How cloud computing will serve as the foundation for business innovation

How cloud computing will serve as the foundation for business innovation

For the last few years, cloud adoption has seen an upward trajectory in the Middle East, with many organisations moving data to the cloud. The region is undergoing an economic transformation, with many nations implementing smart city initiatives and updating their national visions while improving their digital economies. National visions in countries such as UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait encourage governments to use emerging technologies in order to achieve their transformation objectives. For instance, the digital transformation of government operations is a key component of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. A cloud-first strategy aids lowering total cost of ownership, and strengthening cybersecurity. Meanwhile, Bahrain’s cloud-first policy is also devoted to modernising government ICT and setting the bar high for employing cloud computing services in order to cut costs, boost security and efficiency and create first-rate citizen services. Public and private sectors in the region are investing in cloud computing to improve their infrastructure and services and leverage this technology to organise and streamline their processes. Going by the numbers, Gartner forecasts end-user spending on public cloud services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to grow 19 per cent this year. “A renewed focus on technology growth post-Covid-19 in