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Press release

Red Hat Survey: Centralising Cloud Management is Top Priority for

UAE Organisations

79% of UAE IT managers surveyed state cloud investment is an organisational priority for
2025, with centralising cloud management a leading driver for 66%

DUBAI, UAE -8 October 2024 – Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions,
today announced new survey results highlighting key drivers for cloud strategies over the next 18
months, which showed that 66% of UAE-based businesses surveyed plan to prioritise centralising cloud
management.

In addition to other key findings, 44% of surveyed organisations across the UAE stated they would
prioritise moving to hybrid/multi-cloud and reducing their dependency on a single provider over the
next 18 months, while 45% of organisations said they will emphasise security, compliance, and
sovereignty regulatory requirements.

The research surveyed 609 IT managers from large businesses (500+ employees) across six countries:
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UAE and the UK. It explores the priorities and challenges for IT
managers as they navigate cloud complexity and the opportunities and barriers, they face in executing
AI strategies.

According to the report, 79% of UAE-based respondents consider cloud technology investment a priority
for 2025. 16% are planning a strong focus on innovation and new technologies, while 31% expect
balanced growth between new technologies and enhancements to existing systems. Of this subset of
respondents, 72% plan to increase their investment in cloud technologies by 21%-50%, while 15% will
increase their investment by 51%-75%.

100% of UAE IT managers see advantages in adopting enterprise open source solutions for AI, including
predictive and generative. Accelerating innovation is seen as the top benefit of enterprise open source
AI in the UAE (41%), with improved ecosystem collaboration and integration coming in second place
(50%).
Cloud is an investment priority

IT managers surveyed across the six countries describe their organisation’s planned approach to
investing in cloud technology by 2025:
● Half (50%) are taking a balanced approach, focusing equally on new technologies and
enhancements to existing systems
● 26% have a strong focus on innovation and new technologies