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Red Hat Survey: Centralising Cloud Management

is Top Priority for UAE Organisations

09/10/2024

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.

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