Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index finds AI Is driving rapid container adoption while shadow IT and organisational silos create AI risks

Nutanix announced the findings of its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption. This year’s report examined the challenges IT executives face as they navigate rapid AI adoption alongside application and infrastructure modernisation.

The rapid rise of AI adoption in the enterprise over the last year is forcing a wave of infrastructure modernisation, as companies race to build and run applications more efficiently. In fact, containers have become a core component of the enterprise application strategy, with the survey showing that 87% of respondents globally report AI is accelerating their adoption of containers to improve speed, reliability, and scalability.

“The findings indicate organisations need enterprise-grade security, resilience, and portability as AI workloads can run anywhere,” said Lee Caswell, SVP, Product and Solutions Marketing at Nutanix. “Organisations would also benefit from a common operating environment for virtual ...