INFOGRAPHIC commonly used operating model , and the only one expected to grow , most enterprises are struggling with the reality of operating across multiple clouds , private and public . This reality is not going away , and more and more IT leaders realise that there is no one-size fits all approach to the cloud , making hybrid multi-cloud , an IT operating model with multiple clouds both private and public with interoperability between them , ideal according to the majority of respondents .
The pandemic has changed how nearly all organisations operate , and multi-cloud supports this new way of working . Well over half of respondents ( 61 %) said they are focused on offering more flexible work setups because of the pandemic . Most organisations report that while their remote workforces may shrink or grow , they are here to stay for the foreseeable future . Multi-cloud offers the most agile IT environment for supporting this flexibility by distributing data to diverse geolocations for user proximity , and business continuity .
Application mobility is top of mind . Nearly all organisations ( 91 %) have moved one or more applications to a new IT environment over the last 12 months . However , 80 % of respondents agree that moving a workload to a new cloud environment can be costly and time-consuming . They cite security ( 41 %) most often as the reason for the move , followed by performance ( 39 %), and gaining control of the application ( 38 %).
Enterprises are growing more strategic in their use of IT infrastructure . Nearly three-fourths of respondents ( 72 %) said they believe that the IT function in their organisations is perceived as more strategic than it was a year ago .
They also cite business reasons for changing their infrastructure models , such as improving remote work and collaboration ( 40 %), supporting customers better ( 36 %), and strengthening business continuity ( 35 %). Additionally , they ’ ve begun strategically matching each workload to the infrastructure best suited to it , based on factors such as security ( 41 %), performance ( 39 %), and cost ( 31 %), likely a primary driver behind the proliferation of multi-cloud .
For the fourth consecutive year , Vanson Bourne conducted the research on behalf of Nutanix , surveying 1,700 IT decision-makers around the world in August and September 2021 . The respondent base spanned multiple industries , business sizes , and included the following geographies : the Americas ; Europe , Middle East and Africa ( EMEA ), Asia Pacific and Japan ( APJ ) region . p
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