Monday, July 4, 2016

Middle East Africa Public Cloud Market Will Grow 18% in 2016

The public cloud services market in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to grow 18.3 percent in 2016 to total $879.3 million, up from $743.1 million in 2015, according to Gartner analysts

Business process as a service (BPaaS), the largest segment of the cloud services market in MENA, is expected to reach $261.3 million in 2016, a six percent increase from 2015.

The cloud management and security services market is the fastest growth segment, with 2016 revenue to grow 27.5 percent from 2015.

Software as a service (SaaS) is expected to grow 26.6 percent in 2016 to reach a revenue total of $210 million.

MENA Public Cloud Services Forecast (Millions of U.S. Dollars)

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Cloud Business Process Services (BPaaS)
246.6
261.3
280.1
300.7
323.0
340.2
Cloud Application Services (SaaS)
166.1
210.4
265.6
332.7
411.7
509.8
Cloud Application Infrastructure Services (PaaS)
61.8
77.8
99.9
121.3
142.0
162.8
Cloud System Infrastructure Services (IaaS)
81.1
96.5
115.2
138.1
164.7
197.3
Cloud Management and Security Services
70.8
90.2
113.2
138.8
167.4
195.6
Cloud Advertising
116.6
143.1
193.0
226.4
267.7
319.4
Total
743.1
879.3
1,067.0
1,258.1
1,476.6
1,725.1
source: Gartner

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