UAE and KSA Combine to Spend USD 14 Billion on IT in 2017

With the cloud driving Middle East digital transformation, the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will spend a combined USD 14 billion on IT in 2017, according to IDC. In particular, security spend in the wider Middle East, Africa, and Turkey will reach USD 2 billion in 2017, IDC added.

“In the face of exponential data growth and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, Middle East CIOs need shift from protecting the data center, to using the cloud to protect data and apps. Supporting this shift will be a new wave of simple, automated cloud-based cybersecurity solutions that can predict, monitor, and prevent cyberattacks in real-time,” said Deepak Narain, Regional Presales Manager – MENA for VMware.

Middle East CIOs should prioritize using the cloud to protect data and apps in 2017, experts say ahead of the IDC Agile Cloud Security event.