Business.Scoop » Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index Finds AI Driving Rapid Container Adoption Across Australia, Shadow AI Causing Concern

Business.Scoop » Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index Finds AI Driving Rapid Container Adoption Across Australia, Shadow AI Causing Concern

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Publication Date: 2026-03-03 23:00:00

Press Release – Nutanix

. This years report looked closely at the challenges IT local executives face as they navigate the rapid increase of AI use and need for application and infrastructure modernisation in the enterprise.

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Sydney, Australia – March 4, 2026 – Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced the Australian findings of its eighth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures global enterprise progress with cloud adoption. This year’s report looked closely at the challenges IT local executives face as they navigate the rapid increase of AI use and need for application and infrastructure modernisation in the enterprise.

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 90 per cent of Australian respondents confirming AI is accelerating their adoption of containers to improve speed, reliability, and scalability.


Michael Alp, Managing Director for A/NZ Nutanix (Photo/Supplied)

“It is clear Australian organisations are ready to embrace AI, but this…