STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING. The “Build It Yourself” mantra is a CORPORATE LIE that is BANKRUPTING companies and ENDANGERING your data.
A BOMBSHELL new report exposes the SHOCKING truth behind in-house software development, revealing a landscape littered with FAILED projects, BLEEDING budgets, and CATASTROPHIC security breaches. The supposed “control” and “customization” are nothing but a DANGEROUS ILLUSION peddled by IT managers drunk on their own hubris.
The devastating numbers speak for themselves: a staggering 71% of these vanity projects are ABANDONED. Think your internal team has it under control? THINK AGAIN. Over half of projects spiral to nearly DOUBLE their planned timeline, while 64% DIRECTLY CAUSE security vulnerabilities, opening the corporate vault to hackers. In finance and manufacturing, a jaw-dropping 83% of these internal tools are eventually THROWN IN THE TRASH.
This isn’t just wasted money; it’s CORPORATE MALPRACTICE. Executives are lulled into a “DIY mirage,” pouring millions into black-hole projects that promise efficiency but deliver 50-74% DOWNTIME and budget overruns that would make any shareholder SCREAM. The report, from Exclaimer, pulls no punches: the obsession with building in-house is a recipe for operational SCOPE CREEP, compliance NIGHTMARES, and total resource DRAIN.
The implications are TERRIFYING. While IT leaders cling to legacy thinking, they are actively SABOTAGING their companies’ futures, choosing risky, ego-driven builds over proven, secure external solutions. The market is finally waking up, fleeing this self-made hell for the reliability and expertise of specialist vendors. But for countless organizations, the awakening comes too late—after the data is breached, the money is incinerated, and the competitive edge is lost forever.
Every dollar wasted on a doomed internal project is a stake in the heart of innovation, proving that the greatest threat to modern business isn’t competition—it’s its own arrogant, delusional IT department.
Author: Kayitsi.com
