Dell: Saudi market one of the fastest growing IT markets in the world – Saudi Gazette

Dell: Saudi market one of the fastest growing IT markets in the world – Saudi Gazette

By Samar Yahya

RIYADH “”

Digital transformation has been a key pillar of the Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. The government, partnering with the private sector, has really emphasized telecommunications and the IT sector to lead forward to the new digital economy, said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, during an exclusive regional interview, recently, with Saudi Gazette.

"The Saudi market has been one of the fastest growing IT markets in the world, growing at a compounded growth rate of close to 8 percent, and it's an important market for us. As the Kingdom further enhances its digital transformation posture and adoption and use of technology, that will drive significant IT spending,“ he said.

Dell added: "Saudi Arabia is a priority market for Dell Technologies, and we have great customer partnerships that span decades in telecom and oil and gas and financial services and public sector. We're investing to train and hire Saudi nationals to be equipped with the skills they need to join our future workforce. We have an academic alliance program with several universities to offer curriculum in IT.

"We also developed our own local graduate hiring program for two phases and we're going to be starting the third phase here