Singapore organisations are enthusiastically adopting Generative AI (GenAI) to boost productivity, automation, and innovation, according to the latest Enterprise Cloud Index survey by Nutanix. However, over 70% of these organisations are encountering implementation challenges, with infrastructure modernisation emerging as a critical focus. Nearly 80% of Singapore firms report that their IT systems require significant upgrades to support GenAI applications.
The report highlights that whilst 85% of Singapore organisations have developed a GenAI strategy, 31% have yet to implement it. This mirrors trends across the Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ) region and globally. Top GenAI workloads in Singapore include cybersecurity, fraud detection, and code generation.
Infrastructure modernisation is essential for scaling GenAI workloads from development to production. Singapore organisations are prioritising investments in IT infrastructure to support these initiatives. However, the country lags behind in application containerisation, with over 60% of organisations having containerised applications compared to more than 80% in APJ and globally.
Security and privacy concerns are also prominent, with less than half of Singapore decision-makers feeling prepared to handle ransomware and cyber threats. Only 42% of Singapore organisations report having the necessary skills to support GenAI adoption, compared to nearly 60% of their APJ and global peers.
Ho Chye Soon, Singapore country manager at Nutanix, emphasised the need for modernising applications and infrastructure to unlock GenAI’s full potential. “Many businesses in Singapore understand the urgency of this transformation but face challenges in integrating and scaling GenAI workloads due to infrastructure limitations,” he said.
As GenAI adoption accelerates, Singapore organisations must address these challenges to fully capitalise on the technology’s potential.
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