{"id":120638,"date":"2024-12-16T16:49:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=120638"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:44:57","slug":"irelands-it-managers-prepare-for-increased-ai-and-cloud-investment-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2024\/12\/16\/irelands-it-managers-prepare-for-increased-ai-and-cloud-investment-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s IT managers prepare for increased AI and cloud investment in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>A total of 93% of IT managers in Ireland surveyed plan to increase cloud investment next year, while 95% aim to boost AI investment.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Hat, a leading provider of open-source solutions, has announced new survey results highlighting key drivers for cloud and AI strategies among IT managers in Ireland over the next 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research surveyed 300 IT managers from large businesses (500+ employees) across Ireland. It explores the priorities and challenges they face as they navigate cloud complexity and execute AI strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robbie Byrne, Country Manager, Ireland, Red Hat, said: \u201cWe believe that having greater choice, flexibility and independence at a platform level is going to be crucial for businesses looking to harness AI\u2019s potential and navigate unknown disruption ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 93% of IT managers surveyed say their organisation plans to increase investment in cloud technology by 2025, with a majority of these (43%) planning growth by 5%-20% and 38% planning growth by 21%-50%, while 10% plan an increase of 51% or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top priority for cloud strategy for the next 18 months is cost optimisation, cited by 71% of respondents. This is followed closely by cloud-native application development and DevOps (67%); security, compliance and sovereignty regulatory requirements (67%); and moving to hybrid\/multi cloud, reducing dependence on a single provider (67%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investment in AI is set to increase over the next year for 95% of organisations, according to respondents, with a majority (42%) planning an increase in the range of 5%-20% and 33% planning a 21%-50% increase, while 19% plan an increase of 51% or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All IT managers surveyed see benefits in adopting enterprise open-source solutions for AI, including predictive and generative. Enhanced agility in hybrid cloud environments is seen as the top advantage (31%), with improved ecosystem collaboration and integration coming in second place (30%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe survey results reflect the challenging dynamics we are seeing with our customers: a keen focus on innovation as they look to drive their Digital Transformation to the next level, while also needing to optimise costs,\u201d added Byrne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContemporary technologies such as automation, AI and cloud-native applications can bring efficiencies, but there are also headwinds such as internal silos, skills gaps and in some cases a lack of access to the right IT platforms. \u201cWe believe that having greater choice, flexibility and independence at a platform level is going to be crucial for businesses looking to harness AI\u2019s potential and navigate unknown disruption ahead. We also see enterprise open-source playing a more important role than ever as organisations seek agility in a hybrid world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 93% of IT managers in Ireland surveyed plan to increase cloud investment next year, while 95% aim to boost AI investment. Red Hat, a leading provider of open-source solutions, has announced new survey results highlighting key drivers for cloud and AI strategies among IT managers in Ireland over the next 18 months. 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