AI adoption in financial services is accelerating, but growing governance gaps and infrastructure challenges are slowing scale: Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index | iTWire

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, today announced the findings of its eighth annual Financial Sector Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) report. The findings reveal that while financial services organizations are rapidly adopting AI, many are struggling to scale effectively as governance, infrastructure and operational readiness fall behind.

Key findings:

• Shadow AI is widespread and poses a significant risk: 66% of IT executives report that employees use unauthorized AI, while 86% say it creates business risks.

• Governance and process are the biggest barriers: Process complexity (38%) and organizational factors, including leadership and skills (34%), outweigh technical limitations (28%) when scaling AI.

• Data sovereignty is creating growing tension: While 79% prioritize data sovereignty, 62% still run containerized workloads in the public cloud, creating a growing “sovereignty debt.”

• Containerization is accelerating as a foundation for AI: 90% say AI is…