Over 71 percent of in-house IT builds fail to deliver

A survey of over 2,000 IT and security decision-makers finds that 71 percent of in-house IT builds are eventually abandoned. In heavily regulated industries like manufacturing and finance this rises to 83 percent, which underscores how complexity and compliance pressures make homegrown systems difficult to sustain. The study from Exclaimer calls this ‘The DIY Mirage’, a false sense of control and efficiency that fades as maintenance demands, compliance risks, and long-term costs grow. “We commissioned this report to bring clarity to a question every IT leader faces: do you build, or do you buy?” says Paul Hammond, chief product and… [Continue Reading]