DUBAI, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Middle East and North Africa IT spending is projected to reach 155 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, a 3.4 percent increase from last year, U.S. consultancy Gartner Inc. forecast on Monday. At the annual three-day Gartner Symposium ITXPO, Gartner said spending for software in the region will continue to outperform the IT sector growth. However, not all categories of IT spending in the region will surpass the regional total average in 2018, said the study. "Cloud spending in the region is among the lowest in the world when measured as a percentage of total IT spending," stated Gartner. The communications services segment, which is the largest spending segment in the region, is growing to serve increasing demand for premium mobile phones, which also fuels growth in the devices spending segment in 2018, said Gartner.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 05, 2018 13:07 UTC