend was over budget by an average of 18%, up from 13% the previous year. Respondents remain bullish on cloud, as 30% expected spend to increase in next twelve months.",
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      "notes": "Same page: 'Respondents indicated a 39% increase YoY in the amount of cloud spend over budget' (18 vs 13 is a 38.5% relative rise); trade press misread the 39% as a share of organisations. Flexera blog 2023-07-27 repeats the 18%/13%.",
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      "citation_text": "18% over budget on average was the public cloud spend reported by the 750 respondents to Flexera's 2023 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in winter 2022, up from 13% the year before (Flexera, 2023). Source: Flexera, \"Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report\" (https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/Flexera-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-2023.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2023-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-18pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "flexera-2024-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-15pct",
      "family": "cloud-migration",
      "statement": "15% over budget on average was the public cloud spend reported by the 753 respondents to Flexera's 2024 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in winter 2023 (Flexera, 2024).",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2024-03-12",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Public cloud spend was over budget by an average of 15%. Respondents remain bullish on cloud, as 31% expected their spend to increase in the next twelve months.",
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      "notes": "The English press release omits the figure; the German press release says 'um 15%'. Full report PDF ungated.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2024-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-15pct",
      "citation_text": "15% over budget on average was the public cloud spend reported by the 753 respondents to Flexera's 2024 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in winter 2023 (Flexera, 2024). Source: Flexera, \"Flexera 2024 State of the Cloud Report\" (https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/Flexera-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-2024.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2024-public-cloud-spend-over-budget-avg-15pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2025-03-19",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "With cloud spend expected to increase by 28% in the coming year, forecasting remains challenging, and organizations are exceeding budgets by 17%.",
      "locator": "Report page 9, FinOps highlight; press release: 'With cloud budgets already exceeding limits by 17%'",
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      "notes": "Measurement break: the 2026 report restates the same metric as '17% reported exceeding their public cloud budgets in the past year' (a share of respondents), so the 2025 figure may not be an average overrun like 2020 to 2024. Flag on any chart. Sample 759 per report p10 (press release says 'more than 750').",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2025-cloud-budgets-exceeded-by-17pct",
      "citation_text": "17% was the amount by which organizations were exceeding their cloud budgets according to the 759 respondents to Flexera's 2025 State of the Cloud survey, fielded in winter 2024 (Flexera, 2025). Source: Flexera, \"Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report\" (https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/Flexera-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-2025.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2025-cloud-budgets-exceeded-by-17pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "statement": "17% of respondents reported exceeding their public cloud budgets in the past year in Flexera's 2026 State of the Cloud survey of 753 cloud decision-makers, fielded in winter 2025 (Flexera, 2026).",
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      "source_title": "Flexera 2026 State of the Cloud Report",
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      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2026-03-18",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Twenty-seven percent of respondents expect to increase their public cloud spending, while 17% reported exceeding their public cloud budgets in the past year. These trends have remained relatively stable from year to year",
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      "notes": "Different measure from the 2020 to 2024 'average % over budget' series: this is the share of respondents over budget. Do not chart on the same axis. The 2026 press release gives no over-budget figure.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2026-respondents-exceeded-public-cloud-budget-17pct",
      "citation_text": "17% of respondents reported exceeding their public cloud budgets in the past year in Flexera's 2026 State of the Cloud survey of 753 cloud decision-makers, fielded in winter 2025 (Flexera, 2026). Source: Flexera, \"Flexera 2026 State of the Cloud Report\" (https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/Flexera-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-2026.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#flexera-2026-respondents-exceeded-public-cloud-budget-17pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "rightscale-2017-respondents-estimate-wasted-cloud-spend-30pct",
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      "statement": "30% of cloud spend was wasted by the estimate of the 1,002 technology professionals in RightScale's 2017 State of the Cloud survey, while RightScale measured actual waste at 30% to 45% (RightScale, 2017).",
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      "period": "2017 (survey January 2017)",
      "population": "Technology professionals at large and small enterprises, RightScale State of the Cloud survey",
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      "source_title": "RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report Uncovers Cloud Adoption Trends (press release, VMblog copy)",
      "source_url": "https://vmblog.com/bylines/rightscale-2017-state-of-the-cloud-report-uncovers-cloud-adoption-trends-optimizing-cloud-costs-is-now-the-top-initiative-across-all-cloud-users/",
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      "published_at": "2017-02-15",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Respondents estimate 30 percent of cloud spend is wasted, while RightScale has measured actual waste between 30 and 45 percent.",
      "locator": "VMblog repost of the release, 'Significant Wasted Cloud Spend Drives Users to Focus On Costs' bullet",
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      "notes": "RightScale (acquired by Flexera in 2018) published the series before Flexera. Same release: 'Managing cloud spend fell only slightly from 26 to 25 percent to tie for the biggest challenge.' rightscale.com is offline; Wayback was offline on 2026-10-13.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rightscale-2017-respondents-estimate-wasted-cloud-spend-30pct",
      "citation_text": "30% of cloud spend was wasted by the estimate of the 1,002 technology professionals in RightScale's 2017 State of the Cloud survey, while RightScale measured actual waste at 30% to 45% (RightScale, 2017). Source: RightScale, \"RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report Uncovers Cloud Adoption Trends (press release, VMblog copy)\" (https://vmblog.com/bylines/rightscale-2017-state-of-the-cloud-report-uncovers-cloud-adoption-trends-optimizing-cloud-costs-is-now-the-top-initiative-across-all-cloud-users/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rightscale-2017-respondents-estimate-wasted-cloud-spend-30pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
    },
    {
      "id": "rightscale-2018-wasted-cloud-spend-35pct",
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      "statement": "35% of cloud spend was wasted according to RightScale's 2018 State of the Cloud survey of 997 technology professionals: respondents self-estimated about 30% and RightScale added five points from its own measurements (RightScale, 2018).",
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      "period": "2018 (survey January 2018)",
      "population": "Technology professionals at large and small enterprises, RightScale State of the Cloud survey",
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      "publisher": "RightScale",
      "source_title": "RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud Report Uncovers Cloud Adoption Trends (press release, VMblog copy)",
      "source_url": "https://vmblog.com/bylines/rightscale-2018-state-of-the-cloud-report-uncovers-cloud-adoption-trends/",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2018-02-13",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "enterprise cloud spending will grow rapidly over the next year, and yet 35 percent of cloud spend is wasted. As a result, optimizing clouds costs is the top initiative for cloud users in 2018",
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      "series": "flexera-estimated-wasted-cloud-spend",
      "history": [],
      "notes": "BetaNews 2018-02-13 explains the composition: 'Companies self-estimate that they waste around 30 percent of their cloud spend and RightScale reckons another five percent on top of that' (raw/cloud-migration/betanews-2018-rightscale-coverage.html). GlobeNewswire original blocks fetches.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rightscale-2018-wasted-cloud-spend-35pct",
      "citation_text": "35% of cloud spend was wasted according to RightScale's 2018 State of the Cloud survey of 997 technology professionals: respondents self-estimated about 30% and RightScale added five points from its own measurements (RightScale, 2018). Source: RightScale, \"RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud Report Uncovers Cloud Adoption Trends (press release, VMblog copy)\" (https://vmblog.com/bylines/rightscale-2018-state-of-the-cloud-report-uncovers-cloud-adoption-trends/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rightscale-2018-wasted-cloud-spend-35pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
    },
    {
      "id": "rightscale-2019-respondents-estimate-wasted-cloud-spend-27pct",
      "family": "cloud-migration",
      "statement": "27% of cloud spend was wasted by the estimate of the 786 technology professionals in the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud survey from Flexera, while Flexera measured actual waste at 35% (Flexera, 2019).",
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      "population": "Technical professionals across organisations of varying sizes, RightScale State of the Cloud survey from Flexera",
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      "publisher": "Flexera",
      "source_title": "RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera",
      "source_url": "https://resources.flexera.com/web/pdf/RightScale-2019-State-of-the-Cloud-Report-from-Flexera.pdf",
      "source_type": "secondary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2019-02-26",
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      "id": "gao-2008-federal-it-projects-poorly-planned-or-poorly-performing-413",
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      "statement": "413 federal IT projects, with at least $25.2 billion of fiscal 2008 spending, were identified by OMB and agencies as poorly planned, poorly performing or both, GAO testified on July 31, 2008 (GAO, 2008).",
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      "source_title": "Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars (GAO-08-1051T, testimony, July 31, 2008)",
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      "quote": "OMB and federal agencies have identified approximately 413 IT projects--totaling at least $25.2 billion in expenditures for fiscal year 2008--as being poorly planned, poorly performing, or both.",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20250627141310/https://www.gao.gov/assets/a120970.html; GAO-08-1051T, 'What GAO Found' (highlights) and page 2 of the testimony",
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      "notes": "gao.gov returned 403 to automated fetches; text taken from the Wayback copy of GAO's accessible-text page and matched by a live WebFetch. 352 projects ($23.4 billion) poorly planned (Management Watch List), 87 ($4.8 billion) poorly performing (agency high-risk lists), 26 ($3 billion) both.",
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      "citation_text": "413 federal IT projects, with at least $25.2 billion of fiscal 2008 spending, were identified by OMB and agencies as poorly planned, poorly performing or both, GAO testified on July 31, 2008 (GAO, 2008). Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office, \"Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars (GAO-08-1051T, testimony, July 31, 2008)\" (https://www.gao.gov/assets/a120970.html). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#gao-2008-federal-it-projects-poorly-planned-or-poorly-performing-413.",
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      "quote": "we surveyed the managers of a random sample of 180 projects selected from the 778 major IT projects the 24 major agencies plan to invest in during fiscal year 2008",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20250627141310/https://www.gao.gov/assets/a120970.html; Page 2 (scope and methodology paragraph) for the 778; 'What GAO Found' for the 413",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#gao-2008-share-of-major-federal-it-projects-poorly-planned-or-performing-53pct",
      "citation_text": "53.1% of the 778 major federal IT projects planned for fiscal 2008 were on OMB's poorly planned list or agencies' poorly performing lists (413 of 778), computed from GAO's July 2008 testimony (GAO, 2008). Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office, \"Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to Improve Planning, Management, and Oversight of Projects Totaling Billions of Dollars (GAO-08-1051T, testimony, July 31, 2008)\" (https://www.gao.gov/assets/a120970.html). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#gao-2008-share-of-major-federal-it-projects-poorly-planned-or-performing-53pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "glass-2006-research-findings-do-not-support-standish-conclusions",
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      "statement": "0 independent research studies, in general, supported the Standish CHAOS failure figures, Robert Glass wrote in Communications of the ACM in 2006, noting Standish had refused to disclose its method (Glass, 2006).",
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      "source_title": "The Standish Report: Does It Really Describe a Software Crisis? (CACM 49(8), August 2006, pp. 15-16)",
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      "quote": "Let me say that again. Objective research study findings do not, in general, support those Standish conclusions.",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20200815172954/https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2006/8/5855-the-standish-report/fulltext; CACM 49(8), August 2006, pp. 15-16, paragraphs 10-12 of the column",
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      "notes": "Glass: 'Repeatedly, those researchers who have queried Standish have been rebuffed in their quest.' He also notes the 'software crisis' claim rests on Standish's 'huge failure rates, 70% or more' (challenged plus failed), a conflation to avoid on the page.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#glass-2006-research-findings-do-not-support-standish-conclusions",
      "citation_text": "0 independent research studies, in general, supported the Standish CHAOS failure figures, Robert Glass wrote in Communications of the ACM in 2006, noting Standish had refused to disclose its method (Glass, 2006). Source: Communications of the ACM (Robert L. Glass), \"The Standish Report: Does It Really Describe a Software Crisis? (CACM 49(8), August 2006, pp. 15-16)\" (https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2006/8/5855-the-standish-report/fulltext). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#glass-2006-research-findings-do-not-support-standish-conclusions.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "glass-2006-standish-1994-survey-asked-executives-to-share-failure-stories",
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      "statement": "1 sentence in Standish's own 1994 report describes its recruitment as asking IT executives 'to share failure stories', which Glass argued biases the CHAOS figures toward failure (Glass, 2006).",
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      "population": "The Standish Group's 1994 CHAOS survey recruitment, as quoted by Glass from the report",
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      "quote": "The report says, in Standish's own words, \"We then called and mailed a number of confidential surveys to a random sample of top IT executives, asking them to share failure stories.\"",
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      "notes": "Glass compares it to the 1980s GAO study that was dropped as a citation once it was found to have sampled projects already known to be failing. The quoted sentence is in the 1994 report's 'Failure Research' section.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#glass-2006-standish-1994-survey-asked-executives-to-share-failure-stories",
      "citation_text": "1 sentence in Standish's own 1994 report describes its recruitment as asking IT executives 'to share failure stories', which Glass argued biases the CHAOS figures toward failure (Glass, 2006). Source: Communications of the ACM (Robert L. Glass), \"The Standish Report: Does It Really Describe a Software Crisis? (CACM 49(8), August 2006, pp. 15-16)\" (https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2006/8/5855-the-standish-report/fulltext). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#glass-2006-standish-1994-survey-asked-executives-to-share-failure-stories.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "jorgensen-molokken-2006-standish-1994-189pct-cost-overrun-much-too-high",
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      "statement": "189% average cost overrun, the Standish 1994 figure, is 'much too high to reflect the situation in 1994' according to Jorgensen and Molokken-Ostvold's review, which found it inconsistent with other surveys of the period (Jorgensen and Molokken, 2006).",
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      "source_title": "How Large Are Software Cost Overruns? A Review of the 1994 CHAOS Report",
      "source_url": "https://web-backend.simula.no/sites/default/files/publications/Jorgensen.2006.4.pdf",
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      "quote": "We found several reasons to believe that an average cost overrun of 189% is much too high to reflect the situation in 1994.",
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      "notes": "Main conclusion: 'we should doubt the validity of the 189% average cost overrun reported by the Standish Group in 1994 until such time as the Standish Group disclose how they measure cost overrun and how they conduct their research.'",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#jorgensen-molokken-2006-standish-1994-189pct-cost-overrun-much-too-high",
      "citation_text": "189% average cost overrun, the Standish 1994 figure, is 'much too high to reflect the situation in 1994' according to Jorgensen and Molokken-Ostvold's review, which found it inconsistent with other surveys of the period (Jorgensen and Molokken, 2006). Source: Information and Software Technology (M. Jorgensen and K. Molokken-Ostvold, Simula), \"How Large Are Software Cost Overruns? A Review of the 1994 CHAOS Report\" (https://web-backend.simula.no/sites/default/files/publications/Jorgensen.2006.4.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#jorgensen-molokken-2006-standish-1994-189pct-cost-overrun-much-too-high.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "jorgensen-molokken-2006-web-documents-reading-189pct-as-overrun-50pct",
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      "statement": "50% of 50 randomly sampled web documents described Standish's 1994 result as a '189% cost overrun', 40% as '189% of original estimate' and 10% as an '89% cost overrun', in Jorgensen and Molokken-Ostvold's review (Jorgensen and Molokken, 2006).",
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      "quote": "50% of the documents described the result as “ 189% cost overrun ”, 40% as “189% of original estimate ”, and 10% as “89% cost overrun”.",
      "locator": "Page 3, section 3, bullet list after 'To see whether we were the only ones confused' (spacing inside the quotation marks as extracted from the PDF)",
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      "notes": "Shows the 1994 cost figure is quoted two incompatible ways; 70% of the documents tied it to '53% of the projects' without saying that meant challenged projects only.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#jorgensen-molokken-2006-web-documents-reading-189pct-as-overrun-50pct",
      "citation_text": "50% of 50 randomly sampled web documents described Standish's 1994 result as a '189% cost overrun', 40% as '189% of original estimate' and 10% as an '89% cost overrun', in Jorgensen and Molokken-Ostvold's review (Jorgensen and Molokken, 2006). Source: Information and Software Technology (M. Jorgensen and K. Molokken-Ostvold, Simula), \"How Large Are Software Cost Overruns? A Review of the 1994 CHAOS Report\" (https://web-backend.simula.no/sites/default/files/publications/Jorgensen.2006.4.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#jorgensen-molokken-2006-web-documents-reading-189pct-as-overrun-50pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "eveleens-verhoef-2010-standish-definitions-four-major-problems-1211-projects",
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      "statement": "1,211 real-world projects with 5,457 forecasts were run through Standish's definitions by Eveleens and Verhoef, who found the definitions misleading, one-sided, distorting of estimation practice and productive of meaningless figures (Eveleens and Verhoef, 2010).",
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      "population": "5,457 cost forecasts of 1,211 real-world IT projects at three organizations (hundreds of millions of euros), analysed by Eveleens and Verhoef",
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      "publisher": "IEEE Software (J. L. Eveleens and C. Verhoef)",
      "source_title": "The Rise and Fall of the Chaos Report Figures (IEEE Software 27(1), 2010, pp. 30-36)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cs.vu.nl/~x/chaos/chaos.pdf",
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      "quote": "the Standish definitions of successful and challenged projects have four major problems: they’re misleading, one-sided, pervert the estimation practice, and result in meaningless figures.",
      "locator": "Page 1 (IEEE Software p. 30), opening paragraph; dataset described in the same paragraph ('5,457 forecasts of 1,211 real-world projects')",
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      "notes": "Author copy at cs.vu.nl; IEEE Software 27(1), Jan/Feb 2010, pp. 30-36. The paper also tabulates Standish's figures 1994-2009 (Table 1) and shows that an organization can move from 'challenged' to 'successful' merely by overestimating.",
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      "citation_text": "1,211 real-world projects with 5,457 forecasts were run through Standish's definitions by Eveleens and Verhoef, who found the definitions misleading, one-sided, distorting of estimation practice and productive of meaningless figures (Eveleens and Verhoef, 2010). Source: IEEE Software (J. L. Eveleens and C. Verhoef), \"The Rise and Fall of the Chaos Report Figures (IEEE Software 27(1), 2010, pp. 30-36)\" (https://www.cs.vu.nl/~x/chaos/chaos.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#eveleens-verhoef-2010-standish-definitions-four-major-problems-1211-projects.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "cutter-2005-software-projects-failing-to-meet-budget-targets-50pct",
      "family": "it-projects-comparators",
      "statement": "50% of software projects failed on the budget criterion and 55% on schedule in Cutter Consortium's 2005 surveys (more than 200 organizations; 232 completed projects) analysed by Bennatan and El Emam (Cutter Consortium, 2005).",
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      "source_title": "Press Release: Software Project Success and Failure (August 24, 2005)",
      "source_url": "https://www.cutter.com/press-release-software-project-success-and-failure",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2005-08-24",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Software Project Failure Rates Based on Specific Criteria Criterion Failure Rate Customer satisfaction 27% Ability to meet budget targets 50% Ability to meet schedule targets 55% Product quality 28% Staff productivity 32%",
      "locator": "Press release of August 24, 2005, table 'Software Project Failure Rates Based on Specific Criteria'",
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      "notes": "Preliminary findings. Shows how the 'failure rate' moves from 27% to 55% depending on the criterion, which is the page's central caveat. El Emam later published the replicated survey in IEEE Software 2008.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#cutter-2005-software-projects-failing-to-meet-budget-targets-50pct",
      "citation_text": "50% of software projects failed on the budget criterion and 55% on schedule in Cutter Consortium's 2005 surveys (more than 200 organizations; 232 completed projects) analysed by Bennatan and El Emam (Cutter Consortium, 2005). Source: Cutter Consortium (E. M. Bennatan and Khaled El Emam), \"Press Release: Software Project Success and Failure (August 24, 2005)\" (https://www.cutter.com/press-release-software-project-success-and-failure). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#cutter-2005-software-projects-failing-to-meet-budget-targets-50pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
      "id": "panorama-2014-erp-projects-exceeding-planned-budget-54pct",
      "family": "it-projects-comparators",
      "statement": "54% of ERP projects exceeded their planned budgets and 72% their planned durations over the four years to 2013 in Panorama Consulting's 2014 ERP Report, a web survey of 192 respondents (Panorama Consulting, 2014).",
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      "source_url": "https://www.rklesolutions.com/hubfs/Arxistechnology/Pdf/2014-ERP-Report.pdf",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2014-01-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "approximately 54-percent of projects have exceeded their planned budgets, 72-percent of projects have exceeded their planned durations and a full 66-percent of respondent organizations have received less than 50 -percent of the measurable benefits they anticipated",
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      "citation_text": "150 devices is the minimum fleet size for a free App Assure subscription to fix Windows 11 app compatibility issues, according to Microsoft's Windows 11 planning page in 2025 (Microsoft, 2025). Source: Microsoft, \"Plan for Windows 11\" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/windows-11-plan). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-learn-2025-app-assure-free-for-150-plus-devices.",
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      "notes": "Manufacturer case study of Microsoft's own internal deployment (Microsoft Digital Employee Experience); the page shows October 17, 2024 as its date but the deployment and first publication were in 2022, so the id keeps the Windows 11 page's 2022 label. microsoft.com blocked direct fetches on 2026-10-13; the December 2024 Wayback snapshot is saved in raw/pc-os-migration/wayback-ms-insidetrack-speedy-win11.txt. Same id as on the Windows 11 page.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-insidetrack-2022-app-assure-99-7pct-compatibility",
      "citation_text": "99.7% of all apps were compatible with Windows 11 in App Assure data, which Microsoft said removed the need for extensive testing in its own 190,000-device upgrade, reported in 2022 (Microsoft Inside Track, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Unpacking Microsoft's speedy upgrade to Windows 11\" (https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/unpacking-microsofts-speedy-upgrade-to-windows-11). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-insidetrack-2022-app-assure-99-7pct-compatibility.",
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      "quote": "Microsoft rolled out Windows 11 to 190,000 devices across the company in just five weeks.",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20241207153609/https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/unpacking-microsofts-speedy-upgrade-to-windows-11/; opening summary",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-insidetrack-2022-190000-devices-upgraded-to-windows-11-in-five-weeks",
      "citation_text": "190,000 devices were upgraded to Windows 11 across Microsoft in five weeks, the fastest operating-system deployment in the company's history, reported in 2022 (Microsoft Inside Track, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Unpacking Microsoft's speedy upgrade to Windows 11\" (https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/unpacking-microsofts-speedy-upgrade-to-windows-11). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-insidetrack-2022-190000-devices-upgraded-to-windows-11-in-five-weeks.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
    },
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Over the course of five weeks, our Microsoft Digital Employee Experience team deployed Windows 11 to 99 percent of qualifying devices.",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20241207153609/https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/unpacking-microsofts-speedy-upgrade-to-windows-11/; section on inventory and deployment; conclusion says 'With no measured uptick in support tickets'",
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      "notes": "Manufacturer case study of Microsoft's own internal deployment (Microsoft Digital Employee Experience); the page shows October 17, 2024 as its date but the deployment and first publication were in 2022, so the id keeps the Windows 11 page's 2022 label. microsoft.com blocked direct fetches on 2026-10-13; the December 2024 Wayback snapshot is saved in raw/pc-os-migration/wayback-ms-insidetrack-speedy-win11.txt.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-insidetrack-2022-99pct-of-qualifying-devices-deployed-no-uptick-in-support-tickets",
      "citation_text": "99% of qualifying devices at Microsoft received Windows 11 within five weeks, with no measured uptick in support tickets, reported in 2022 (Microsoft Inside Track, 2022). Source: Microsoft, \"Unpacking Microsoft's speedy upgrade to Windows 11\" (https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/unpacking-microsofts-speedy-upgrade-to-windows-11). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#microsoft-insidetrack-2022-99pct-of-qualifying-devices-deployed-no-uptick-in-support-tickets.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "intel-2002-09-new-pc-setup-can-take-days-or-even-months",
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      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "duration statement (no figure)",
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      "source_title": "PC Migration Work Group To Improve Upgrades From Old PCs To New PCs",
      "source_url": "https://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2002/20020904corp.htm",
      "source_type": "primary",
      "source_access": "open",
      "published_at": "2002-09-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Currently, it can take days or even months to get a new PC set up with the data, e-mail, contacts, bookmarks and personal settings from a user's old computer.",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20031206013301/http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20020904corp.htm; third paragraph",
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      "notes": "Intel press release of 4 September 2002 announcing the PC Migration Work Group (Intel, Altiris, Detto, Eisenworld, IBM, Laplink, Microsoft, Miramar, Symantec, Tranxition). intel.com returns Access Denied to automated fetches; the December 2003 Wayback snapshot is saved in raw/pc-os-migration/wayback-intel-2002-09-04-pc-migration-workgroup.txt.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#intel-2002-09-new-pc-setup-can-take-days-or-even-months",
      "citation_text": "Days or even months was how long it could take to set up a new PC with the data, e-mail, contacts, bookmarks and settings from an old one, according to Intel's 2002 announcement of the PC Migration Work Group (Intel, 2002). Source: Intel, \"PC Migration Work Group To Improve Upgrades From Old PCs To New PCs\" (https://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2002/20020904corp.htm). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#intel-2002-09-new-pc-setup-can-take-days-or-even-months.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
      "id": "gartner-2002-via-intel-250-dollars-average-savings-per-computer-from-a-migration-solution",
      "family": "pc-os-migration",
      "statement": "$250 per computer was Gartner Group's estimated average saving from implementing a migration solution in a corporate environment, as quoted in Intel's 2002 PC Migration Work Group announcement (Gartner via Intel, 2002).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
      "value": 250,
      "unit": "US dollars saved per computer (Gartner estimate, as quoted)",
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      "display_label": "",
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      "source_title": "PC Migration Work Group To Improve Upgrades From Old PCs To New PCs",
      "source_url": "https://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2002/20020904corp.htm",
      "source_type": "secondary",
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      "published_at": "2002-09-04",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "Industry analyst firm Gartner Group estimates that the average savings from implementing a migration solution into a corporate environment is $250 per computer.",
      "locator": "Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20031206013301/http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20020904corp.htm; fifth paragraph",
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      "notes": "Intel press release of 4 September 2002 announcing the PC Migration Work Group (Intel, Altiris, Detto, Eisenworld, IBM, Laplink, Microsoft, Miramar, Symantec, Tranxition). intel.com returns Access Denied to automated fetches; the December 2003 Wayback snapshot is saved in raw/pc-os-migration/wayback-intel-2002-09-04-pc-migration-workgroup.txt. Gartner's own document was not located; Laplink later restated this as 'lost productivity from manual migrations costs $250 per PC migration' (eWeek, 2006-2007, not fetchable on 2026-10-13).",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#gartner-2002-via-intel-250-dollars-average-savings-per-computer-from-a-migration-solution",
      "citation_text": "$250 per computer was Gartner Group's estimated average saving from implementing a migration solution in a corporate environment, as quoted in Intel's 2002 PC Migration Work Group announcement (Gartner via Intel, 2002). Source: Gartner (via Intel press release), \"PC Migration Work Group To Improve Upgrades From Old PCs To New PCs\" (https://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2002/20020904corp.htm). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#gartner-2002-via-intel-250-dollars-average-savings-per-computer-from-a-migration-solution.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
      "id": "laplink-2011-12-claims-intel-survey-39pct-of-1200-pc-users-would-delay-a-purchase-over-migration",
      "family": "pc-os-migration",
      "statement": "39% of 1,200 PC users felt that migrating from an old PC to a new one was reason enough to delay buying a new PC, in an Intel-sponsored survey cited by Laplink in 2011 (Laplink press release, 2011).",
      "short_statement": null,
      "short_refs": null,
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      "unit": "% of PC users surveyed (migration hassle enough to delay a purchase), as claimed",
      "display_value": "39%",
      "display_label": "Intel-sponsored survey of 1,200 users as cited by Laplink, 2011 (vendor claim; Intel document not found)",
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      "period": "2011 (survey undated)",
      "population": "1,200 PC users in an Intel-sponsored survey, as described by Laplink (year, country and survey firm not given)",
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      "publisher": "Laplink (press release via HEXUS)",
      "source_title": "A New PC is a Terrible Holiday Gift without PCmover",
      "source_url": "https://hexus.net/qabaix",
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      "published_at": "2011-12-21",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "In a survey sponsored by Intel, out of 1,200 PC users, 39% felt that migrating from an old PC to a new PC was enough reason to delay purchasing a new PC.",
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      "notes": "Laplink press release (vendor claim about an Intel-sponsored survey). No Intel document with this survey was found: Intel's 2002 pressroom has only the PC Migration Work Group release (no survey) and the April 2002 'Laptops & Lifestyles' survey of 2,448 users (no migration question). Record the figure as a Laplink claim citing Intel, undated. Saved in raw/pc-os-migration/hexus-intel-1200-survey-a.txt. The page brief dates this to 2002; no 2002 source carries it. Earliest appearance found: this December 2011 release.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#laplink-2011-12-claims-intel-survey-39pct-of-1200-pc-users-would-delay-a-purchase-over-migration",
      "citation_text": "39% of 1,200 PC users felt that migrating from an old PC to a new one was reason enough to delay buying a new PC, in an Intel-sponsored survey cited by Laplink in 2011 (Laplink press release, 2011). Source: Laplink (press release via HEXUS), \"A New PC is a Terrible Holiday Gift without PCmover\" (https://hexus.net/qabaix). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#laplink-2011-12-claims-intel-survey-39pct-of-1200-pc-users-would-delay-a-purchase-over-migration.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
      "id": "laplink-2012-10-claims-one-in-five-pc-buyers-put-off-a-purchase-over-setup",
      "family": "pc-os-migration",
      "statement": "1 in 5 PC buyers was so concerned about setting up a new PC that they would put off buying one, according to Laplink's own research on PC buyer habits cited in October 2012 (Laplink press release, 2012).",
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      "publisher": "Laplink (press release via HEXUS)",
      "source_title": "Laplink Releases PCmover for Windows 8",
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      "published_at": "2012-10-31",
      "accessed_at": "2026-10-13",
      "quote": "According to Laplink's research on PC buyer habits, one in every five is so concerned about the new PC setup process that they will actually put off buying a new PC.",
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      "notes": "Vendor claim with no sample size or method; the same release says PCmover 'saves an entire weekend of PC setup and configuration tasks'. Saved in raw/pc-os-migration/hexus-laplink-2012-10-pcmover-win8.txt.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#laplink-2012-10-claims-one-in-five-pc-buyers-put-off-a-purchase-over-setup",
      "citation_text": "1 in 5 PC buyers was so concerned about setting up a new PC that they would put off buying one, according to Laplink's own research on PC buyer habits cited in October 2012 (Laplink press release, 2012). Source: Laplink (press release via HEXUS), \"Laplink Releases PCmover for Windows 8\" (https://hexus.net/qabomj). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#laplink-2012-10-claims-one-in-five-pc-buyers-put-off-a-purchase-over-setup.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
      "id": "idc-2012-02-average-pc-deployment-cost-615-dollars-per-pc",
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      "statement": "$615 per PC was the average cost of deploying a PC (IT labour, logistics and lost user productivity) in IDC's 2012 research for a Dell-sponsored white paper (IDC, 2012).",
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      "quote": "IDC research shows that the average deployment cost is $615 per PC, and costs exceeding $700 are not uncommon.",
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      "notes": "IDC white paper sponsored by Dell (Dell sells the deployment services the paper describes). 'Deployment cost' covers IT labour, logistics and lost user productivity for a new PC, including user-state migration. The paper does not state its sample size. Saved in raw/pc-os-migration/idc-dell-2012-pc-optimized-deployment-model.txt.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#idc-2012-02-average-pc-deployment-cost-615-dollars-per-pc",
      "citation_text": "$615 per PC was the average cost of deploying a PC (IT labour, logistics and lost user productivity) in IDC's 2012 research for a Dell-sponsored white paper (IDC, 2012). Source: IDC (sponsored by Dell), \"Dell PC Optimized Deployment Model (IDC White Paper #223437, Matt Healey and Randy Perry)\" (https://i.dell.com/sites/content/business/solutions/whitepapers/en/Documents/pc-optimized-deployment-model.pdf). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#idc-2012-02-average-pc-deployment-cost-615-dollars-per-pc.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "statement": "$700 per PC was exceeded by deployment costs at a notable share of organisations ('not uncommon') in IDC's 2012 research for a Dell-sponsored white paper (IDC, 2012).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#which-2016-09-12pct-of-windows-10-upgraders-rolled-back-to-their-previous-windows",
      "citation_text": "12% of 2,500 Which? members who had upgraded to Windows 10 had rolled back to their previous version of Windows, in Which?'s June 2016 survey of 5,500 members (Which? via Silicon UK, 2016). Source: Which? (via Silicon UK), \"Windows 10 Upgrade Tactics Slammed By Consumer Watchdog\" (https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/pc/windows-10-upgrade-slated-198030). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#which-2016-09-12pct-of-windows-10-upgraders-rolled-back-to-their-previous-windows.",
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      "notes": "Restatement drift: Computer Weekly attributes all rollbacks to harm; Silicon UK and Windows Central (which quotes the BBC: '12% of the 2,500 who had upgraded to Windows 10 had later reverted') do not. Saved in raw/pc-os-migration/wayback-computerweekly-which-2016.txt and windowscentral-which-2016.txt.",
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      "notes": "Vendor survey of its own data-recovery customers (a population that has already lost data at least once), by Kroll Ontrack, now KLDiscovery; the page is the company's press release of 15 March 2016. Saved in raw/pc-os-migration/ontrack-2016-data-loss-moving.txt.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#ontrack-2016-03-32pct-of-organisations-lost-data-migrating-between-devices-or-upgrading-os",
      "citation_text": "32% of organisations had lost data while migrating between devices or upgrading operating systems, among 572 Kroll Ontrack data recovery customers surveyed in February 2016 (Kroll Ontrack, 2016). Source: Kroll Ontrack (KLDiscovery), \"Ontrack Research: One-third of companies experience data loss when moving data\" (https://www.ontrack.com/en-us/press/ontrack-research-one-third-of-companies-experience). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#ontrack-2016-03-32pct-of-organisations-lost-data-migrating-between-devices-or-upgrading-os.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#controlup-2024-08-of-unmigrated-need-replacement-11pct",
      "citation_text": "11% of the unmigrated enterprise endpoints needed to be fully replaced to run Windows 11, among over 750,000 devices managed by ControlUp in August 2024 (ControlUp, 2024). Source: ControlUp, \"ControlUp Study Reveals Over 82% of Enterprise Windows Endpoint Devices Are Not Yet Running Windows 11\" (https://www.controlup.com/press/controlup-study-reveals-over-82-of-enterprise-windows-endpoint-devices-are-not-yet-running-windows-11/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#controlup-2024-08-of-unmigrated-need-replacement-11pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#controlup-2025-06-endpoints-not-migrated-50pct",
      "citation_text": "50% of more than one million enterprise Windows endpoints managed by ControlUp had yet to complete their migration to Windows 11 in June 2025, down from 82% a year earlier (ControlUp, 2025). Source: ControlUp, \"Half of Enterprise Windows Endpoints Have Not Yet Migrated to Windows 11, According to ControlUp Study\" (https://www.controlup.com/press/half-of-enterprise-windows-endpoints-have-not-yet-migrated-to-windows-11/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#controlup-2025-06-endpoints-not-migrated-50pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "id": "controlup-2025-06-healthcare-endpoints-need-replacement-19pct",
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      "statement": "19% of healthcare endpoints needed to be replaced entirely before they could run Windows 11, against 3% in finance, among more than one million enterprise devices managed by ControlUp in June 2025 (ControlUp, 2025).",
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      "id": "itpro-2024-08-restates-controlup-82pct-88pct-11pct-with-cloudhouse-on-lengthy-windows-10-migrations",
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      "notes": "Vendor telemetry (Lansweeper sells IT asset management). Saved in raw/pc-os-migration/lansweeper-2026-07-holdouts.txt. Same id as on the Windows 11 page.",
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      "notes": "Tibbetts: 'No matter how far off my estimate is ...on the high side or the low side...it's a problem of astonishing proportions'. IBM's infographic (2013) and Redman's HBR article (2016) carry the figure without this provenance. Candidate for the 'numbers we will not publish' note or a provenance card.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#tibbetts-2011-dirty-data-costs-us-economy-3-1-trillion-estimate-earliest-appearance",
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      "citation_text": "More than $600 billion a year was The Data Warehousing Institute's 2002 estimate of the cost of data quality problems to US businesses, as restated by KDnuggets (KDnuggets citing TDWI, 2002). Source: KDnuggets (citing The Data Warehousing Institute), \"Data migration projects costing businesses more than 13 times the amount budgeted (KDnuggets News, November 2002)\" (https://www.kdnuggets.com/news/2002/n23/17i.html). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#kdnuggets-2002-restates-tdwi-data-quality-costs-us-businesses-over-600bn-usd-a-year.",
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      "notes": "The same passage is quoted by Ankura (2022) and Definian (2025) with the same citation. 'Many' is the only quantifier. Raw: raw/restatement-chain-83pct/hitachi-reducing-costs-risks-data-migrations.pdf.txt",
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      "citation_text": "25% of major international companies were working with poor-quality data, Gartner analyst Ted Friedman's research found, with bad data called a leading cause of BI and CRM project failure (InformationWeek, 2004). Source: InformationWeek, \"Gartner: Poor Data Quality Dooms Many IT Projects\" (https://www.informationweek.com/software-services/gartner-poor-data-quality-dooms-many-it-projects). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#gartner-2004-05-friedman-quarter-of-companies-poor-quality-data.",
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      "citation_text": "0 failure percentages accompany Gartner analyst Ted Friedman's 2008 advice on data migration quality in eWeek, which instead cites Bloor's September 2007 survey for 64% late and 37% over budget (eWeek, 2008). Source: eWeek, \"Don't Let Data Quality Concerns Stop a Data Migration Project\" (https://www.eweek.com/database/don-t-let-data-quality-concerns-stop-a-data-migration-project/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#eweek-2008-05-friedman-data-migration-quality-advice-no-figure.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-unsupported-19-8pct",
      "citation_text": "19.8% of just over one million SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper were past Microsoft support in June 2024, three weeks before SQL Server 2014 left extended support on 9 July 2024 (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024). Source: The Register (reporting Lansweeper data), \"Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support (The Register, Richard Speed, 17 June 2024)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/outdated_sql_server/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-unsupported-19-8pct.",
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      "source_title": "Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support (The Register, Richard Speed, 17 June 2024)",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2014-share-12pct",
      "citation_text": "12% of just over one million SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper were running SQL Server 2014 in June 2024, the version that left extended support on 9 July 2024 (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024). Source: The Register (reporting Lansweeper data), \"Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support (The Register, Richard Speed, 17 June 2024)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/outdated_sql_server/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2014-share-12pct.",
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      "id": "theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-unsupported-projected-32pct-july-2024",
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      "statement": "32% of SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper would be out of Microsoft support from 9 July 2024 once SQL Server 2014 left extended support, up from 19.8% in June 2024 (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024).",
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      "accessed_at": "2026-10-14",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-unsupported-projected-32pct-july-2024",
      "citation_text": "32% of SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper would be out of Microsoft support from 9 July 2024 once SQL Server 2014 left extended support, up from 19.8% in June 2024 (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024). Source: The Register (reporting Lansweeper data), \"Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support (The Register, Richard Speed, 17 June 2024)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/outdated_sql_server/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-unsupported-projected-32pct-july-2024.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
    },
    {
      "id": "theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2019-share-44pct",
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      "statement": "44% of SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper were running SQL Server 2019 in June 2024, the most common version, with SQL Server 2017 at 13.5% and 2016 under 10% (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024).",
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      "publisher": "The Register (reporting Lansweeper data)",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2019-share-44pct",
      "citation_text": "44% of SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper were running SQL Server 2019 in June 2024, the most common version, with SQL Server 2017 at 13.5% and 2016 under 10% (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024). Source: The Register (reporting Lansweeper data), \"Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support (The Register, Richard Speed, 17 June 2024)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/outdated_sql_server/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2019-share-44pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
      "id": "theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2008-share-just-under-8pct",
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      "statement": "8% (just under) of SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper were still running SQL Server 2008 in June 2024, five years after its July 2019 end of extended support, with SQL Server 2012 at 9% (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024).",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2008-share-just-under-8pct",
      "citation_text": "8% (just under) of SQL Server instances scanned by Lansweeper were still running SQL Server 2008 in June 2024, five years after its July 2019 end of extended support, with SQL Server 2012 at 9% (Lansweeper data via The Register, 2024). Source: The Register (reporting Lansweeper data), \"Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support (The Register, Richard Speed, 17 June 2024)\" (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/outdated_sql_server/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#theregister-2024-06-17-lansweeper-sql-server-2008-share-just-under-8pct.",
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rapid7-2020-10-19-unsupported-windows-server-internet-exposed-59pct",
      "citation_text": "59% of all uniquely observed internet-exposed Windows Server instances were running unsupported versions in Rapid7's September 2020 Project Sonar scans, against 41% supported, eight months after Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 left support (Rapid7, 2020). Source: Rapid7, \"Are You Still Running End-of-Life Windows Servers? (Rapid7 blog, Kwan Lin, 19 October 2020)\" (https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2020/10/19/are-you-still-running-end-of-life-windows-servers/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rapid7-2020-10-19-unsupported-windows-server-internet-exposed-59pct.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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    {
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      "notes": "A decline in observed instances may mean upgrades, decommissioning or removal from the internet; Rapid7 does not separate these, and notes Netcraft saw web servers shift away from Windows.",
      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#rapid7-2020-10-19-unsupported-server-2008-r2-instances-fell-by-over-2-million",
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      "citation_text": "25 million users had been migrated by BitTitan, with customers in 188 countries, as of its July 2022 blog post on the Exertis distribution deal (BitTitan, 2022). Source: BitTitan, \"Exertis Adds BitTitan to Cloud Services Offering (BitTitan blog, 18 July 2022)\" (https://www.bittitan.com/?p=5203). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#bittitan-2022-07-18-25-million-users-188-countries.",
      "scope": "Industry studies of migration projects; none of these figures measures Zinstall's products."
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      "permalink": "https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#bittitan-history-page-2026-28-million-users-46000-organisations",
      "citation_text": "28 million+ users across 46,000+ organisations is BitTitan's cumulative migration count on its undated company history page as of October 2026, up from 25 million in 2021 and 2022 (BitTitan, 2026). Source: BitTitan, \"Our Story: History (BitTitan company page, undated, as of 13 October 2026)\" (https://www.bittitan.com/our-story/history/). Industry study; not a measure of Zinstall's products. Via Zinstall, https://www.zinstall.com/research/data-migration-failure-rate#bittitan-history-page-2026-28-million-users-46000-organisations.",
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}