Signaling Shift, 80% of Global Respondents Plan to Continue Supporting Remote Workers Long Term Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX ), a leader in private cloud, hybrid and multicloud computing, today announced the global public sector industry findings of its third annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report, measuring organizations’ plans for adopting private, hybrid and public clouds. The findings point to a concentrated modernization effort throughout the sector over the past few months, with 70% of respondents saying COVID-19 has caused IT to be viewed more strategically in their organizations. This COVID-19-spurred push is especially notable, given that the public sector has struggled with IT modernization efforts. While public sector organizations have historically grappled with regulations that deter telework, the pandemic forced them to take necessary steps to securely support a remote workforce. Nearly half (48%) of global public sector respondents, and 71% of U.S. Federal Government...

Hybrid and Multicloud Leader Strengthens Networking, Storage and Virtualization Services Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX ), a leader in private, hybrid and multicloud computing, today announced additional ransomware protections in the company’s cloud platform . These include new threat monitoring and detection, as well as more granular data replication and robust access controls一all natively built into the Nutanix stack. These new capabilities build on Nutanix’s rich data services for network security, files and objects storage, virtualization, and business continuity to help enterprises prevent, detect and recover against ransomware attacks across multiple cloud environments. At a time when attacks are becoming even more common due to the rise of remote work, these capabilities make it easier to implement security and business continuity best practices at the infrastructure level, rather than rely on a complex matrix of bolt-on security products. A recent Gartner report¹ shared that, “in 2020,...