Leading reasons or components for cloud waste worldwide in 2024

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Release date

May 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 2024

Number of respondents

1,194 respondents

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Global, cross-industry enterprise technology practitioners and decision makers

Method of interview

Online survey

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Contributing components for cloud waste globally 2024

Published by
Petroc Taylor,
Nov 27, 2025

In a 2024 Forrester survey, around ** percent of respondents selected lack of needed skills (e.g., employee knowledge, training) as the biggest cloud waste factor. Overprovisioning of resources ranked second among respondents.

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