Saudi companies are exploring cloud computing to cut costs

Saudi Arabia's adoption of cloud computing is still at an early stage and more and more it decision-makers are looking for a deeper understanding of how cloud computing will fit their organization. However, the cloud continues to generate a lot of attention, according to Http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/22329.html, a recent report from IDC, the > International market research and consultancy firm The main reason is that it provides operational efficiency and cost-saving benefits, but in the UK, only half of the vendors currently provide cloud services.

"Organizations across the country have traditionally tended to manage their IT business internally," said Hamza Naqshbandi, a senior research analyst at IDC, Saudi Arabia, "However, the organization's interest in the new outsourcing model is growing and organizations are increasingly using hosting and management services." The increasing use of outsourced services is seen as migrating to a cloud-based model, the first step towards a more comfortable concept of the company's remote service delivery. ”

IDC estimates that total spending on cloud deliveries in Saudi Arabia increased by 34.86% per cent in 2012 last year. In the long run, IDC predicts that project spending between 2012 and 2016 will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 49.7%.

Although the Saudi end user organization has been slow to adopt the cloud, there is a general consensus in the country's it community that cloud computing may be just hype. "In fact, the cloud's significant foray into global and industry-wide technology and business conditions is likely to resonate broadly with the UK's chief information officer," he said. "The IDC survey shows that the majority of Saudi organizations are still assessing the benefits and correlations of different cloud models, and it can be expected that in the future two cloud adoption could rise dramatically." "It gives suppliers time to build their own cloud portfolios and invest in education for their clients, giving themselves a position in the coming boom." Naqshbandi said.

In general, British organizations are more interested in private clouds. This corporate culture is prevalent in GCC countries.

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