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Mohammad Abulhouf has recently been promoted to Vice President and General Manager for Emerging Markets at Nutanix . He will continue to focus on expanding Nutanix ’ s regional client base and accelerating growth significantly , in response to the ongoing digital transformation sweeping through the region .

What are your strengths and abilities that you bring to the above role ?

Abulhouf has consistently demonstrated a remarkable ability to drive innovation and foster a collaborative team environment . His strategic vision and dedication have not only achieved significant milestones for Nutanix but have also set a new standard for excellence . Since he joined the company , he actively contributed to Emerging Markets becoming the largest region in EMEA .

Please describe the expectations of the end customers that you address . What are their pain points today ?

Nutanix ’ s latest Annual Enterprise Cloud Index , ECI report sheds light on customer pain points and challenges . Ransomware protection is top of mind for

both CXOs and practitioners but most organisations continue to struggle in the wake of attacks .

78 % of organisations say they plan to increase investments in ransomware protection solutions throughout this year . Managing multiple deployment environments with a hybrid multicloud strategy comes with a range of challenges .

As organisations seek equilibrium driven by security and innovation , application and data movement remain a complex challenge . Also , a lack of data and application interoperability solutions can result in costly security breaches , data loss events , resource utilisation overruns , or redundant operations .

Managing cloud costs continues to be top of mind for most , with 85 % of ECI respondents saying their current IT infrastructure makes cloud cost control a challenge .

Abulhouf admires innovative technology companies , especially competitive ones , as they drive Nutanix to keep improving all the time .

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