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The Middle East is a region that is building technology in daily life. Smart City projects are scaling. AI is moving from pilots to production. Networks are upgrading at national scale. This shift improves services and accelerates growth.

For CIOs, this growth is significant. Complexity is high. Tools and vendors crowd the field. Advantage comes from clear frequency. Make systems interoperate and prove ROI while reducing risk.

To cut through the noise, CXO Priorities, with Kyndryl surveyed 150 C-suite leaders across the region. The study covers four pillars:

• Infrastructure

• Cybersecurity

• Automation

• Investment priorities

It indicates where budgets are likely to be spent and highlights the outcomes leaders want. It clarifies what they want from partners. These findings can be used to pressure-test your roadmap, to close skills and integration gaps and, modernise and secure the foundation. Automate what moves the needle. Then scale AI. In a fast market, focus is your edge.

Digital priorities in the Gulf are moving from exploration to execution. Our survey spans 150 senior leaders- CIOS, CTOs, CISOs and Heads of IT- at enterprises with 500 + employees( mostly 1000 +) across the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia( KSA), Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Respondents represent end-user sectors, excluding technology vendors. Investment is accelerating. One in four organisations has significantly increased Digital Transformation spend in the past 12 months. Speed now matters as much as scale. �

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