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June 30, 2026·Consumer·Minds Team

# **Minds Study: Cloud ERP Security in the DACH Mittelstand**

Minds simulation study on the security and sovereignty concerns of IT leaders in the DACH Mittelstand when migrating on-premise ERP systems to the cloud.

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## Methodology

A recent audience simulation by the Minds platform shows that 72 percent of IT leaders in the DACH Mittelstand are blocking the migration of their ERP systems to the cloud due to security and sovereignty concerns. These results align with official surveys such as the Bitkom Cloud Report and highlight the ongoing skepticism toward non-European cloud infrastructures.

**85**%

Concern over US cloud dependency

**72**%

Security concerns as a migration barrier

**91**%

Need for European data sovereignty

Based on a simulated panel of 500 respondents. 85–95% accuracy validated against historical data.

## **Frequently asked questions**

### **How precisely does Minds simulate the security concerns of IT decision-makers?**

The Minds platform achieves an average match of 85% to 95% with traditional physical panels. For specific questions and precisely anchored segments like DACH IT leaders, the match can even reach up to 100%, validated against established industry benchmarks such as the Bitkom Cloud Report.

### **How quickly does the Minds simulation deliver results for B2B SaaS providers?**

Minds delivers deep, qualitative and quantitative audience insights in under an hour. This allows B2B SaaS providers to test objections and security concerns in real time, instead of conducting expensive panel surveys that take weeks.

### **Is the Minds platform GDPR-compliant?**

Yes, Minds is hosted entirely on EU servers and is 100% GDPR-compliant. Since no personal data of real survey participants is processed, data protection risks and recruitment hurdles are completely eliminated.

### **How does Minds differ from traditional market surveys?**

Minds offers simulations with up to 10,000+ responses per run at a fraction of the cost of a traditional panel and without recruitment costs per participant. The three-stage anchoring (data anchoring, simulation model, validation) ensures that no persona is based on pure assumptions.

## **About Minds**

Minds is an AI research lab building synthetic focus groups and studies. It helps go-to-market and product teams understand their target audiences in minutes, not months.

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