Data study ·
Economic returns from AI remain low for businesses
Original title, in Spanish: “Rendimientos de negocio aún deficientes de la IA”
- Publication
- HayCanal (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 10 September 2026 · read in the page metadata
Summary
The Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026 shows a growing gap between organisations' confidence in their technology capabilities and the actual economic results of AI. According to the study, 90% of organisations say they have the right architecture for data-driven decision-making, up from 72% in 2025, but only 65% believe their operational efficiency exceeds expectations, down from 80% the previous year. Adoption of agentic AI is progressing more slowly than the enthusiasm it generates: 75% consider it essential for managing the cloud, but only 23% have deployed it across the organisation. Cybersecurity breaches have almost tripled, affecting 49% of organisations compared with 17% a year earlier. The main obstacles identified are the talent shortage (27%) and data management issues (26%). Mike Thomson, CEO of Unisys, calls for demonstrating a real return on investment.
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90 %
Share of organisations with an architecture suited to data-driven decision-making at scale (2026 vs 2025)
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report (vs 72% in 2025)
« el 90 % de las organizaciones afirma disponer de la arquitectura adecuada para respaldar la toma de decisiones basada en datos a gran escala, frente al 72 % registrado en 2025. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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49 %
Share of organisations that suffered a cybersecurity breach in the past twelve months
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report (vs 17% the previous year)
« casi la mitad (49 %) de las organizaciones sufrió una brecha de ciberseguridad en los últimos doce meses, una cifra que prácticamente triplica la del año anterior (17 %). »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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75 %
Share of organisations considering agentic AI essential for managing cloud environments
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« aunque el 75 % considera que será esencial para gestionar los entornos cloud, sólo el 23 % ha comenzado a desplegarla a escala en toda la organización. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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23 %
Share of organisations that have started deploying agentic AI across the whole organisation
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« sólo el 23 % ha comenzado a desplegarla a escala en toda la organización. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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96 %
Share of organisations whose cloud security strategy improves their ability to adopt new technologies faster than competitors (2026 vs 2025)
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report (vs 60% in 2025)
« el 96 % afirma que su estrategia de seguridad en la nube mejora su capacidad para adoptar nuevas tecnologías más rápidamente que sus competidores, frente al 60 % registrado en 2025. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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65 %
Share of organisations whose operational efficiency exceeds expectations (2026 vs 2025)
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report (vs 80% in 2025)
« Solo el 65 % afirma que su eficiencia operativa supera las expectativas, frente al 80 % registrado en 2025. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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27 %
Share of organisations citing the talent shortage as the main obstacle
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« Superar desafíos como la escasez de talento (27 %) y los problemas relacionados con la gestión e integración de datos (26 %), las principales barreras identificadas por el estudio »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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26 %
Share of organisations citing data management and integration issues as the main obstacle
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« los problemas relacionados con la gestión e integración de datos (26 %), las principales barreras identificadas por el estudio »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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42 %
Share of executives who see the cloud and IT function as profit generators rather than mere cost centres
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« menos de la mitad de los directivos (42 %) considera que el cloud y la función de TI son centros de generación de beneficios, en lugar de simples centros de costes »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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77 %
Share of organisations still at an early stage of agentic AI adoption
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« la mayoría (77 %) sigue encontrándose en fases iniciales de adopción »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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89 %
Share of organisations that have identified priority use cases for agentic AI
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« el 89 % ya ha identificado casos de uso prioritarios; el 87 % está formando a sus empleados; otro 87 % ha conseguido el respaldo de la dirección, y el 86 % colabora con proveedores especializados en IA y tecnología. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
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93 %
Share of organisations whose cloud security capabilities significantly influence the level of autonomy granted to AI systems
Global organisations surveyed by Unisys, 2026 report
« el 93 % afirma que las capacidades de seguridad en la nube influyen de forma significativa en el nivel de autonomía que conceden a sus sistemas de IA. »
Source: Unisys AI & Cloud Insights Report 2026
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Unisys (study author)
- Keywords
- agentic AI, return on investment, cybersecurity, cloud, technology transformation, talent shortage
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to HayCanal. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.