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PRESSR: Red Hat survey:

Centralising cloud

management is top priority

for UAE organisations

Oct 8, 202411:05 UTC

DUBAI, UAE – 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

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