Tech Barometer · 2026-03-30 · 17 min
The 2026 Enterprise Cloud Index, a survey of IT professionals, reveals tension between the need for IT oversight and the reality of easy-to-build-and-deploy containerized apps. Demand for AI capabilities is driving up shadow IT use, forcing IT teams to manage more risks. Get tech leader insights to move faster and smarter. Get more stories by subscribing to The Forecast . Podcast transcript: Jason Lopez: : This is the Tech Barometer podcast. I'm Jason Lopez. Nutanix released its eighth annual enterprise cloud index this month, and two of the key findings stood out. Containers are rapidly becoming the foundation of how modern applications are built and run, and Shadow AI is spreading through organizations largely unmanaged. We talked about this issue of Shadow AI with NAND Research chief analyst, Steve McDowell. Steve McDowell: :You're like, "You know what? These IT guys, they're out of their mind. I need to use this because it's going to help me and I'm just going to pull the trigger and make the decision." Yeah, sure. The employee's getting a lot of benefit from this engagement, but you have no idea it's happening.
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