NetApp’s 2024 Cloud Complexity Report Reveals AI Disrupt or Die Era Unfolding Globally - Seite 2
AI Laggards Must Swiftly Innovate to Stay Competitive
Despite the divide, there is notable progress among AI laggards in preparing their IT environments for AI, but the window to catch up is closing rapidly.
- A significant number of companies in AI-lagging countries (42%) have optimized their IT environments for AI, including Germany (67%) and Spain (59%)
- Companies in some AI-lagging countries already report seeing the benefits of a unified data infrastructure in place, such as:
- Easier data sharing: Spain (45%), Australia/New Zealand (43%), Germany (44%)
- Increased visibility: Spain (54%) and Germany (46%)
IT Costs and Data Security Emerge as Top Challenges but Won’t Impede AI Progress
Rising IT costs and ensuring data security are two of the biggest challenges in the AI era, but they will not block AI progress. Instead, AI leaders will scale back, cut other IT operations, or reallocate costs from other parts of the business to fund AI initiatives.
- AI leaders will also increase their cloud operations (CloudOps), data security and AI investments throughout 2024, with 40% of large companies saying AI projects have already increased IT costs.
- Year over year, “increased cybersecurity risk” jumped 16% as a top concern from 45% to 61%, while all other concerns decreased.
- To manage AI project costs, 31% of companies globally are reallocating funds from other business areas, with India (48%), UK (40%), and US (35%) leading this trend.
Security, AI, and CloudOps Drive 2024 Cloud Investments
As global companies, whether AI leaders or AI laggards, increase investments, they are relying on the cloud to support their goals.
- Companies reported that they expect to increase AI-driven cloud deployments by 19% from 2024 to 2030.
- 85% of AI leaders plan to enhance their CloudOps automation over the next year.
- Increasing data security investments is a global priority, jumping 25% from 33% in 2023 to 58% in 2024.
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In March 2024, NetApp partnered with Savanta to conduct a quantitative research study of 1,300+ tech and data executives at businesses in 10 markets: US, EMEA (UK, France, Germany, Spain), and APAC (Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Japan).
To learn more and access the full report and infographic, visit https://www.netapp.com/netapp-intelligence/cloud-complexity-report/.
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