The virtual desktop infrastructure market in the MEA is expected to grow from US$ 170.6 million in 2019 to US$ 389.9 million by 2027; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 11.0% from 2020 to 2027.
Increased productivity and cost cutting demand has witnessed an exponential growth in recent years due to high competition among market players. With the rapid increase in competition among industries amid the robust digitalization trend, the IT & telecom, government, healthcare, BFSI, education, retail, and manufacturing companies are continuously striving to find solutions such as virtual desktop infrastructure that could help improve their employee productivity and operational efficiency, and reduce the overall costs. The popular trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is aiding to the growth of virtual desktop infrastructure market as these solutions provide organizations with secure and controlled desktop environment, which can be accessed from any device used by employees. Moreover, these solutions offer greater control over users’ applications, desktops, and other resources. They further help companies control and secure the access and distribution of sensitive data, and since the data is located on devices within company premises, it can be protected against external threats or attacks.
The currently active COVID-19 pandemic is also fueling the growth of working from personal work places due to restrictions on business activities on premises and rollout of “stay at home” guidelines in various countries. This scenario has also brought the “work from home” culture in the companies where it was nonexistent. The current corporate conditions have led to the rise in demand for virtual desktop infrastructure solutions and services at an impressive pace.
The cloud segment led the MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market, based on deployment, in 2019. The technology sector has been increasingly witnessing a significant rise in adoption of cloud-based software in recent times. This is mainly attributed to the simple and less time-consuming deployment of cloud-based software, which significantly reduces the cost of deployment. In addition, the matured internet infrastructure in developed countries, as well as several developing countries, allows end users to access the cloud-based VDI. The VDI providers are continuously investing in developing robust and secured cloud-based software with an objective to protect customer data and prevent cyberattacks.
The COVID-19 pandemic is severely impacting the MEA region. In this region, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Africa, and the UAE are a few of the countries with high number of confirmed cases and deaths. The overall number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in this region has crossed 1.76 million, with more than 38,000 deaths. The MEA region comprises of many growing economies that are prospective markets for virtual desktop infrastructure vendors, owing to the huge presence of the energy & power, manufacturing, and construction sectors. However, these conditions have hindered economic and industrial growth of the MEA countries in the past few months. In addition, falling oil prices are also putting additional burden on economies of oil-based countries such as Saudi Arabia. Hence, to compensate for the projected losses and to maintain regular operations, the companies in this region are expected to invest heavily in virtual desktop infrastructure solutions and services in the next few quarters to grow with elevated vigor.
The overall MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market size has been derived using both primary and secondary sources. To begin the research process, exhaustive secondary research has been conducted using internal and external sources to obtain qualitative and quantitative information related to the market. The process also serves the purpose of obtaining overview and forecast for the virtual desktop infrastructure market with respect to all the segments pertaining to the region. Also, multiple primary interviews have been conducted with industry participants and commentators to validate the data, as well as to gain more analytical insights into the topic. The participants of this process include industry expert such as VPs, business development managers, market intelligence managers, and national sales managers along with external consultants such as valuation experts, research analysts, and key opinion leaders specializing in the MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market. Amazon.com, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.; Dell Technologies Inc.; Fujitsu Limited; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (HPE); Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd; IBM Corporation; Microsoft Corporation; VMware, Inc. are among a few players operating in market in this region.