GEC NEWS WIREInvestments in Infrastructure, Mobility, and Security to Fuel the Growth
The software markets of the Middle East are set to show robust growth in 2014, according to the latest insights from global ICT market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC), with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries spurring this expansion through the initiation of infrastructure projects and implementation of citizen services.
Referencing its newly released ‘Middle East Software Market 2014 Top 10 Predictions’ (Doc #CEMA20730) study, IDC believes that the focus for 2014 will be on how organizations in the Middle East jointly manage the proliferation of different device form factors, tackle the complexity of the threat landscape, and address the inevitable IT infrastructure sprawl that will occur as uptake of 3rd Platform technologies such as cloud, Big Data, mobility, and social media explodes.
“Organizations in the Middle East will evolve in 2014 as GCC states and other countries in the region increasingly adopt technologies that help them to manage 3rd Platform sprawl,” said Megha Kumar, research manager for software at IDC Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. “Major software vendors will need to make significant investments to enhance and diversify their solutions offerings, while vendors and their channel partners will need to develop capabilities that will help minimize the existing skills gap. Automation, mobile content, and information security will become more critical than ever.”
Government-led initiatives aimed at ensuring the availability of citizen services on mobile platforms in the GCC will also play a key role in driving software spending growth in the Middle East in 2014, according to IDC. And as consumer mobility adoption continues to grow rapidly and the CIO mindset shifts to a mobile-first approach, the coming year will be characterized by extraordinary growth in enterprise mobility adoption
