A screenshot from an overview of Citrix's OpenCloud
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud technology provider Citrix Systems (www.citrix.com) announced on Monday plans to expand its presence in the Middle East with three new offices in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman.
Citrix’s Riyadh, Saudi Arabia office opened on January 1, 2011. Its offices in Doha, Qatar and Muscat, Oman will open later this year.
The network expansion enables Citrix to better serve its enterprise and government customers in the Middle East and extend support to its channel partner community in the region.
“Technology is underpinning the Middle East’s dynamic economic growth and this is an incredibly exciting time for the region,” Milos Hrncar, area vice president of Eastern EMEA region at Citrix Systems said in a statement.”Companies across all sectors are beginning to realizing the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing, and we recognize the need to have a network of local bases to operate most effectively. Starting 2011 with our new office in Riyadh reinforces Citrix’s optimism for the year ahead and our commitment to supporting customers and partners throughout the region.”
The company’s Middle East and North African (MENA) operations will continue to be led from the regional head office in Dubai, UAE.
Citrix’s Middle East expansion strategy will be led by Nehme Mouchantaf, Citrix regional director for KSA, Qatar and Oman. He previously led the networking and solutions department at Mindware (www.mindware.ae), the largest IT distributor of Citrix Systems in the Middle East.
Citrix says “the Middle East is at the forefront of predicted market growth, with technology spending forecast by IDC to increase by 11.3 percent through 2012″. Investment in virtualization and cloud computing is also expected to rise.
Many businesses within the Web hosting industry have expanded their presence in the Middle East over the past few years. Most recently, SSL certificate provider GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com) partnered with IBSPoint (www.ibspoint.com) to serve the SSL certificate market in the Middle East.
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