Why 73% of Migrations Fail, and What’s Changing in 2026
73% of enterprise data platform migration projects miss their stated objectives. 80% blow past their original budgets by 150% or more. Timeline overruns stretch 18 months beyond plan. These outcomes are not bad luck. They are the predictable result of a vendor model built for a different era.
This report examines why traditional migration approaches keep producing the same outcomes, what the 2026 market is forcing onto every CDO’s roadmap, and how AI-first automation is changing the economics of migration.
Key Insights from the Report
- The 2026 deadline you can’t outrun. Why Informatica’s deadline, agentic AI pressure, and deferred capital have collapsed your migration timeline
- The vendor model that’s quietly failing you. How GSI labor arbitrage and hourly billing produce the 73% failure rate
- What 60 to 85% automation actually changes. Documented FLIP outcomes across 12 migration paths, benchmarked against manual baselines
- The governance variable that predicts everything. Why governance at assessment phase is the strongest indicator of post-go-live success
- Regional pressure points. US Informatica exposure, Canada’s Bill C-27, and UK FCA scrutiny shaping vendor selection
- A five-criteria evaluation framework. The questions that predict delivery outcomes, and the ones vendor decks avoid
The Time to Act is Now
If PowerCenter is in production, your decision window is shorter than it looks. If agentic AI is on your roadmap, your legacy stack is the bottleneck, not the model. And, if modernization has been deferred twice, the third delay now costs more than execution.
The platforms are ready. The vendors mostly aren’t. Kanerika is.
FLIP powers all 12 migration accelerators referenced in this report, with a 95% project success rate and 98% client retention across 100+ enterprise engagements.
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