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Nutanix study shows global public sector ‘ Cloud Smart ’ strategies validated by COVID-19 response
Aaron White , Sr . Sales Director , METI at Nutanix
Nutanix has announced the global public sector industry findings of its third annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report , measuring organizations ’ plans for adopting private , hybrid and public clouds .
The findings point to a concentrated modernization effort throughout the sector over the past few months , with 70 % of respondents saying COVID-19 has caused IT to be viewed more strategically in their organizations . This COVID-19- spurred push is especially notable , given that the public sector has struggled with IT modernization efforts .
While public sector organizations have historically grappled with regulations that deter home working , the pandemic forced them to take necessary steps to securely support a remote workforce .
Nearly half ( 48 %) of global public sector respondents said their organizations had no employees working remotely one year ago . However , since the onset of the pandemic , the sector has scaled its number of remote workers , with only 15 % and 11 % of respondents reporting employing zero remote workers today .
“ It is clear from the research that public sector organizations favor a hybrid cloud architecture . They ’ ve embarked on a journey to achieve it with an uptake in their use of private and public clouds and rapid decommissioning of legacy data center architecture ,” said Aaron White , Senior Sales Director , METI at Nutanix .
Zscaler addresses entitlement gap for cloud workloads with Trustdome acquisition
Zscaler , a leader in cloud security , has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Trustdome , a leading innovator in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management ( CIEM ).
Trustdome ’ s development team and CIEM technology will be combined with Zscaler ’ s existing Cloud Security Posture Management ( CSPM ) platform , as part of Zscaler Cloud Protection ( ZCP ), providing a comprehensive solution for reducing public cloud attack surfaces and improving security posture .
Jay Chaudhry , CEO , Chairman and Founder , Zscaler
“ We are extending our vision for Zscaler Cloud Protection to help customers securely embrace public cloud platforms and services in today ’ s cloud-first world ,” said Jay Chaudhry , CEO , Chairman and Founder , Zscaler .
“ The addition of Trustdome ’ s team and innovations in CIEM will strengthen our cloud protection portfolio by enforcing least privilege principles across multi-cloud environments while giving DevOps the freedom to innovate . I am very excited to welcome the Trustdome team to the Zscaler family .”
Ofer Hendler , CEO of Trustdome , said : “ We look forward to joining the Zscaler family and accelerating our innovation engine to solve the cloud protection challenges facing the enterprise .”
The transaction is expected to close prior to the completion of Zscaler ’ s fiscal third quarter subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions . Terms of the transaction were not disclosed .
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