The huge growth outcome of information technology in the Middle East region is witnessing a revolutionary descendant nowadays. Mobile data is a big part of this growth, particularly in UAE and Saudi Arabia, where there are more mobile subscriptions than people. The demand for Wi Fi has grown substantially; the increasing number of smart phones, tablets, laptops, games and other gadgets seems to be unstoppable. Fast developing industrial rapid moving Countries like the gulf region are considered to be the perfect market for information technology gadgets and innovations.
The fascinating effect of the machinery results in the smallest details of everyday life in the Arab modern world, whether in broadcasting, transportation, communications, or even education, and becomes an important piece of the modernity and integration process.
The engagement in technology in the Middle East emerges from the needs and requirements of fast communications and rapid information transmit which seems to be a crucial matter that facilitates our lives and accelerates our needs.
The architectural and educational uprising in the Middle East widely requires a technological development as the one we are observing right now. Technology and electronic innovations and gadgets play the most critical role for the gulf countries economy and financial markets.
Without any doubt, technology innovations will be able to help the Middle East countries to solve local and regional problems as well as security issues and strategic planning.
A survey in 2010 reported that a shift from ‘buying’ to ‘doing’ innovation in the middle east, and an aspiration to widen greater ‘in house’ innovation capabilities. Companies in the region have large growth plans and ambitions and expect innovation to play an important role in supporting these plans.
There is big enthusiasm for innovative technologies in the Middle East and the UAE is believed to be on top of the list of countries that believe in the future of digital. Other notable countries include Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait.
On the other hand, technology also is a key to find, produce and increase oil production in the Middle East, a crucial fact for countries like the gulf region. Water resources as important as oil needs innovation and advanced technology the most!
None the less, the Middle East region needs to go beyond implementing technology and a better perceptive of the importance of technology and science, the future lies in creation, innovation and originality!
