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Publication Date: 2026-03-05 06:41:00
Indian enterprises are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), but governance risks, infrastructure readiness gaps and organisational silos are emerging as key hurdles as companies move from experimentation to large-scale deployment, according to the latest Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) report released by Nutanix on Thursday.
The eighth annual global study, conducted by Wakefield Research, surveyed IT decision-makers on trends in cloud adoption, containerisation and AI deployment. The findings indicate that while AI is driving rapid infrastructure modernisation worldwide, Indian organisations are moving particularly quickly toward containerised architectures even as CIOs and CISOs grapple with governance, data security and operational complexity.
Shadow AI emerges as a governance risk
One of the most pressing concerns for enterprise technology leaders is the rise of “shadow AI”—the use of AI tools by employees outside formal IT oversight.
Speaking at a select media roundtable on the report, Daryush Ashjari, CTO (APJ), Nutanix, said shadow AI is rapidly emerging as one of the most significant governance risks for enterprises globally.
“Shadow AI—the use of AI tools by employees outside official IT oversight—is rapidly emerging as one of the biggest governance risks for enterprises globally. As employees experiment with generative AI tools outside formal IT oversight, organisations face growing exposure to data leakage, compliance…
