Nutanix has successfully held its first-ever Nutanix Cloud Day in Lagos, Nigeria, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to driving digital transformation in West, East, and Central Africa.
The event brought together industry leaders, partners, and customers to explore the future of multicloud infrastructure and enterprise AI in the region.
“We’re excited to be in Lagos, a city that represents the vibrant heartbeat of West Africa’s business and technology landscape and a growing economic power in Africa,” says Raif Abou Diab, country manager South Gulf and Sub-Saharan Africa at Nutanix. “At Nutanix, we are deeply committed to supporting our reseller partners and customers in the region, helping them to leverage the power of multicloud to unlock new opportunities.
“Our team is dedicated to delivering tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of businesses across West, East, and Central Africa, ensuring they can accelerate their cloud transformation journey with confidence and ease,” he adds.
At the Lagos event, Nutanix reinforced its mission to empower businesses in Africa with the flexibility and security of its leading multicloud platform, thereby enabling African businesses with the technology required to lead their global industries.
Nutanix Cloud Day highlighted the company’s focus on simplifying cloud operations and delivering innovative solutions to meet the unique needs of regional organizations. From flexible AI deployments to improved sustainability metrics, Nutanix solutions are designed to help businesses accelerate growth and innovation.
“Nutanix’s expansion into Nigeria is part of our broader strategy to support Africa’s digital transformation,” says Babatunde Abagun, sub-regional sales manager: West, East & Central Africa at Nutanix. “As organisations in West and East Africa move towards hybrid and multicloud models, Nutanix is here to provide the robust, scalable infrastructure they need to succeed.
“With the very unique challenges facing the business climate in Nigeria, innovation takes on a different meaning for businesses here as they seek the right technology partners to secure for today and future-proof tomorrow’s business growth. Nutanix has proven to be that platform and our Cloud Day event gives us the opportunity to amplify our messaging in the local market” continues Abagun
The event built on the momentum from Nutanix’s global .NEXT Summit held earlier this year, where the company unveiled key innovations, including:
- AI-Driven Capabilities: Nutanix introduced advancements in AI, leveraging Nvidia partnerships to enable seamless deployment and management of large language models (LLMs). This builds on the integration of Nutanix Enterprise AI and Nvidia AI Enterprise, empowering organizations to quickly adapt AI capabilities to evolving business needs.
- Unified Kubernetes Management: Nutanix expanded its Kubernetes offerings, making it easier for enterprises to manage and scale AI workloads across private clouds, public cloud, and edge environments with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP).
- Power Monitoring for Sustainability: In line with the company’s focus on sustainability, Nutanix introduced a new Power Consumption Dashboard, enabling customers to track and reduce energy usage across their infrastructure.
- GPT-in-a-Box: Nutanix’s comprehensive solution for enterprises to quickly deploy generative AI applications with a secure and scalable full-stack platform. It enables organizations to streamline AI initiatives across private clouds, public cloud deployments, and edge environments, offering preconfigured setups and integration with leading AI models for fast and reliable AI-driven innovation.
Nutanix’s core message at the Lagos event was clear: the company’s hybrid multicloud platform is designed to enable secure, scalable operations, helping organizations achieve better business outcomes. From enhancing security to improving customer experiences, Nutanix provides the flexibility and reliability needed to navigate today’s complex digital landscape.
Through its collaborations with major technology partners such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Citrix, HPE, Cisco, Dell, and Red Hat, to name a few, Nutanix continues to offer integrated solutions that streamline operations and reduce complexity. By simplifying AI and cloud deployments, the company empowers African businesses to leverage new technologies and achieve long-term growth.
Nutanix distinguishes itself in the multicloud space through its unified, software-defined hybrid Nutanix Cloud Platform, which simplifies IT complexity by providing seamless operations across on-premises, private, and public cloud environments. This integrated approach helps enterprises achieve greater flexibility, scalability, and resilience.
The Nutanix Cloud Platform’s centralised management and common data services drive efficiency and cost control, allowing organizations to focus on innovation and growth without being hampered by infrastructure limitations.
“Nutanix’s multicloud solutions empower organizations to unify their IT environments, providing a consistent and secure foundation that extends seamlessly across private and public clouds. Our approach allows customers across Africa to break down traditional silos and move toward a future where their IT is as agile as their business strategy demands,” ends Abagun.