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MENA data centre spend to reach
record US$5 billion by 2020
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As the Middle East accelerates
its Digital Transformation and
Smart Cities growth, regional
data centre spend will reach
a record-high of US$5 billion
by 2020, industry experts
announced ahead of GITEX
Technology Week.
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iddle East and North Africa data
centre spend is expected to reach
a record high of US$ 5.1 billion
by 2020, increasing by 8.5% from 2017,
according to a recent report by market
research firm Statista. Much of this spend will
go towards enabling Smart Cities, aligned
with the GITEX Technology Week theme of
‘Experience Future Urbanism’.
Data centre modernisation ranks as one of
the top digital business priorities for regional
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CEOs in the next two years, with technology
infrastructure modernisation enabling new
digital business models, argues Condo
Protego, the UAE-based IT infrastructure and
information management consultancy and
solutions provider.
“Record-high Middle East data centre spend
shows that regional CEOs understand that
modernising IT infrastructure can deliver a
competitive advantage and enable Smart
Cities,” said Savitha Bhaskar, COO, Condo
Protego. “GITEX is an ideal platform to
showcase how modernised IT can lead to
real-time insights for better customer and
citizen engagement, new revenue streams
and greater efficiency and data protection.”
Showing the strong opportunity for
data centre modernisation, 81% of IT
decision-makers agree that without IT
transformation, their organisations will no
longer be competitive, according to a recent
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) global
survey commissioned by Dell EMC and Intel.
Data centre modernisation can integrate
servers, storage, information management
and data protection and is an ongoing
process rather than a one-off. In the
Middle East, Condo Protego is seeing
strong demand for the Dell EMC PowerMax
solution, the world’s fastest storage array
built for mission-critical applications.
“Data centre modernisation is also
the foundation for the Middle East’s
organisations and Smart Cities to adopt
emerging innovations such as Artificial
Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain
and the Internet of Things,” added Bhaskar.
At GITEX Technology Week, Condo Protego
will demonstrate and provide insights with
the leading vendors on the latest data centre
modernisation trends and solutions. n
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