Cloud Computing Adoption in the GCC

More than 900 IT professionals contributed to the survey Data Security is the main concern for adopting Cloud Computing among other factors 61% (42% 40% 36% 22% Service Reliability and Availablility Lack of Support From Non-IT Decision Makers Data Security Cost Quality of Support of the respondents said that their organizations were planning to outsource business applications and services to cloud-based service providers in the next 12 to 18 months. 24.6 Respondents represent a wide range of organization sizes 7.4% KUWAIT 6.5% BAHRAIN 70.5% UAE ABOVE 1000 34.3 6.2% KSA 50-250 250-1000 22.6 25.1 5.2% QATAR 4.2% OMAN These organizations operate in the GCC region GBM f gbm4ibm OCTOBER 2012 | www.gbm4ibm.com y @gbmcomms BELOW 50 18