IDC, Dynatrace & AWS Roundtable
November 25, 2026 at 6:30 pm | Mövenpick Hotel and Residences | Riyadh
Beyond the Move: Modernizing Cloud Estates in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, cloud is moving from build-out to operation. IDC forecasts public cloud services revenue of $5.85 billion in 2026, yet 46% of Saudi organizations say limited cloud skills stop them realizing the full value of cloud, and 35% point to legacy infrastructure.
Data protection rules, fully enforceable since September 2024, and in-country capacity now shape where workloads run. The organizations that pull ahead will decide deliberately what to migrate, what to modernize and where each workload belongs.
This executive event offers IT decisionmakers in Riyadh a confidential setting for peer exchange, alongside perspectives from IDC, Dynatrace & AWS on sequencing migration and modernization across hybrid estates.
46% of Saudi organizations
say limited cloud skills stop them from realizing the full value of cloud
Where is Saudi Arabia’s public cloud spending concentrated in 2026?
IDC’s 2025Q4 forecast puts Saudi Arabia’s public cloud services revenue at $5.85 billion in2026. Security software ($978 million), compute infrastructure ($739 million) and AI core software ($579 million) are the three largest segments.
Business applications and data management also rank in the top eight, showing that spend extends beyond infrastructure to the workload’s organizations are modernizing.
Discussion Themes
Sequencing Migration and Modernization
How to decide which workloads to rehost, refactor or retain, and in what order. Where leaders balance the speed of migration against the risk of moving applications unchanged.
Hybrid Operations, Security and Skills
How to decide where each workload runs as data protection rules shape placement, and how to keep security and compliance consistent across environments. Where skills gaps, partners and managed services fit.
Cost, Performance and Visibility
How to keep cloud costs predictable and application performance visible during and after migration, including as AI raises cloud budgets. Which measures show that modernization delivers results.
AI observability
How to see, trace and trust AI-enabled applications and the cloud estates they run on, from performance and cost to model behavior. What leaders need to monitor as cloud AI budgets rise.
Your host
Jebin George
Senior Research Manager, Cloud and Datacenter Services
IDC
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Jebin George
Jebin George is part of IDC’s Enterprise Infrastructure global research domain. He focuses on cloud, datacenter, and infrastructure adoption trends across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa, with particular emphasis on how cloud strategies are evolving in the era of AI and increasing digital sovereignty requirements. His research provides strategic guidance to hyperscalers, telecom operators, system integrators, and enterprise CIOs as they navigate hybrid multicloud adoption, AI-driven infrastructure modernization, and sovereign cloud frameworks.
Jebin brings 20 years of technology market research experience, including 16 years with IDC Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa. Throughout his tenure, he has led syndicated research, custom consulting engagements, and executive advisory initiatives focused on the evolution of the cloud market, hyperscaler ecosystems, and enterprise digital transformation strategies. Prior to IDC, he worked with SunTec Business Solutions, where he supported global market research and consulting initiatives for international ICT markets.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 7:00 pm
IDC Welcome Address & Keynote Presentation: Beyond the Move: Modernizing Cloud Estates in Saudi Arabia
Cloud in Saudi Arabia is moving from build-out to operation. The question is no longer whether to adopt cloud but how to modernize what is already there. That means deciding which applications to move or rebuild, where data protection rules place each workload, and what limits the value organizations get from cloud today.
Agenda
IDC, Dynatrace & AWS Roundtable
Wed, Nov 25
Registration & Networking
IDC Welcome Address & Keynote Presentation: Beyond the Move: Modernizing Cloud Estates in Saudi Arabia
Cloud in Saudi Arabia is moving from build-out to operation. The question is no longer whether to adopt cloud but how to modernize what is already there. That means deciding which applications to move or rebuild, where data protection rules place each workload, and what limits the value organizations get from cloud today.
Jebin George
Senior Research Manager, Cloud and Datacenter Services, IDC
Dynatrace Welcome Address
Seeing Across the Estate: AI Observability from Migration to Operation
Applications now span several clouds, and AI workloads add behavior that is harder to predict. AI observability gives teams one view of performance, dependencies and model behavior. Problems can then be traced to their cause, and workloads reach production with evidence that they are ready.
Sequencing the Move: Migrating and Modernising Applications with Purpose
Not every application should move in the same way. Rehosting, refactoring and retaining carry different cost, risk and speed, and the order of moves decides how quickly value arrives. Good sequencing starts from business priorities and the readiness of each workload.
Panel Discussion – Moving Fast Without Losing Control: Migration, Security and Skills
Speed and control pull in different directions during migration. Security and compliance must stay consistent as workloads move between environments, skills gaps slow delivery, and results still need to be measured. Peer experience shows where programs hold up and where they stall.
Summary & Close
The priorities that emerge across sequencing, hybrid operations, cost and performance, and AI observability, and the first actions that follow from them.
Dinner & Networking
Partners
Sponsored By
Dynatrace
Today, every business is a digital business — comprised of data, systems, operations, infrastructure, and analytics, all expanding in volume and complexity at an unprecedented pace.
Our game-changing unified observability platform enables you to understand your systems, your data, and your business like never before, so you can analyze, automate, and innovate faster.
AWS
For 20 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS offers more than 240 fully featured services spanning compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), security, and application development. With 123 Availability Zones across 39 geographic regions globally, and announced plans for 7 additional Availability Zones and 2 more AWS Regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chile, AWS provides the infrastructure to support virtually any cloud workload.
Millions of customers — including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies — trust AWS to power their infrastructure, accelerate innovation, and reduce costs. AWS continues to invest in expanding its global footprint and service capabilities to help organizations of all sizes transform their businesses and achieve their goals.”
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