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

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

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Publication Date: 2026-03-04 09:02:00

Lee Caswell, SVP, Product & Solutions Marketing at Nutanix.

  • Organisational silos create new AI risks.
  • Shadow IT is creating AI challenges.
  • Agents unlock enormous potential in organisations.
  • Containers are the foundation of modern applications, with AI as key driver.

Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), which positions itself as a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced the 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 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 the survey showing that 85% of respondents report that 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 machines and containers that enables their IT leaders to scale…