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resources, workloads with more predictable
characteristics can often run on-premises
at a lower cost than public cloud. Savings
are also dependent on businesses’ ability to
match each application to the appropriate
cloud service and pricing tier, and to remain
diligent about regularly reviewing service
plans and fees, which change frequently.
In this ever-changing environment,
flexibility is essential and a hybrid cloud
provides this choice. Other key findings
from the report include:
1. Apps are migrating away from
the public cloud back to on-premises
infrastructures. Nearly three-fourths (73%)
of respondents reported that they are
moving some applications off the public
cloud and back on-prem and 22% of those
users are moving five or more applications.
These moves underscore, in part, enterprises’
need for hybrid cloud’s flexibility in allowing
them to adapt their infrastructures based on
their fluctuating requirements.
2. Security remains the biggest factor
impacting enterprises’ future cloud
strategies. Well over half of 2019
respondents (60%) said that the state
of security among clouds would have the
biggest influence on their cloud deployment
plans going forward. Similarly, data security
and compliance represented the top variable
(26%) in determining where an enterprise
runs a given workload.
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
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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.
“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
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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.
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