Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 04 | Page 41

COUNTRY FOCUS: SAUDI ARABIA I nternational Data Corporation (IDC) recently presented a series of predictions of the trends it expects to shape the Saudi ICT market in the year ahead. The FutureScape event was attended by more than 115 senior representatives of 75 influential ICT vendors and service providers, and culminated in a Q&A panel discussion that saw some of the Kingdom’s most respected thought leaders share their insights into the way in which IT spending will be prioritized in 2016 as the country bids to transform itself into a digital economy. Chaired by Jyoti Lalchandani, IDC