High private cloud usage sets path for UAE ’ s hybrid cloud migration intelligent INFRASTRUCTURE
Third annual Nutanix survey finds UAE companies ahead of the global curve on private cloud adoption which is a key component of the emerging , highly flexible hybrid cloud model .
Nutanix , a leader in private cloud ,
hybrid and multi-cloud computing has released an analysis of its third global Enterprise Cloud Index survey and research report , showing how companies in the UAE compare with the rest of the world when it comes to hybrid cloud adoption . This year , survey respondents were also asked about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on current and future IT decisions and strategy . A key finding is that hybrid cloud is still the front-runner as the ideal IT infrastructure model ( 83 % of respondents in the UAE think so , which is close to the global figure of 86 %) and respondents running hybrid environments are more likely to plan to focus on strategic efforts and driving positive business impact .
Key findings :
1 . UAE respondents currently run more private clouds ( 35 %) than any other IT infrastructure model . The UAE tied with Australia and Italy for having the largest penetration of private cloud of all ECI companies polled worldwide . Private cloud is a component of the emerging , highly flexible hybrid cloud model , which 83 % of respondents in the UAE agreed is the ideal IT operating model going forward .
2 . Over the next five years , respondents in the UAE plan to reduce all IT models in use except for hybrid cloud , which they expect to grow significantly . Hybrid cloud / multicloud will account for 45 % of new deployments in the same time frame .
3 . Security , privacy and compliance strengths together represent the number one decision factor when considering new IT deployments .
Cost advantages ranked a distant second ( 13 %); from there , respondents from the UAE were highly divided in their selections of the top IT deployment decision factor .
4 . UAE IT pros are migrating to a hybrid cloud environment for better business outcomes , not just to save cost . Respondents cited better control of IT resource usage ( 65 %), increased speed to deliver business needs ( 61 %) and better support for remote working ( 61 %) as their top motivators .
5 . Management tools that work across dissimilar cloud platforms are still maturing and IT shops seek cross-platform cloud talent that ’ s currently challenging to find . More than a third of respondents from the UAE ( 35 %) reported being short on the IT skills necessary to manage hybrid cloud environments and over a fourth ( 29 %) said they lacked skills in cloud-native and container technology .
6 . The top reason UAE respondents moved applications to a new environment involved concerns over security in the public cloud infrastructure ( 65 %). The second most often cited reason was to improve the speed of access to data ( 60 %).
7 . When asked where they plan to run applications in 2021 , respondents from the UAE were most optimistic about their intentions to host more applications in the private cloud ( 43 %), surpassing the averages , while fewer than average said they ’ re likely to run more apps in a public cloud infrastructure . Slightly more than average said they intended to host more applications in onpremises data centres ( 17 %).
8 . The majority of UAE respondents ( 83 %) said that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused IT to be viewed more strategically within their organisations . While more than a fourth of respondents from the UAE ( 28 %) reported having no regular remote workforce a year ago , that number plummeted to 4 % since the rise of the pandemic .
9 . COVID-19 drove new investments in cloud infrastructure and tools . 47 % of UAE respondents reported making new investments in hybrid cloud and private cloud ( 41 %). ◊
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