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fit towards the direction of our Vision 2030
to reform the society and the economy
of KSA towards being a knowledge-based
economy and diversified from oil and invest
in the right direction. When it comes to IT it
represents more than 33 billion Saudi Riyal
by the end of this year.
So that's a massive contribution?
It is massive and it is growing. And if we add
to that the communications industry, which
relies heavily on IT as well, then the number
would be over 100 billion riyals. We believe
that this should contribute to the GDP of the
country. Currently the contribution of the IT
industry to the economy and to the GDP of
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WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE CLOUD
LANDSCAPE IN
KSA IT’S CLEARLY
THE FUTURE AND
THE PRESENT AT
THE SAME TIME.
KSA is less than 4% despite the huge spend
on IT in KSA.
The Ministry of IT and Communications
is working day and night to enhance this
contribution of ICT to the GDP. We at SAP
are proud to be the first multi-national IT
company worldwide to invest, build and
operate a local cloud data centre, a local
cloud hub, that will serve both the public
sector and private sectors.
And we are proud that we have several
organisations and enterprises in KSA live on
our local cloud data centre, be it very large
enterprises, public sector entities or small
and medium businesses. That will contribute
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