DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
the number of enterprises with no cloud
deployments will plummet to 6.5% and
in two years’ time will drop by more than
half to 3%. Regionally, the Americas
reported a slightly lower incidence of
non-cloud use (21%) compared to EMEA
(25%) and APJ (24%).
5. Enterprises are striving to integrate
cloud computing with their Digital
Transformation goals. Nearly three-
quarters (72%) of 2019 respondents said
Digital Transformation was driving their
cloud implementations and 64% said
that Digital Transformation was the top
business priority in their organisations.
“As organisations continue to grapple
with complex Digital Transformation
initiatives, flexibility and security are
critical components to enable seamless
and reliable cloud adoption,” said Wendy
M Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix.
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CLOUD COMPUTING
HAS BECOME AN
INTEGRAL PART
OF BUSINESS
STRATEGY, BUT IT
HAS INTRODUCED
SEVERAL
CHALLENGES
ALONG WITH IT.
“The enterprise has progressed in its
understanding and adoption of hybrid
cloud, but there is still work to do when
it comes to reaping all of its benefits. In
the next few years, we’ll see businesses
rethinking how to best utilise hybrid cloud,
including hiring for hybrid computing skills
and reskilling IT teams to keep up with
emerging technologies.”
“Cloud computing has become an
integral part of business strategy, but it
has introduced several challenges along
with it,” said Ashish Nadkarni, Group
Vice President of Infrastructure Systems,
Platforms and Technologies at IDC.
“These include security and application
performance concerns and high cost. As
the 2019 Enterprise Cloud Index report
demonstrates, hybrid cloud will continue to
be the best option for enterprises, enabling
them to securely meet modernisation and
agility requirements for workloads.”
To learn more about the report and
findings, download the full Nutanix
Enterprise Cloud Index 2019. ◊
www.intelligentdatacentres.com