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3. IT professionals deem the hybrid
cloud the most secure of all the IT
operating models. More than a quarter
of respondents (28%) picked the hybrid
model as the most secure – substantially
surpassing those who chose a fully private
cloud/on-prem model (21%) and more
than twice as many as those who chose
traditional (non-cloud-enabled) private data
centres (13%).
One reason for this is perhaps because
enterprises can select the right cloud for
their security requirements.
4. Nearly a quarter (23.5%) of
respondents currently aren’t leveraging
any cloud technology today. Many
companies still fall behind when it comes
to enterprise cloud adoption. However,
respondents’ reported plans indicate that in
one year’s time, 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
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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
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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.
components to enable seamless and reliable
cloud adoption,” said Wendy M Pfeiffer, CIO
of Nutanix.
“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.”
Ashish Nadkarni, Group Vice President
of Infrastructure Systems, Platforms
and Technologies at IDC added: “Cloud
computing has become an integral part
of business strategy, but it has introduced
several challenges along with it.
“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. n
www.intelligentcio.com