Nutanix has released its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index. The report measures global enterprise progress with cloud adoption. It also highlights how AI is reshaping IT infrastructure.

The survey found that AI adoption is accelerating the need for application and infrastructure modernization. Containers have become a core part of enterprise strategies. In fact, 85% of respondents said AI is driving faster adoption of containers to improve speed, reliability, and scalability.

Lee Caswell, SVP of Product and Solutions Marketing at Nutanix, said organizations need enterprise-grade security, resilience, and portability. He added that AI workloads can run anywhere. A common operating environment for virtual machines and containers helps IT leaders scale AI confidently.

The survey showed that organizational silos create AI risks. 82% of respondents said silos between business units and IT slow deployment and increase complexity. Shadow IT also poses challenges. 79% reported AI tools being used in non-IT departments. Unauthorized AI use can expose sensitive data.

AI agents offer major opportunities. 61% of executives said AI agents enhance customer or employee experiences. 58% believe they improve productivity. Additionally, 57% expect AI agents to create new products, services, or revenue streams.

Data sovereignty remains a priority. 80% of respondents said it is crucial when choosing infrastructure. Many organizations keep data within the country it was collected. 57% prefer running infrastructure locally for security and compliance reasons.

Containers are central to modern applications. 87% of respondents expect container use to grow over the next three years. 83% are already building new applications in containers. AI is a key driver for this trend.

Despite growing AI applications, infrastructure readiness lags. 59% of respondents expect more than five AI-enabled applications soon. Yet 82% said their current infrastructure is not fully ready to support AI workloads on-premises.

Mohammad Abulhouf, VP & GM for Middle East & Africa at Nutanix, said AI adoption is moving from experimentation to execution. He emphasized the need to modernize platforms with containers while maintaining governance, security, and data sovereignty.

For the eighth year, Nutanix commissioned the survey with Wakefield Research. It included 1,600 executives from organizations with over 500 employees across 14 countries.

Nutanix continues to highlight how AI adoption drives container use and infrastructure modernization globally.

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