IT spending in Middle East, Africa to reach $7.41 billionFebruary 20, 2012 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - IT spending by the government sector in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) should increase by 15.1% year on year in 2012 to reach $7.41 billion, according to the global market research and consulting company IDC's top 10 technology predictions for 2012. "The MEA region is highly diverse, comprising countries of different sizes and economic diversity, at various stages of development, and with dissimilar political and regulatory structures. Understandably, the IT spending maturity of countries within the oil-rich Arabian Peninsula varies greatly from that of developing African nations," said Mukesh Chulani, senior analyst at IDC Government Insights MEA. Irrespective of these differences, Chulani expects that government CIOs across the region will seriously seek to evolve their approach towards IT investments in 2012 by emphasizing efficiency and cost-optimized capacity buildout. "Tactically, this will mean a greater push by government IT decision makers to standardize applications and services within their organizations, evaluate various outsourcing solutions, and invest into IT 'game changers' – such as virtualization, cloud, and mobility solutions – in order to help manage IT costs while providing better services to stakeholders," Chulani added. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |