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Hybrid cloud model gains traction
(MENAFN- Arab News) Spending on ICT products and services in Saudi Arabia will increase 4.6 percent year on year in 2015 to total $36.95 billion according to International Data Corporation's newly released predictions for the year ahead.
IT services will see the fastest growth with the year to be characterized by growing interest in hybrid cloud solutions as the flexibility of this cloud model begins to resonate with Saudi CIOs looking for a viable and effective 'halfway house' between on-premise technology and remotely delivered services.
'Over the coming 12 months we expect organizations in Saudi Arabia to increase their investments in the 3rd Platform technologies of cloud mobility analytics and social networking' says Abdulaziz Al-Helayyil IDC's regional director for Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Bahrain.
'The expanding use of applications mobile devices social media and other technologies will result in an explosion of data within many Saudi organizations leading many of them to invest in storage infrastructure data mining and analytics applications. As such demand for storage devices BI tools and backup and recovery solutions is expected to remain high in 2015.'
These are some of IDC's key predictions for 2015:
l The Saudi ICT market will continue to post steady growth with spending to exceed $36 billion.
l Regional and local government bodies will place greater focus on driving their Smart City strategies and will begin to examine the viability of various smart initiatives.
l Telecom operators will intensify their transformation efforts as regulators push for a level playing field.
l MVNOs will change the dynamics of the consumer mobile market.
l Next-generation access networks will drive the pervasion of the Internet of Things (IoT).
l Hybrid cloud models will gain traction as international SaaS providers finally expand their cloud footprints.
l Investments in business continuity and disaster recovery will gain momentum as 'risk' becomes the primary driver for backup as opposed to 'compliance.'
l The majority of Saudi enterprises will continue with basic analytics tools and dashboards as they will not consider Big Data analytics necessary.
l Citizen services will help fuel adoption of consolidated ERP systems and public sector organizations will begin to seek ERP with embedded analytics.
l There will be over 16 million smartphones in use in the kingdom by the end of 2015 with a 28 percent increase in LTE device shipments thus providing a broad user base for new operator services.
IT services will see the fastest growth with the year to be characterized by growing interest in hybrid cloud solutions as the flexibility of this cloud model begins to resonate with Saudi CIOs looking for a viable and effective 'halfway house' between on-premise technology and remotely delivered services.
'Over the coming 12 months we expect organizations in Saudi Arabia to increase their investments in the 3rd Platform technologies of cloud mobility analytics and social networking' says Abdulaziz Al-Helayyil IDC's regional director for Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Bahrain.
'The expanding use of applications mobile devices social media and other technologies will result in an explosion of data within many Saudi organizations leading many of them to invest in storage infrastructure data mining and analytics applications. As such demand for storage devices BI tools and backup and recovery solutions is expected to remain high in 2015.'
These are some of IDC's key predictions for 2015:
l The Saudi ICT market will continue to post steady growth with spending to exceed $36 billion.
l Regional and local government bodies will place greater focus on driving their Smart City strategies and will begin to examine the viability of various smart initiatives.
l Telecom operators will intensify their transformation efforts as regulators push for a level playing field.
l MVNOs will change the dynamics of the consumer mobile market.
l Next-generation access networks will drive the pervasion of the Internet of Things (IoT).
l Hybrid cloud models will gain traction as international SaaS providers finally expand their cloud footprints.
l Investments in business continuity and disaster recovery will gain momentum as 'risk' becomes the primary driver for backup as opposed to 'compliance.'
l The majority of Saudi enterprises will continue with basic analytics tools and dashboards as they will not consider Big Data analytics necessary.
l Citizen services will help fuel adoption of consolidated ERP systems and public sector organizations will begin to seek ERP with embedded analytics.
l There will be over 16 million smartphones in use in the kingdom by the end of 2015 with a 28 percent increase in LTE device shipments thus providing a broad user base for new operator services.
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