Retailers Look to Hybrid Cloud as They Search for Flexibility
January 13 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Nutanix ECI report shows retailers prefer
hybrid cloud architectures to deliver flexibility and security
Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced
the retail industry findings of its second Enterprise Cloud Index
Report, measuring retailers’ plans for adopting private, hybrid and
public clouds. The report found the vast majority of retailers
(87.5%) identified hybrid cloud as the ideal IT operating model. It
also showed many retailers (72%) are planning to move some public
cloud applications back on-premises.
Retailers recognize that seamless customer experience is no
longer a “nice-to-have” — it’s a critical factor in winning new
customers and retaining existing ones — and flexible cloud
infrastructure is critical to delivering it. A recent IDC report1
noted worldwide spending on customer experience technologies will
reach $641 billion in 2022, demonstrating it’s at the forefront of
business leaders’ strategy. In line with broader IT industry
trends, many retailers also recognize the full, long-term costs of
the public cloud.
Additional findings of this year’s report include:
- Retailers focus most on agility: Unlike in the broader
IT industry, where cost is the top driver, retailers ranked the
ability to accelerate IT deployments (54.3%) as the top factor in
deciding the best cloud environment for each application. In order
to adapt quickly to customer trends in an age of multichannel
selling across many platforms, retailers are leading the pack in
maximizing the flexibility of IT infrastructure to keep pace.
- Security is top of mind: Data showed that security
heavily shapes retail cloud deployment plans. Nearly two-thirds of
respondents (63.6%) said security has significant influence on
their future cloud deployments, with hybrid cloud specifically
identified as the most secure (32%). As data privacy regulations
continue to tighten and expand, retailers are at the forefront of
looking for ways to efficiently manage customer data securely.
Hybrid cloud operating models offer the security and flexibility
retailers need to stay ahead of policy changes.
- Retail leads in digital apps and IoT cloud deployments:
Always innovating to keep pace with customers’ demands, retailers
outpace averages in using the public cloud to run digital
applications and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. They also
run their business applications more often in the public cloud than
other industries, with about 11% current penetration of multiple
public clouds and about 19% penetration of a single public
cloud.
“Staying relevant to today’s customers means having the
necessary cloud infrastructure in place to embrace omnichannel
retail experiences,” said Greg Smith, VP of Product Marketing,
Nutanix. “Retailers use data to connect the e-commerce and in-store
shopping experiences, and the only way they can do this accurately
and efficiently is through flexible, scalable technology. The rise
of selling on social media platforms also means integrating payment
into the user experience, bringing security and protection of
customers’ data to the forefront of retailers’ minds. Hybrid cloud
provides the portability and control needed to bring retailers into
the new era of customer experience.”
The 2019 respondent base spanned multiple industries, business
sizes, and the following geographies: the Americas; Europe, the
Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and the Asia-Pacific (APJ)
region.
To learn more about the global report and findings, please
download the “Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index 2019” or register to
access the retail industry finding.
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Stop by the Nutanix booth #1310 at the NRF Conference on January
12-14, 2020 to learn more about the company’s solutions for the
retail industry.
Learn more about Nutanix solutions for the retail industry on
the Nutanix website.
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1 IDC Press Release, Spending on Customer Experience
Technologies Will Reach $641 Billion in 2022, According to New IDC
Spending Guide, 6 August 2019.
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS45422819.
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