Caylent study exposes hidden toll of database migrations: downtime, delays, rising costs

A new Caylent survey of 300 IT leaders reveals how database migrations remain fraught with risk. Only 6% of projects met timelines without downtime, while nearly half suffered revenue loss from outages exceeding five hours. Cross-cloud moves and on-premises-to-cloud shifts proved especially taxing. Although AI tools show promise in easing these challenges, uncertainty over adoption leaves many enterprises struggling to modernize without disruption.