Nutanix has released the findings of its sixth global Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption. This year’s ECI report revealed the use of hybrid multi cloud models is forecasted to double over the next one to three years as IT decision makers are facing new pressures to modernize IT infrastructures because of drivers like AI, security, and sustainability.
The ECI report found that security and innovation were the top drivers for moving applications from one environment to another over the past year. As AI takes center stage for businesses, ECI respondents identified increasing investments to support AI strategy as their #1 priority, followed closely by investment in IT modernization.
“Whether it be because of AI, sustainability, or security imperatives, IT organizations are facing ever-increasing pressure to modernize their IT infrastructure quickly. 80% of ECI respondents are planning to invest in IT modernization, with 85% planning to increase their investments specifically to support AI. What this year’s ECI reveals is that organizations need to support the technologies of tomorrow by future proofing their IT infrastructure today. Hybrid multicloud continues to emerge as the infrastructure standard of choice because of the flexibility it provides to support traditional VM and modern containerized applications and movement between clouds and on-prem,” said Lee Caswell, SVP, Product and Solutions Marketing, Nutanix.
Key findings from this year’s report included:
· Hybrid multicloud infrastructure deployments will become an infrastructure standard. 90% of ECI respondents are taking a “cloud smart” approach to their infrastructure strategy – leveraging the best environment (e.g., data center, public cloud, edge) for each of their applications. Furthermore, over 80% of organizations believe hybrid IT environments are most beneficial to their ability to manage applications and data.
· Ransomware protection is top of mind for both CXOs and practitioners but most organizations continue to struggle in the wake of attacks. Ransomware and malware attacks will remain existential threats to modern enterprises, with the cat-and-mouse game between malicious actors and enterprise security professionals set to continue throughout 2024.
· Infrastructure modernization is becoming an imperative, driven by AI, modern applications and data growth. ECI respondents identified increased investment to support AI strategy as their #1 priority, followed closely by investment in IT modernization. Furthermore, 37% of ECI respondents indicate running AI applications on their current IT infrastructure will be a “significant” challenge.
For the sixth consecutive year, Vanson Bourne conducted research on behalf of Nutanix, surveying 1,500 IT and DevOps/Platform Engineering decision-makers around the world in December 2023. The respondent base spanned multiple industries, business sizes, and geographies, including North and South America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ) region.
