Nutanix’s commissioned reports said almost 15 percent of UAE’s businesses use legacy data center only ecosystem and almost a third of UAE‘s industries are powered via the private cloud infrastructure models, almost a 35 percent of UAE. For the coming future, Private cloud a variable element of hybrid cloud model is approved as idealistic IT operating model by majority of the respondents in UAE.
Five years down the lane, UAE respondents are in order to replace by diminishing all the IT models which are in utilization now and retain only the hybrid cloud/ multi cloud and on future expansion of the cloud it will account for 45 percent of the latest placements in the same time frame. Pairing down their utilization of the data center ecosystems for a penetration of below average of 15 percent while the entire nation is embracing hybrid cloud falling right on the line with average of 10 percent penetration. Better hybrid clouds models being designed by IT Pros are not only contributing for a better industry outcome but also cutting costs. With this there is security, privacy and compliance muscles which are exemplifying factor to determine the new IT deployment.
65 percent of UAE respondents reported to have gained a better control of IT resource practice, 61 percent have enhanced a swifter approach to deliver industry requirements and been able to able to give assistance to their remote workers, almost 61 percent as their top motivators. But on the other hand @9 percent responded that they lacked skills to operate cloud-native and container technology and 35 percent are falling short of the IT essential skillset which is required to cope up with hybrid cloud ecosystem.
Due to Covid-19 pandemic IT has been triggered a lot to stay within its organizations deliberately which has compelled them to run solely on cloud platforms giving more accessible infrastructure having more room for work-from-home employees. The complaints of not having a regular remote work force a year ago and come down from 28 percent to 2 percent from last year. As a result, new investments have been pushed in cloud’s infrastructure and tools. Half of the respondents are making new ventures in hybrid private cloud while the other 33 percent reported boosted investments in the public cloud.
A huge sign of healthy embracing of the private cloud and public infrastructures of cloud is being firm in UAE. This will make a progress in building a major hybrid cloud ecosystem and the enterprises can have both the management’s tools and skillsets to manage the tasks according to Aaron white, senior sales director, METI at Nutanix. He also mentioned that the pandemic has influenced many IT significances such as shifting focus from organized projects to remote infrastructure build outs adding home workers which in turn has enhanced the utilization of cloud platforms and provoked the enlargement of cloud infrastructure which acts as critical factor to build hybrid cloud plans and corporate digital revolution projects.
