Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 23 | Page 25

INFOGRAPHIC “As a country our cloud behaviour patterns and concerns emulate that of our global counterparts,” said Paul Ruinaard, Country Manager at Nutanix Sub-Saharan Africa. “However, where we differ is in the current, planned and future distribution of workloads www.intelligentcio.com with more emphasis being placed on the use of the public cloud than in other regions. It seems cost is still a primary inhibitor and concern locally and South African business appears to be facing significant challenges in keeping cloud spending in check. If we drill down into what the findings mean to South Africa in particular, we can surmise that there is a need amongst local organisations to get a better handle on their cloud spend, there is a clear gap for better cloud management and cloud resources and talent still pose a threat to local business.” n INTELLIGENTCIO 25