Middle East and Africa Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market is expected to reach US$ 389.9 Mn by 2027

Cloud Segment to Dominate MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market during 2019–2027

According to a new market research study on “MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market to 2027 – COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis and Forecast by Offering, Deployment, Enterprise Size, End User  and Country” is expected to reach US$ 389.9 million by 2027 from US$ 170.6 million in 2019. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 11.0% from 2020 to 2027. The report provides trends prevailing in the MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market along with the drivers and restraints pertaining to the market growth. Propelling growth due to growing trend of digital transformation is the major factor responsible for driving the growth of the MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market. However, issues associated with developing countries facing paucity of awareness and cloud infrastructure hinders the growth of MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market.

The market for MEA virtual desktop infrastructure is segmented into offering, deployment, enterprise size, end-user, and country. . Based on offering, the market is segmented into solution and services. In 2019, the solution segment held the largest share of MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market. Based on deployment type, the MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market is divided into cloud and on-premise. Cloud held the larger market share in 2019. On the basis of enterprise size, the market is segmented into SMEs and large enterprises. The large enterprises segment contributed a substantial share in 2019, however, SMEs segment is projected to be the fastest growing sector owing to availability of low cost cloud based solution. Also, in 2019, IT and telecom industry led the virtual desktop infrastructure market in MEA. Furthermore the COVID-19 is having a severe impact on the MEA region. In the MEA region, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Africa, and UAE are some of the countries with high number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths. The overall number of COVID-19 confirmed cases crossed 1.76 million with more than 38,000 deaths in the MEA region. The economic and industrial growth of these countries has been affected negatively in the past few months. The MEA region comprises of many growing economies which are prospective markets for virtual desktop infrastructure vendors, owing to the huge presence of industry sectors such as energy & power and manufacturing & construction. The adoption of advanced technologies such as IoT and AI is also quite high especially in countries such as the UAE. The demand for digitalization is growing at an impressive pace in this region and thus it is expected to offer ample growth opportunities for virtual desktop infrastructure market in the coming years. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is having significant effects on various economies across the MEA and the economy of this region is also anticipated to get affected negatively by this crisis. In addition to this, there is pressure on economies of oil based countries such as Saudi Arabia due to falling oil prices and thus, the COVID-19 outbreak is further aggravating the economic problems of such countries. Hence, to tackle these problem and to maintain regular operations without disruptions, the companies present in this region are expected to invest heavily in virtual desktop infrastructure solutions and services in the coming years.

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 and VMware, Inc. are among the leading companies in the MEA virtual desktop infrastructure market. The companies are focused on adopting organic growth strategies such as product launches and expansions to sustain their position in the dynamic market. For instance, in 2020, HPE introduced a beefier VDI solution along with separate pre-configured solutions for organizations of all sizes built on its servers. The company is also offering new, pre-configured VDI solutions to support small, medium and enterprise customers.

MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure market, By Country, 2019 and 2027 (%)

The report segments the MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure market as follows:

MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market – By Offering

• Solutions
• Services

MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market – By Deployment

• Cloud
• On-Premises

MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market – By Enterprise Size

• SMEs
• Large Enterprises

MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market – By End User

• IT & Telecom
• Government
• Healthcare
• BFSI
• Education
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Other End Users

MEA Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market – By Country

• South Africa
• Saudi Arabia
• Rest of MEA