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Schneider Electric Eyes up Share of Growing EMEA IT spending in 2013
Published Dec 16, 2012
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Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has announced its short-term growth plans will seek to leverage Gartner’s projections of US$1.154 trillion on IT spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by 2013.
The company’s aim to capture a share of the forecasted industry growth comes on the back of its optimistic performance in 2012. In addition to registering a nine percent growth in the first nine months, Schneider Electric also witnessed a four percent growth in the last quarter for the rest of the world that includes the Middle East. Infrastructure, buildings, power and IT business units have been identified as key contributors to the company’s performance this year.
The announcements were made at Schneider Electric’s Middle East Datacenter Solutions Conference titled ‘Power to the Cloud’. The session was headlined by senior executives from Schneider Electric.
Goktug Gur, Country President, UAE and Oman, said: “We perceive a definite positive trend in the market with customers inclined towards investments to bring in efficiency within their infrastructure framework. Organizations are additionally focusing on increasing investments in new-age technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization for reducing capital expenses. The emphasis is on driving greater efficiencies within the datacenter to transform services automation and provisioning.”
Pointing out that the worldwide datacenter market has witnessed a growth of 22 per cent in 2012, to US$105 billion from US$86 billion in 2011 Schneider Electric panelists added that the Middle East is the fastest growing sector in this category. Consequently, the evolving trend of datacenter-focused IT strategies necessitates the synchronization of IT and facilities management to produce optimal results.
Paul-Francois Cattier, Global Vice President, Datacenters, said: “As one of the top three players in datacenter infrastructure management, Schneider Electric is in a unique position to offer innovative solutions that meet the most specific customer requirements. Our commitment to quality ensures that our solutions are designed, developed and delivered by leading technologists.”
Christian Bertrand, Vice President, ME & Africa, IT Business, Schneider Electric, said: “Datacenters are a cornerstone for businesses, and as demand for storage and operation continues to expand, we are providing the right solutions to manage the power and cooling of this business critical infrastructure. We are seeing enterprise IT trend towards virtualization, which will result in healthy demand for cost-effective solutions, speed and simplicity, efficiency of scale, and overall energy consciousness. We are confident that our expertise will open up significant opportunities in these areas.”
The company also reported robust global growth in sales for the first three quarters of 2012, recording a rise of 14.9 percent for infrastructure and 18 percent for IT business.
Datacenter infrastructure management (DCIM) software has also been earmarked as another area for robust growth over the next five years, with estimates of 60 percent market penetration by 2014 - a significant jump from one percent in 2012. The adoption of DCIM continues to prove effective in contributing to energy savings and streamlined operations.
Schneider Electric’s Middle East Datacenter Solutions Conference highlighted the company‘s on-going efforts towards addressing the global energy challenge. Its solutions can deliver up to 30 percent in energy efficiency savings - important for a region that is among the highest polluters per capita. The company’s win at the Zayed Future Energy Prize in early 2012 is also being showcased.
Schneider Electric, which has a presence in all countries of the Middle East, is represented by 5,000 employees, two distribution centers and eight manufacturing plants in the region.
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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