Middle East Cloud Infrastructure Services Market by Services (PaaS, IaaS, CDN/ADN, Managed Hosting, and Colocation), by Deployment (Public, Private, and Hybrid), by Countries (KSA, UAE, Qatar, and Others) – Forecasts and Analysis (2015 – 2020)

“The Middle East is among the fastest growing IT markets in the world with IT spending of around $32 billion at the end of 2014. The key deployment areas for these services are public, private and hybrid cloud. Middle East cloud infrastructure services include infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, content delivery network/application delivery network, managed hosting and colocation services. IaaS provides infrastructure such as network, storage, and servers. PaaS includes services for web software developers against their requirement for a platform for their applications. CDN/ADN delivers content and applications to the end-users over geographically distributed data centers. Managed hosting is a type of service in which end-users are provided entire server on lease, for its own operations. Colocation services provide physical space to enterprises to deploy their data centers.
The complete Middle East cloud infrastructure market analysis consists of evaluating various types of services, deployment types, verticals and countries. The overall market size is found by adding up the individual market size of all services comprising IaaS, PaaS, CDN/ADN, Managed Hosting, and Colocation.
The cloud based infrastructure services offers faster deployment, flexibility, scalability, predictable costs, and reliability features. These benefits have attracted many organizations in this region to adopt the cloud based services rather than on premise in order to save time and cost. The market integration of cloud services is gaining popularity and is used by businesses of all sizes form small enterprises to large enterprises across the region.
The report is expected to help the market leaders/new entrants in this market in the following ways:
1. This report segments the Middle East cloud infrastructure services market into services, covering this market comprehensively. The report provides the closest approximations of the revenue numbers for the overall market and the sub-segments. The market numbers are further split into verticals, deployment types, and countries.
2. This report will help them better understand the competitors and gain more insights to better position their business. There is a separate section on competitive landscape that includes competitors’ ecosystem and their roles in the market. Besides, there are company profiles of the top 10 players in this market. In this section, market internals are provided that can put them ahead of the competitors.
3. The report helps them to understand the overall growth of the market prevailing in the Middle East region. The report provides information and analysis of key market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges.
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“TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 13
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 13
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 13
1.3 MARKET SCOPE 13
1.3.1 MARKETS COVERED 14
1.3.2 YEARS CONSIDERED IN THE REPORT 14
1.4 CURRENCY 15
1.5 LIMITATIONS 15
1.6 STAKEHOLDERS 15
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
2.1 RESEARCH DATA 16
2.1.1 SECONDARY DATA 17
2.1.1.1 Key data from the secondary sources 17
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA 17
2.1.2.1 Key data from the primary sources 18
2.1.2.2 Key industry insights 18
2.1.2.3 Breakdown of primaries 19
2.2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 19
2.2.1 BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 20
2.2.2 TOP-DOWN APPROACH 21
2.3 MARKET BREAKDOWN AND DATA TRIANGULATION 22
2.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS 23
2.4.1 ASSUMPTIONS 23
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 24
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 26
4.1 ATTRACTIVE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET 26
4.2 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET: MARKET SHARE OF SERVICE TYPES AND COUNTRIES 27
4.3 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS, BY COUNTRY 28
4.4 BEST MARKET TO INVEST 28
4.5 PRODUCT GROWTH MATRIX 29
5 MARKET OVERVIEW 30
5.1 INTRODUCTION 31
5.2 MARKET EVOLUTION 31
5.3 MARKET SEGMENTATION 32
5.3.1 BY SERVICE TYPE 32
5.3.2 BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL 32
5.3.3 BY VERTICAL 33
5.3.4 BY COUNTRY 33
5.4 MARKET DYNAMICS 34
5.4.1 DRIVERS 35
5.4.1.1 Faster disaster recovery of critical IT systems 35
5.4.1.2 Faster deployment and accessibility to IT systems 35
5.4.1.3 Enhanced efficiency and business productivity 35
5.4.2 RESTRAINTS 36
5.4.2.1 High cost of initial investment 36
5.4.2.2 Lack of securityand privacy breaches 36
5.4.3 OPPORTUNITIES 36
5.4.3.1 Mobility and BYOD creating new IT opportunities 36
5.4.3.2 High adoption rate among SMBs 36
5.4.3.3 Telecom service providers strengthening their role in cloud services market 37
5.4.4 CHALLENGES 37
5.4.4.1 Network bandwidth 37
5.4.4.2 Strict rules and regulations 37
6 INDUSTRY TRENDS 39
6.1 INTRODUCTION 39
6.2 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 39
6.3 ECOSYSTEM 40
6.4 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 41
6.4.1 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 42
6.4.2 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 42
6.4.3 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 43
6.4.4 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 43
6.4.5 INTENSITY OF COMPETITIVE RIVALRY 44
6.5 STRATEGIC BENCHMARKING 45
7 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET ANALYSIS, 
BY SERVICE TYPE 46
7.1 INTRODUCTION 47
7.2 PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS) 49
7.3 INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS) 51
7.4 CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK (CDN)/ APPLICATION DELIVERY NETWORK (ADN) 54
7.5 MANAGED HOSTING 56
7.6 COLOCATION SERVICES 58
8 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET ANALYSIS, BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL 61
8.1 INTRODUCTION 62
8.2 PUBLIC CLOUD 63
8.3 PRIVATE CLOUD 64
8.4 HYBRID CLOUD 65
9 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET ANALYSIS, BY VERTICAL 66
9.1 INTRODUCTION 67
9.2 BANKING, FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND INSURANCE (BFSI) 68
9.3 RETAIL AND WHOLESALE 70
9.4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IT 71
9.5 HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES 72
9.6 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT 74
9.7 GOVERNMENT 75
9.8 TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY 76
9.9 MANUFACTURING 78
9.10 OTHERS 79
10 COUNTRY-WISE ANALYSIS 81
10.1 INTRODUCTION 82
10.2 KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA) 85
10.3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) 87
10.4 QATAR 89
10.5 OTHER COUNTRIES 91
11 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 94
11.1 OVERVIEW 94
11.2 COMPETITIVE SITUATION AND TRENDS 96
11.3 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 98
11.4 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS 99
11.5 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES 100
11.6 VENTURE FUNDING 101

12 COMPANY PROFILES 102
(Overview, Products & Services, Strategies & Insights, Developments and MnM View)*
12.1 INTRODUCTION 102
12.2 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 103
12.3 EQUINIX, INC. 106
12.4 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 109
12.5 AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. 112
12.6 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 114
12.7 INJAZAT DATA SYSTEMS LLC 117
12.8 MALOMATIA 119
12.9 ETISALAT 121
12.10 ORIXCOM 123
12.11 EHOSTING DATAFORT 125
*Details on Overview, Products & Services, Strategies & Insights, Developments and MnM View might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.
13 APPENDIX 127
13.1 EXCERPTS FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS 127
13.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 128
13.3 INTRODUCING RT: REAL-TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 131
13.4 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 131
13.5 RELATED REPORTS 132
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“LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 ASSUMPTIONS OF THE RESEARCH STUDY 23
TABLE 2 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH, 2013–2020 ($MILLION, Y-O-Y %) 25
TABLE 3 EASY ACCESS TO DISASTER RECOVERY AND FASTER DEPLOYMENT AND SCALABILITY ARE DRIVING THE MARKET 35
TABLE 4 LACK OF SECURITY AND PRIVACY BEACHES IS A MAJOR RESTRAINT AFFECTING THE MARKET 36
TABLE 5 MOBILITY AND BYOD IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ADOPTION 37
TABLE 6 STRICT RULES & REGULATIONS AND LIMITED NETWORK BANDWIDTH ARE PROVING TO BE A MAJOR CHALLENGES TO THE MARKET 38
TABLE 7 GLOBAL CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 47
TABLE 8 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 48
TABLE 9 PAAS: CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 
2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 49
TABLE 10 PAAS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 50
TABLE 11 PAAS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 50
TABLE 12 PAAS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 51
TABLE 13 IAAS: CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 
2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 52
TABLE 14 IAAS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 52
TABLE 15 IAAS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 53
TABLE 16 IAAS: CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 
2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 53
TABLE 17 CDN/ADN: CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 
2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 54
TABLE 18 CDN/ADN: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 55
TABLE 19 CDN/ADN: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013-2020 ($MILLION) 55
TABLE 20 CDN/ADN: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 56
TABLE 21 MANAGED HOSTING: CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY REGION, 2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 56
TABLE 22 MANAGED HOSTING: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY VERTICAL, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 57
TABLE 23 MANAGED HOSTING: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 57
TABLE 24 MANAGED HOSTING: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2015–2020 ($MILLION) 58
TABLE 25 COLOCATION SERVICES: CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY REGION, 2013 –2020 ($MILLION) 58
TABLE 26 COLOCATION SERVICES: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 59
TABLE 27 COLOCATION SERVICES: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 59
TABLE 28 COLOCATION SERVICES: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 60
TABLE 29 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 62
TABLE 30 PUBLIC CLOUD: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 63
TABLE 31 PUBLIC CLOUD: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 63
TABLE 32 PRIVATE CLOUD: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 64
TABLE 33 PRIVATE CLOUD: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 64
TABLE 34 HYBRID CLOUD: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 65
TABLE 35 HYBRID CLOUD: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 65
TABLE 36 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY VERTICAL, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 68
TABLE 37 BFSI: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 69
TABLE 38 BFSI: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 69
TABLE 39 RETAIL AND WHOLESALE: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 70
TABLE 40 RETAIL AND WHOLESALE: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 71
TABLE 41 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IT: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 71
TABLE 42 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IT: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 72
TABLE 43 HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 72
TABLE 44 HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 73
TABLE 45 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 74
TABLE 46 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 74
TABLE 47 GOVERNMENT: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 75
TABLE 48 GOVERNMENT: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 76
TABLE 49 TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 77
TABLE 50 TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 77
TABLE 51 MANUFACTURING: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 78
TABLE 52 MANUFACTURING: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 78
TABLE 53 OTHERS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 79
TABLE 54 OTHERS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 80
TABLE 55 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 84
TABLE 56 KSA CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH, 
2013–2020 ($MILLION, Y-O-Y %) 85
TABLE 57 KSA: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 85
TABLE 58 KSA: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 86
TABLE 59 KSA: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 86
TABLE 60 UAE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH, 
2013 – 2020 ($MILLION, Y-O-Y %) 87
TABLE 61 UAE: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 87
TABLE 62 UAE: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 88
TABLE 63 UAE: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 88
TABLE 64 QATAR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH, 
2013 – 2020 ($MILLION, Y-O-Y %) 89
TABLE 65 QATAR: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 90
TABLE 66 QATAR: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 90
TABLE 67 QATAR: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013–2020 ($MILLION) 91
TABLE 68 OTHERS CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH, 
2013 – 2020 ($MILLION, Y-O-Y %) 92
TABLE 69 OTHERS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY SERVICE TYPE, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 92
TABLE 70 OTHERS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 92
TABLE 71 OTHERS: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET SIZE, 
BY VERTICAL, 2013 – 2020 ($MILLION) 93
TABLE 72 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, 2012 – 2014 98
TABLE 73 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS, 2012 – 2015 99
TABLE 74 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES, 2012 – 2015 100
TABLE 75 VENTURE FUNDING, 2012 – 2015 101
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“LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1 RESEARCH DESIGN 16
FIGURE 2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 20
FIGURE 3 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION TOP-DOWN APPROACH 21
FIGURE 4 DATA TRIANGULATION 22
FIGURE 5 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCUTRE SERVICES MARKET SNAPSHOT ON THE BASIS OF SERVICE TYPE (2015 VS. 2020) 25
FIGURE 6 LUCRATIVE MARKET PROSPECTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET 26
FIGURE 7 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS, BY REGION (2015): QATAR SOON TO ENTER THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH PHASE 28
FIGURE 8 QATAR CREATING HUGE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 28
FIGURE 9 PLATFORM AS A SERVICE HAS THE HIGHEST GROWTH RATE DURING FORECAST PERIOD 29
FIGURE 10 EVOLUTION OF CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 31
FIGURE 11 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET, BY SERVICE TYPE 32
FIGURE 12 BY DEPLOYMENT MODEL 32
FIGURE 13 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET, BY VERTICAL 33
FIGURE 14 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET, BY COUNTRY 33
FIGURE 15 EASY ACCESS TO DISASTER RECOVERY IS THE DRIVING FACTOR OF THE MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES MARKET 34
FIGURE 16 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES: VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 40
FIGURE 17 CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ECOSYSTEM 41
FIGURE 18 MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES: PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 41
FIGURE 19 STRATEGIC BENCHMARKING: MIDDLE EAST CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 45
FIGURE 20 OLOCATION SERVICE HAS THE HIGHEST MARKET SIZE IN 2015 AND THE TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TILL 2020 48
FIGURE 21 HYBRID CLOUD DEPLOYMENT MODEL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A HIGH ADOPTION RATE DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD 2015 – 2020 62
FIGURE 22 QATAR IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A HIGH GROWTH RATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST 67
FIGURE 23 MIDDLE EAST MARKET SNAPSHOT 83
FIGURE 24 QATAR HAVE THE HIGHEST MARKET GROWTH RATE FROM 2015 TO 2020 84
FIGURE 25 COMPANIES ADOPTED MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AS THE KEY GROWTH STRATEGY FROM 2012-2015 94
FIGURE 26 EQUINIX GREW AT THE HIGHEST CAGR BETWEEN 2010 AND 2014 95
FIGURE 27 MARKET EVALUATION FRAMEWORK 96
FIGURE 28 BATTLE FOR MARKET SHARE: PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION IS THE KEY STRATEGY 97
FIGURE 29 AWS HAS THE STROGEST SERVICES OFFERINGS AMONG THE TOP FIVE COMPANIES 97
FIGURE 30 GEOGRAPHIC REVENUE MIX OF TOP 4 MARKET PLAYERS 102
FIGURE 31 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 103
FIGURE 32 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.: SWOT ANALYSIS 104
FIGURE 33 EQUINIX, INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 106
FIGURE 34 EQUINIX, INC.: SWOT ANALYSIS 108
FIGURE 35 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 109
FIGURE 36 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY: SWOT ANALYSIS 111
FIGURE 37 AWS: SWOT ANALYSIS 113
FIGURE 38 MICROSOFTCORPORATION: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 114
FIGURE 39 MICROSOFT: SWOT ANALYSIS 116
FIGURE 40 ETISALAT: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 121
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