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IDC Forecasts ICT Spending In Saudi Arabia To Reach $32.9 Billion In 2022
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VMWARE
DISTRIBUTED CLOUD: DELOITTE AND VMWARE COLLABORATE
Zia Yusuf
Senior VP, VMware
Deloitte and VMware have announced the creation of the Deloitte VMware Distributed Cloud (DVDC) practice to help clients transform their businesses and the industries they serve by more effectively implementing and utilizing distributed cloud architectures.
The strategic DVDC practice area within Deloitte will provide advanced software engineering and multi-cloud services capabilities to clients to accelerate product velocity, enabled across distributed cloud environments. VMware Cross-Cloud services, particularly VMware Tanzu, will provide a modern cloud-native apps platform in an ecosystem strategy that enables Deloitte to deliver apps to production faster and more securely across industries such as retail, public sector, health care, financial services and automotive.
“The Deloitte VMware Distributed Cloud practice will focus on transforming our client's technology to become an innovation enabler,” said Ranjit Bawa, principal and U.S. cloud leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Zia Yusuf, senior vice president of strategic ecosystem and industry solutions, VMware, said, “as exemplified by being a multi-year VMware Partner Achievement award winner, it’s clear that VMware and Deloitte are fully aligned on our commitment to delivering outcomes as a service to our mutual clients.” The 8th edition of the ICT Indicators Forum, held on March 29 in Riyadh, revealed that Saudi Arabia is now home to one of the world's fastest growing ICT markets. The forum, hosted jointly by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) and International Data Corporation (IDC), featured a series of enlightening presentations and panel discussions that provided valuable insights into the current ICT market and the Kingdom's digital transformation journey. The sessions also highlighted the impact of government initiatives on enabling digital transformation across sectors in the Kingdom.
