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Automation Value · benchmark + sources

The business case for automation,
in three sources —
and an assistant that reads them for you.

Everything behind the 668% three-year ROI finding, in one place: the 2026 Automation Value Benchmark, IDC's underlying Business Value study, and the hybrid-cloud strategy guide shaping infrastructure decisions. Open any of them — or just ask a question and get a grounded answer with the figures that back it.

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Headline findingsper organization
668%three-year ROI · 8-month payback
$14.81Maverage annual benefits
61%less unplanned downtime
4.7×deal uplift when automation attaches
The three sources

Read the material yourself.

The assistant below is grounded in these three assets. Open any one to read it in full — the benchmark is a web report; the IDC and Wiley pieces are PDFs.

2026 Automation Value Benchmark coverWeb report · 28 pp
CXO Technology · benchmark

The 2026 Automation Value Benchmark

Four findings on the business value of enterprise automation across NA & EMEA — ROI, resilience, team efficiency, the attach opportunity, and the VMware displacement moment — with a ten-point playbook.

html · cite freelyOpen report
IDC Business Value white paper coverPDF · IDC study
IDC · analyst material

The Business Value of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

IDC's in-depth study of Ansible Automation Platform customers — the primary source behind the ROI, payback, downtime, and team-efficiency figures (n = 15 organizations).

pdf · IDC #US49194Open PDF
Hybrid Cloud Strategy for Dummies coverPDF · Wiley guide
Wiley · strategy guide

Hybrid Cloud Strategy for Dummies

The strategy context for the value case — how hybrid-cloud patterns (on-prem, multi-cloud, and edge) shape the operational surface automation has to cover in 2026.

pdf · Red Hat editionOpen PDF
Ask the assets · AI

Ask anything across the three sources.

Pick the role you're reading as — the suggested questions and the framing of each answer adapt to it. Answers are concise and grounded in the benchmark, the IDC study, and the hybrid-cloud strategy guide.

● Answers are generated by AI from the three sources above and may simplify or omit detail — open the benchmark or the IDC study for the full picture. Figures reflect IDC's Business Value study (n = 15) and Red Hat field data.

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