More & More Dubai Startups Are Taking To The Cloud, Says Report

By Ankush Chibber / Inc. Arabia - Image Credit: Inc. Arabia

SOURCE: Inc. Arabia - More & More Dubai Startups Are Taking To The Cloud, Says Report

More and more Dubai-based startups are using cloud computing to enable their businesses for growth and plan to spend more on it, a report from a technology park and a cloud services provider has revealed.

According to the Cloud Report 2017, 70% of Dubai startups currently use cloud computing, and 24% have even built their startups in the cloud.

The report, which surveyed over 100 startups, also found that 38% of those not yet on the cloud plan to adopt the technology shortly.

On the type of cloud services uses, 76% of the respondents opted for Software as a Service (SaaS), while Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) are each used by 32% of them.

Over 33% of these startups utilized more than one type of cloud service, with 9% using all three service models.