Intelligent Enterprises use Cloud to integrate AI, Blockchain, IoT to drive digital competitiveness
Cloud is the foundation for Saudi business and Smart Cities innovation, with 83% of IT-decision makers saying cloud is important for integrating artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, and Blockchain, according to a new YouGov survey launched during GITEX Technology Week 2018.
Public-private partnerships are bringing to life Smart City deployments, especially NEOM. Supporting Saudi Arabia’s Smart Cities, SAP is the first multi-national enterprise applications company to invest in and go live on a digital hub and cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia.
As a result, Saudi Arabia’s Smart Cities can run in real-time, integrate emerging technologies, and meet data sovereignty regulations.
“Cloud has reached the tipping point in Saudi Arabia, with fourth-fifths of IT decision-makers recognizing how the cloud is vital for scaling innovations for Intelligent Enterprise and Smart Cities,” said Khaled Alsaleh, Managing Director, SAP Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has strong potential for the cloud to enable Saudi Vision 2030 and Smart Cities, which is agreed upon by two-thirds (66%) of IT decision-makers in the Kingdom, the survey adds.
“As Saudi cloud adoption is set grow in maturity through 2019, a majority of respondents understand the benefits of the cloud in enabling Saudi Vision 2030 and Smart Cities, and integrating emerging technologies,” said Kerry McLaren, Director Omnibus, YouGov MENA.
The YouGov survey covered 306 CIOs and IT decision-makers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
