2012 IDC’S TOP 10 PREDICTIONS FOR THE MEA & TURKEY IT MARKETS

IT MARKETS WILL RECOVER FROM THE ARAB SPRING

BUT FACE GLOBAL ECONOMIC HEADWINDS.

1

"POPULIST" GOVERNMENTS WILL SEEK TO ACCELERATE

E-SERVICE DELIVERY TO CITIZENS.

2

VIRTUALIZATION WILL MOVE FROM "TEST" TO

"PRODUCTION" AND WILL ATTAIN MUST-HAVE STATUS.

3

CLOUD WILL RECEIVE MORE SERIOUS ATTENTION, BUT WIDESPREAD ADOPTION

WILL BE INHIBITED BY INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SKILLS.

4

NFC AND LTE WILL DRIVE THE NEXT LEVEL OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION.

5

MEDIA TABLETS AND ENTERPRISE MOBILE APPS WILL

TRANSFORM EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY.

6

UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES

SUCH AS VIDEOCONFERENCING AND TELEPRESENCE WILL TAKE OFF.

7

LINE-OF-BUSINESS DEMAND WILL MAKE ANALYTICS MORE PERVASIVE.

8

"BIG BROTHER" INITIATIVES WILL INTENSIFY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

AS INFORMATION SECURITY GAINS IN IMPORTANCE.

9

TELCOS WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND THEIR ICT PORTFOLIOS, FOCUSING

ON THE "I" IN ICT, WITH CLOUD AS A MAJOR STRATEGIC DIRECTION.

10

IDC PREDICTS IT SPENDING IN THE MEA & TURKEY TO SURPASS

$65 B IN 2012, GROWING AT NEARLY 12% YEAR ON YEAR.

BULENT BUYUKKAHRAMAN

REFERENCE : IDC #CEMA16650