Qatar’s I.T spend trends upwards

As per the report published by researcher BMI (Business Monitor International), Qatar’s Information Technology (I.T) spending will trend upwards and scale up by 15% to touch almost QR 2bn this year. Also Qatar is seen as the fastest – growing I.T market in the Gulf region over a five-year forecast period. Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup is expected to “fuel a new wave of investment”, while the government’s ICT-2015 strategy will also create opportunities. The country’s computer software segment is set to record a 17% growth this year in dollar terms, accounting for almost QR 380mn. “Government IT spending, investment, and retail sales are expected to trend upwards in 2012, as Qatar’s booming economy, driven by elevated energy prices and heavy government expenditure, fuels IT growth, BMI report said. “Qatari corporations and SMEs (small and medium enterprises) are looking to benefit from Qatar’s expected infrastructure development and rapid growth, and will invest in IT to boost competitiveness,” BMI observed. 

(Source: Gulf Times )

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Optimize your website for Mobile users

In this current competetive market, each and every business owners should aware the importance of optimizing their web for mobile users. As the smart phone is very popular among the people in Qatar, for accessing a website, everybody depending their mobile only.

People are spending more time than ever on their mobile phones, while by 2014 mobile internet is estimated to overtake Desktop internet use. As per marketing reports, accessing internet via mobile phones will grow drastically with in a year and 40% of them accessing social media content. The rise of mobile browsing is a proof why mobile optimized web design is necessary to enable business with websites who access the internet everyday. I read a statistical report as an estimated 25% of mobile users access the internet at least once daily.

You require a website design, that is optimized for both web and mobile browsers to reach more audiences. If you have a website, the existing website can be optimized for mobile browsers effectively by a solution provider like us. So that you can attract more potential customers and pleases the current ones. If you are not optimized your website for mobile browsers, you may loss lot of possible potential leads in this competetive market.

Now the mobile technology is growing very faster and everybody prefer to buy a smartphone rather than choosing any other options. So mobile site optimization seems to be an important role in businesses to tap into new markets. Over the last few years, Mobile Marketing has become an essential part of the promotional strategy. As a result optimizing your website for mobile devices is very important since more and more users tend to access the internet via their Smartphones, tablets or mobile devices. 


The important thing while creating a mobile website is determining what content you have to include. Given the restricted amount of screen space, it is important to figure out what are the key information your visitors will probably be looking for. Mobile web pages will load slower than traditional web pages, so you have to keep minimum number of pages. In addition, mobile users won’t have the patience to click several pages deep on your site. So keep the site layout as streamlined as much as possible.


You can go through the links below for more reading:



http://www.digitalqatar.net/2012/05/15/ictqatar-gets-a-mobile-technology-makeover/

http://blog.kissmetrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mobile-mania.pdf