Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/23/2014 -- The UAE has seen a steady rise in the number of new businesses in the last two years, partly due to the government's economic diversification efforts and the country's status as a regional gateway for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This will drive for IT solutions in the enterprise segment during our forecast period, ending in 2018. Large scale government IT initiatives such as smart city projects and e-government programmes will also remain a key growth driver for the IT sector. Although high income levels bode well for consumer demand, growth in that segment will be weighed down by the shift towards mobile devices for basic computing functions.

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Headline Expenditure Projections

Computer Hardware Sales: AED8.16bn in 2013 to AED8.58bn in 2014, +5.2% in local currency terms. Investment in data centre facilities and enterprise products will offset stagnating growth of consumer products.

Software Sales: AED2.85bn in 2013 to AED3.26bn in 2014, +14.4% in local currency terms. The UAE is one of the region's fastest growing ERP markets as modernisation initiatives continue in an effort to increase international competitiveness.

IT Services Sales: AED4.74bn in 2013 to AED5.32bn in 2014, +12.3% in local currency terms. Managed services will be a leading growth area, with growth of cloud computing and real-time analytics accelerating.

Key Trends & Developments

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) across the UAE are increasingly adopting enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions in a bid to improve their operational efficiency and competitiveness. In September 2014, food companies Trofina Food and Morgan Additives selected Epicor ERP version 10 for the integrated management of key processes, while Grandweld Shipyards selected Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS) to implement its IFS Applications integrated application suite to enhance its operations.

The Middle East's IT market...

The United Arab Emirates Information Technology Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s market assessment and independent forecasts covering personal computers and software; semi-conductors, memory chips, integrated circuits and general components; the internet and IT solutions. It analyses analyses regulatory changes (licensing, customs and intellectual property protection) and competitive landscapes comparing IT companies by products, sales, market share, investments, projects and expansion strategies.

BMI's United Arab Emirates Information Technology Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, IT associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the IT industry in United Arab Emirates.

Key Benefits

- Benchmark BMI's independent IT Industry forecasts for United Arab Emirates to test other views - a key input for successful budgetary and strategic business planning in the Emirati IT market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in United Arab Emirates's IT sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes, and major deals, projects and investments in United Arab Emirates.

- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. KPIs and latest activity).

Coverage

BMI Industry View

Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts, views and trend analysis covering IT, regulatory changes, major investments and projects and significant national and multinational company developments.

Regional Overview

Cross-border analysis of regional markets, commenting on IT penetration (PC and internet) and market growth drivers (IT market size and IT market compound growth).

Country Market Overview

Structure, size and value of the industry sectors including hardware, software and services; overview of the industry landscape and key players; assessment of the business operating environment and the latest regulatory developments and government authority.

BMI Industry Forecasts

Historic data series and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast, including:

IT Sector: IT industry value (US$bn); IT sector contribution to GDP (%); value of hardware, software and services industry (US$mn); PC, peripherals and software imports and exports (US$mn); PC, peripherals and software sales (US$mn); number of PCs (`000); PCs/100 inhabitants; internet users (`000); internet users per 100 inhabitants; broadband subscribers (`000); broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants.

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