As cloud adoption gains momentum across the Kingdom, enterprises are no longer asking only how fast they can migrate, but how to do so in a way that strengthens resilience, manages risk, and delivers measurable business value. With public cloud services in Saudi Arabia expected to grow at a 31% CAGR through 2029, nearly tripling the annual market size, cloud is becoming central not just to digital transformation, but to enterprise-wide operating strategy. Recent regional conflict has further sharpened that conversation.

However, the modernization gap remains a reality in the region.

IDC research shows that 51% of organizations across META continue to rely on legacy applications due to concerns about business disruption. In Saudi Arabia, monolithic systems often increase migration costs and extend timelines, compelling many enterprises to prioritize lift-and-shift approaches. These may accelerate migration in the short term but often limit long-term cloud ROI. As a result, cloud migration is becoming not just a technology decision, but a strategic balancing act between modernization, operational continuity, risk mitigation, and value realization.

Cloud ROI depends on how effectively organizations modernize legacy environments, reduce complexity, improve agility, strengthen governance, and build a cloud foundation that supports future innovation. This exclusive roundtable discussion, hosted by Sudo in association with IDC, will explore how enterprise leaders in Saudi Arabia can approach cloud migration more strategically assessing readiness, mitigating risk, and aligning cloud investments more closely with business outcomes.