UAE – Mubasher: Revenue from cloud business in the UAE is expected to increase by AED 20 billion by the year 2022, endorsed by organisations rapidly investing in hybrid cloud environments, industry experts announced on Monday.

In addition, the country’s public cloud spend is forecast to multiply to AED 1.5 billion by 2022; this should be creating 55,000 job opportunities, according to a recent report by market research firm IDC.

In this regard, Dell Technologies and Microsoft have extended partnership for VMware Cloud on the Microsoft Azure public cloud, as part of providing UAE organisations with integrated cloud experiences and digital workspaces.

Microsoft has shown intention to open its first Middle East data centre in the UAE, therefore, organisations in the country are set to gain new levels of best practices in cloud business, says Andrew Calthorpe, CEO of Condo Protego, a UAE-based IT infrastructure and information management consultancy and solutions provider.

Andrew Calthorpe noted that “As the UAE economy becomes more competitive, Microsoft’s upcoming data centre will allow organisations to more rapidly adopt a cloud-first strategy to drive IT optimisation and optimised costs.”

Market research firm IDC highlights that not every UAE organisation needs to move solely to the public cloud, as, the highest levels of business innovation sometimes come based on a hybrid cloud model.

At the UAE’s level, Condo Protego predicts strong hybrid cloud demand that will be from both medium and larger enterprises that cover various sectors, including government and oil and gas, education, retail, as well as transport and logistics.

Andrew Calthorpe added that “Specialised channel partners can help organisations determine their public cloud based on business operations and technology to optimise costs and agility.”

“The UAE’s existing VMware customers are ideally-positioned to leverage the Microsoft data centre to move to a consumption-based model, which means paying as you go and no longer having to worry about hardware or services,” the CEO said.

 

 

Source: Mubasher

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