Paul Nashawaty
Practice Lead and Principal Analyst · theCUBE Research
Position Evolution
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AI in production applications
Shiftedconfidence 85%Nashawaty's framing of AI adoption metrics has shifted from presenting current snapshot data to emphasizing the dramatic growth trajectory over time. While the underlying trend remains consistent, he now leads with the historical progression to underscore the acceleration rather than just stating current penetration rates.
"51 % of our production applications, according to our research, showed that they're running AI in production applications as of August of 2025. So right now, I would guess that that's probably much higher, in the 70s percent."
Source on theCUBE ↗"About a year ago I ran a survey. We found that 18 % of production applications are using AI. We ran that survey nine months later, that number jumped to 54 %, and I guarantee you that number's much higher today for all production- based applications."
Source on theCUBE ↗Developer complexity abstraction
Hardenedconfidence 80%Nashawaty's position on complexity abstraction has hardened from observing vendor capabilities to identifying it as a fundamental barrier that must be addressed for organizational modernization. His analysis has become more strategic and outcome-focused.
"they're abstracting away the complexity of being a professional developer, allowing for the citizen developer to do the job. That's what I saw was a big difference from last year, and from previous years to now."
Source on theCUBE ↗"When we talk about modernization efforts with CIOs, we see that the two barriers of entry for modernization is complexity and skill gap issues. That's what I was hearing in the keynote today, how to address complexity and skill gap issues."
Source on theCUBE ↗Multi-cloud adoption patterns
New positionconfidence 75%Multi-cloud strategy has emerged as a major focus area for Nashawaty, with detailed statistics and strategic implications now central to his analysis. This represents a significant expansion from minimal mentions to a core analytical framework.
"We're seeing that with CISOs. CISOs are moving to more practical."
Source on theCUBE ↗"we're seeing in our own research that 94 % of organizations are using two or more clouds. 65 % are using four or more clouds. They have to adopt the multi- cloud to hybrid cloud approach."
Source on theCUBE ↗Cited in newsletters
Apr 27, 2026
"agents are evolving from assistance or copilots to really first-class participants in the enterprise workflows"
cited in Developer · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"When we look at entering the agentic AI era, we see that agents are evolving from assistance or copilots to really first-class participants in the enterprise workflows."
cited in Deep Tech · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"AI is not siloed. AI is an enabler that helps all the products, and this was embedded across the entire Microsoft portfolio."
cited in Deep Tech · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"51% of applications that are going into production are using AI today"
cited in Deep Tech · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"organizations are embedding agents and governance as well as observability to enhance that risk by over 40%."
cited in Deep Tech · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"we see that 51 % of applications that are going into production are using AI today"
cited in C-Suite · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"Those organizations that are able to capitalize on this are going to have a competitive advantage. The ones that don't are going to be boxed out"
cited in C-Suite · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"we see organizations are embedding agents and governance as well as observability to enhance that risk by over 40 %"
cited in C-Suite · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
"organizations are moving AI beyond experimental into lifecycle- driven productivity and workflows are three times more likely to see measurable productivity gains"
cited in C-Suite · from Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
All theCUBE appearances (24)
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VMware Explore 2025 | Rick Walsworth, VMware
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VMware Explore 2025 | Purnima Padmanabhan, Tanzu Division, Broadcom
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VMware Explore 2025 | Paul Turner, Broadcom & Kumaran Siva, AMD
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VMware Explore 2025 | Chris Wolf, Broadcom & Gavin Jolliffe, Xtravirt
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VMware Explore 2025 | Mark Fournier, United States Senate Federal Credit Union
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VMware Explore 2025 | Sharad Kumar & James Bayer, FluidCloud
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Chainguard Assemble 2026 | Adeel Saeed, Kyndryl
GUEST · theCUBE Research · Practice Lead and Principal Analyst
Chainguard Assemble 2026 | João Brandão, OutSystems
GUEST · theCUBE Research · Practice Lead and Principal Analyst
Chainguard Assemble 2026 | Neil Levine, Anchore
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Chainguard Assemble 2026 | John Sapp, Texas Mutual Insurance Company
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Chainguard Assemble 2026 | Rob Gil, Okta
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Chainguard Assemble 2026 | Dustin Kirkland, Chainguard
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Chainguard Assemble 2026 | Dan Lorenc, Chainguard
GUEST · theCUBE Research · Practice Lead and Principal Analyst
Chainguard Assemble 2026 | Keynote Analysis
GUEST · theCUBE Research · Practice Lead and Principal Analyst
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 | Sudeep Goswami, Traefik Labs
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 | Dan Ciruli, Nutanix & Sudeep Goswami, Traefik Labs
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 | Niels Bantilan & Chris Matteson, Union.ai
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Microsoft Ignite 2025 | AnalystANGLE
GUEST · theCUBE Research · Practice Lead and Principal Analyst
AWS re:Invent 2025 | Christina Kosmowski, LogicMonitor
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AWS re:Invent 2025 | Tom Eggemeir, Zendesk
GUEST
AWS re:Invent 2025 | Keynote Analysis
GUEST · theCUBE Research · Practice Lead and Principal Analyst