India and Australia Lead in GenAI Adoption, but Face Infrastructure and Skills Challenges

86% of Indian Enterprises Have a GenAI Strategy, Outpacing Global Trends: Nutanix's latest Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) report

India Accelerates GenAI Adoption, But Infrastructure and Security Investments Are Key to Long-Term Success Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a global leader in hybrid multicloud computing, has unveiled the findings of its seventh annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report. The report offers a detailed analysis of global enterprise progress in cloud adoption, with a focus on the emerging trends in Generative AI (GenAI), investment priorities, and the challenges organizations face during implementation. 86% of Indian enterprises have already developed a GenAI strategy, underscoring the country's strong commitment to fostering AI-driven innovation. This highlights India's proactive stance in embracing advanced technologies, positioning it as a key player in the global AI landscape, and reflecting its ambition to stay ahead of, or even lead, global AI adoption trends. With businesses in India rapidly embracing GenAI for productivity, automation, and innovation, the ECI report highlights how Indian enterprises are outpacing global and regional trends in adoption. 90% of Indian respondents anticipate rising IT costs due to GenAI implementation, yet 75% expect a positive return on investment within 1-3 years. "Many organizations have reached an inflection point with GenAI implementation and deployment," said Lee Caswell, SVP, Product and Solutions Marketing at Nutanix. "This year's ECI revealed key trends that we're hearing from customers as well, including challenges with scaling GenAI workloads from development to production, new requirements GenAI creates for data governance, privacy, and visibility, and integration with existing IT infrastructure. To successfully unlock ROI with GenAI projects, organizations need to take a holistic approach to modernizing applications and infrastructure and embrace containerization." "India's rapid embrace of Generative AI signals a transformative leap in innovation. While containerization and Kubernetes are key to scaling AI-driven solutions, efforts to modernize infrastructure, fortify data security and upskill talent are also crucial. Organizations that act now to invest strategically in these key areas will not only unlock GenAI's full potential but also gain a decisive competitive edge in the AI-powered future," said Prasanna Ranade, Senior Director, Enterprise & Government Sales, Nutanix India. Enterprise IT in India: Balancing Innovation with Security The findings highlight India's reliance on cloud-native applications and containerization to support GenAI and other modern workloads. 81% of organizations are deploying GenAI applications, excluding both global (70%) and APJ (78%) averages. Nearly 99% of Indian enterprises are in the process of containerizing applications, making it the new infrastructure standard for modern workloads. 85% of Indian respondents recognize the need for significant improvements in their IT infrastructure to effectively support cloud-native applications. Furthermore, 95% acknowledge that GenAI is reshaping organizational priorities, with security and privacy at the forefront. While over 90% of organizations prioritize data privacy, 95% still believe more must be done to enhance the security of their GenAI models and applications. Scaling GenAI: IT Infrastructure Modernization is Critical Running cloud-native applications at enterprise scale requires an infrastructure that supports security, data integrity, and resilience. 98% of Indian organizations face challenges scaling GenAI workloads from development to production, with integration into existing IT infrastructure identified as the #1 challenge. As a result, IT infrastructure modernization is the top investment priority for Indian enterprises to support GenAI at scale. GenAI Adoption Requires Workforce Upskilling Beyond technology, organizations recognize the need for skilled talent. 52% of Indian enterprises plan to invest in IT training, while 48% aim to hire new talent to support GenAI initiatives. Encouragingly, 53% of respondents see advancements in GenAI as an opportunity to upskill and become AI experts. Key Findings for India: 99% of Indian enterprises are in the process of containerizing applications, in line with global trends. 86% have a GenAI strategy in place, with an impressive 66% actively implementing it, surpassing both global (55%) and APJ (60%) averages. 80% leverage GenAI for cybersecurity, fraud detection, and loss prevention, while 76% use it for customer support and experience enhancements. 95% agree GenAI is shifting organizational priorities, with security and privacy emerging as key concerns. 96% of organizations face challenges in scaling GenAI workloads, with integration into existing IT infrastructure as the primary hurdle. 71% believe investments in cybersecurity are crucial for GenAI success, while 61% see IT infrastructure modernization as an urgent need. 90% expect IT costs to rise due to GenAI, but 75% anticipate a positive return on investment within 1-3 years. 52% of enterprises plan to invest in IT training, and 48% are looking to hire new talent to support GenAI. For the seventh consecutive year, Nutanix commissioned a global research study to assess the state of enterprise cloud deployments, application containerization trends, and GenAI application adoption. In Fall 2024, U.K. researcher Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,500 IT and DevOps/Platform Engineering decision-makers worldwide. The respondent base spanned multiple industries, business sizes, and geographies, including North and South America; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and the Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ) region. To learn more about the report and findings, please download the full seventh Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index, here. About Nutanix Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running apps and data across clouds. With Nutanix, companies can reduce complexity and simplify operations, freeing them to focus on their business outcomes. Building on its legacy as the pioneer of hyperconverged infrastructure, Nutanix is trusted by companies worldwide to power hybrid multicloud environments consistently, simply, and cost-effectively. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on social media @nutanix.

Australia Ahead On GenAI Curve, But Skills And Security Threaten To Curb Value

Australia is moving faster than global peers when it comes to implementing GenAI strategies and containerising applications, but skills shortages and security fears could hinder progress. These are the key Australian findings in the seventh annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index report, which were released today. Australia's GenAI momentum is striking. More than 80 per cent of organisations have a GenAI strategy in place, and 61 per cent are actively implementing it, six points ahead of the global average (55 per cent). Common use cases include customer support solutions (55 per cent) and code generation tools (48 per cent). Yet, despite this rapid uptake, only 53 per cent of Australian respondents feel they have the necessary skills to support cloud-native apps/containers, a key ecosystem for GenAI applications. This is 10 points lower than the APJ average of 63 per cent. Further, 83 per cent say their infrastructure needs at least moderate improvement to support these workloads. Michael Alp, managing director, Nutanix A/NZ said the findings highlight Australian organisations aren't short on ambition, but there's a growing gap between strategic intent and operational execution. "The smartest move we're seeing right now is organisations upskilling the engineers and developers already on the ground for the new cloud-native world. These teams then take their new cloud-native skills, along with institutional IT knowledge, to make smarter infrastructure decisions that keep innovation moving, not breaking," Alp said. "It's a faster, more sustainable way to build the future and overcome the pervasive local skills gap." Meanwhile, 100 per cent of surveyed organisations in Australia are at least in the process of containerising their applications, with nearly a third (31 per cent) stating all newly developed applications are containerised. This is significantly higher than the APJ average of 22 per cent. AI is driving this containerisation surge with three quarters (75 per cent) of Australian respondents citing Gen AI applications as the most containerised applications in their organisation. "There is a quiet revolution underway within Australian organisations and that revolution is the shift to cloud-native," Alp said. "Containerisation is becoming the default, not the upgrade.That tells us it's already embedded in how teams are thinking and delivering from day one. "The flip side of this shift, as is clear in the data, is some organisations may struggle to drive their GenAI momentum forward, as they lack the skills, structure, and scale needed to turn all this progress into long-term performance." Key findings from this year's Australian results also show: For the seventh consecutive year, Nutanix commissioned a global research study to learn about the state of global enterprise cloud deployments, application containerisation trends, and GenAI application adoption. In late 2024, U.K. researcher Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,500 IT and DevOps/Platform Engineering decision-makers around the world. The respondent base spanned multiple industries, business sizes, and geographies, including Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ), North and South America; Europe, and the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). To learn more about the report and findings, please download the full seventh Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index, here. About Nutanix Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere. With Nutanix, companies can reduce complexity and simplify operations, freeing them to focus on their business outcomes. Building on its legacy as the pioneer of hyperconverged infrastructure, Nutanix is trusted by companies worldwide to power hybrid multicloud environments consistently, simply, and cost-effectively. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on social media @nutanix.