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10/10/24, 2:49 PM Red Hat survey: Centralising cloud management is top priority for UAE organisations

Among those affected, the most common impacts on cloud strategy are:

● Inconsistent security and compliance across different providers (cited by 54%)

● Increased costs (47%)
● Limited control and visibility over cloud resources (42%)

Readiness for AI

When asked about their ability to take advantage of the growing AI opportunity, 40% of IT managers
surveyed state that their organisation has scalable, flexible and accessible IT platforms but lack the right
skill sets to fully harness AI’s potential. This compares to 25% that have the right platforms and feel well-

positioned to get the best value from them, and 35% who are in need of new platforms (22% of which are
on a path to acquire these).

With generative AI increasingly being explored by enterprises looking to solve existing problems or seize
new opportunities, the survey looked into the importance of a range of factors in determining trust in an

enterprise model for generative AI. It found that the following all placed similarly among respondents:

● Transparent, modifiable models with explainable sources (cited by 89%)
● Proven performance and reliability in similar use cases (85%)
● Protection with model indemnification (84%)
● Compliance with data privacy and security standards (83%)

● Accessible for use across teams, not just data scientists (83%)
● Cost-effectiveness (82%)
● Domain-specific models (as opposed to generic LLMs) (79%)

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