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Summary Results | August 2019

Trends in Next Generation

Datacenter Infrastructure



Survey Summary▶ Between May and August 2019, Gatepoint Research invited selected IT executives to participate in a

survey themed Trends in Next Generation Datacenter Infrastructure.

▶ Candidates were invited via email and 240 executives have participated to date.

▶ Management levels represented are predominantly senior decision makers: 12% hold the title CxO,

8% are VPs, 26% are Directors, and 54% are Managers.

▶ Survey participants represent firms from a wide variety of industries including business services,

consumer services, education, financial services, healthcare, media, high tech high tech

manufacturing, retail trade, telecom services, transportation and wholesale trade.

▶ Responders work for firms with a wide range of revenue levels:

▪ 16% work in Fortune 1000 companies with revenues over $1.5 billion;

▪ 18% work in Large firms whose revenues are between $500 million and $1.5 billion;

▪ 11% work in Mid-Market firms with $250 million to $500 million in revenues;

▪ 55% work in Small companies with less than $250 million in revenues.

▶ 100% of responders participated voluntarily; none were engaged using telemarketing.



Executive OverviewIt might be tempting to assume IT departments in healthcare industry organizations would be cautious

and conservative in their approach to datacenter infrastructure. In reality, they can’t afford to be.

Healthcare IT management requires highly efficient, highly responsive infrastructure that can nimbly

handle huge (and growing) amounts of data. How are companies positioning themselves to handle the

task?

This survey asks respondents to report:

▶ What is their current cloud strategy – public or private cloud, a mix, or none? What workloads do they run in the cloud?

▶ What Electronic Medical Record (EMR) do they use?

▶ What do they think about Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)?

▶ What major IT projects are they undertaking within the next 18 months?



What is your cloud strategy?

Among those organizations involved in the survey, 43% are currently moving workloads to the cloud and 10% have completed the move, 25% by working with multiple cloud vendors.

43%

28%

25%

11%

10%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

We're in the process of moving workloads to the cloud

We are just starting to consider cloud

We work with multiple cloud vendors

What cloud strategy? We're planning to

stick with a traditional IT environment

We have finished moving workloads to the cloud



Do you use public or private cloud(s)?

The percentage of respondents who use private cloud versus a mix of public and private cloud is the same (37%) but only 9% choose to use just public cloud.

We use private

cloud

37%

We use both public

and private cloud

37%

N/A, we're not

there yet but have a

plan

10%

We use public cloud

9%

N/A, we haven't moved

to the cloud

and don't intend to

7%



What types of workloads do you run in the cloud?

Most typically, organizations run server virtualizations and databases in the cloud (45% each) but rarely run Big Data applications (19%) or PACS/VNA (13%).

45%

45%

38%

28%

19%

13%

28%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Server virtualization

Databases

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Virtual desktops

Big Data applications

PACS / VNA

Other



What Electronic Medical Record (EMR) does your group currently utilize?

Of those EMRs named, the most widely used among respondents is Epic with 32%. Other EMRs are used by 11% to 15% of respondents. 43% work with other EMR vendors or create their own in-house solution.

32%

15% 14% 13%11%

43%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Epic Allscripts Cerner Meditech eClinicalWorks Other



How much of your job involves deploying/managing infrastructure? (Rate 1 to 5, where 1 = peripheral involvement, 5 = a major part of my job)

About one third of respondents consider deploying or managing infrastructure to be a major part of their job.

16%

13%

16%19%

35%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1 2 3 4 5

Peripheral involvement Major part of my job



What is your experience with hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI)?

Nearly half of those surveyed frankly admit they do not have enough experience with HCI to render an opinion on it. Those who do are equally split between those who like it and those who regard it with skepticism (19% each).

45%

19%

19%

13%

4%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

I don't know enough about it

We're currently using HCI and we like it

It's worth considering, but we're skeptical

We're planning to move there;

our on-prem workloads require it

We're currently using HCI and

experiencing some challenges



Which vendors are part of your IT infrastructure?

Cisco, Microsoft, and VMWare are the vendors most likely to be found in respondents’ IT infrastructure mix, used by between 74% and 80% of those organizations surveyed.

80%

81%

74%

59%

40%

26%

27%

16%

11%

11%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Cisco

Microsoft

VMWare

Dell

EMC

HPE

IBM

NetApp

Nutanix

Other



What major IT projects are you driving within the next 18 months?

A significant percentage of those surveyed reveal an ambitious slate of IT projects to be undertaken in the next year and a half. A third or more report they will address server refresh, virtualization, cloud initiatives, EMR upgrades, and data center consolidation.

40%

37%

34%

34%

33%

30%

5%

19%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Server refresh

Virtualization

Cloud initiative

EMR upgrade

Data center consolidation

Storage refresh

Microsoft Dynamics GP upgrade

Other



In general, how open is your organization to considering new technology or approaches?

Although just 8% of respondents characterize their IT approach as “Very open,” most say they fall in the open-to-neutral range, willing to try and evaluate new technologies.

8%

36%

42%

8% 7%0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Very open:our IT culture is

to push the boundaries

Open, but cautious:we have a

healthy desire to trywhat's new

Neutral:everything is decided

on a case-by-case basis

Somewhat negative:we are slow

to adopt newtechnologies

Closed:the culture of our

organization is veryconservative



Profile of Responders:

Industry Sectors

Responders represent mostly healthcare, but also a variety of other industries.

Healthcare

78%

Business Services

7%

Education

4%

Consumer

Services

4%

Wholesale

Trade

1%

Retail Trade

1%

Media

1%

Mfg - High

Tech

2%

Public Administration

1%

Transportation

1%Other

7%




Revenue

16% of those surveyed work in Fortune 1000 companies with revenues over $1.5 billion.

>$1.5billion

16%

$500 million -

$1.5 billion

18%

$250 - 500 million

11%

<$250 million

55%




Job Level

46% of those surveyed hold Director or executive level positions in their organizations.

CxO

12%

VP

8%

Director

26%

Manager

54%



The healthcare industry continues to undergo rapid

changes, putting increasing pressure on healthcare

organizations to embrace innovative and agile

methodologies in order to improve the quality of

patient care and reduce operational expenses. Security,

regulatory compliance and mobility are among the top

priorities for healthcare CIOs/CTOs and their teams.

Healthcare organizations across the world are tasked

to support a large number of caregivers and supporting

staff and provide access to hundreds of healthcare

applications across the care continuum. To address

these and other challenges, healthcare organizations

of all sizes are turning to Nutanix Enterprise Cloud.

Learn more at nutanix.com/solutions/healthcare

https://www.nutanix.com

https://www.nutanix.com/solutions/healthcare

https://www.nutanix.com/solutions/healthcare

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