DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
NUTANIX EXPERT ON
CLOUD POTENTIAL
AND THE FUTURE OF
DATA CENTRES
With the Middle East expected to show
the most public cloud growth over the
next two years, we spoke to Aaron White,
Regional Director – Middle East at Nutanix,
at the company’s .NEXT On event in Dubai
about the potential for cloud and the
future for data centres in the region.
What are the key findings of Nutanix’s Annual Global Enterprise
What
are the key findings of Nutanix’s Annual
Cloud
Index?
Global Enterprise Cloud Index?
Nutanix conducted its first annual global Enterprise Cloud Index,
measuring the plans that businesses around the world have for
adopting private, public and hybrid clouds.
As enterprises demand stronger application mobility and
interoperability, they are increasingly choosing hybrid cloud
infrastructure as opposed to just private or public clouds.
While the advent of public cloud has increased IT efficiency in
certain areas, hybrid cloud capabilities are the next step in providing
the freedom to dynamically provision and manage applications
based on business needs, besides the price tag being cheaper.
• • The report found that businesses plan to increase hybrid cloud
usage, with 91% stating hybrid cloud as the ideal IT model
• • It is clear that public cloud is not a panacea. Over a t
hird of organisations using public clouds overspent their
annual budget
• • Application mobility across any cloud is a top priority for 97%
of respondents
• • Data security and regulatory compliance are the top factors in
determining where to provision
their workloads
• • Over half of the respondents said their developers are
circumventing IT when it comes to deciding where
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