Cloud's Silver Lining Forecast

for the Middle East

Governments, companies, and enterprising individuals in the Middle East are rapidly identifying innovative ways to leverage the technology - leapfrogging
regional challenges and eyeing new solutions to export to developed markets.

The Field Team

The Regulators
More than 40% of Middle East CIOs see data
security as an issue. One in three are concerned
by managing compliance issues like data location.
Hybrid clouds are fully compliant with national
regulations, controlled by the enterprise, and
bridge existing IT and new platforms like
Big Data and mobile.

Unreliable or non-existent infrastructure hampers

communication between field teams.
Cloud-based innovations like the Portable Modular
Data Centre connect employees over vast distances.

The Developers
Thousands of Middle Eastern innovators are looking for
nimble and affordable spaces to collaborate on new solutions.

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Open-source, open-standards clouds ensure that

infrastructure is no longer a barrier to growth for start-ups.

The Data Scientists

37% of CIOs in the Middle East region

Governments are keen to solve national issues

using technology, but lack funding for
individual data centres.

believe that driving innovative use of

technology is an issue.

Cloud platforms allow developers to test

and trial new ideas without big cost to
the organisation.

CIOs in the Middle East believe that

measuring return on investment is an
issue for cloud adoption.
Moving from fixed-location infrastructure to
the cloud enables more cost-effective and
innovative business transformations.

The End-Users
Customers expect 24-hour, 100%-uptime
service, particularly via mobile devices.
Cloud architecture provides the processing
power for all mobile apps.

Legend:
Problem

Cloud services can reach twice the population

as traditional servers.

The Head Honcho

Solution

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