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10/13/25, 11:04 AM Red Hat Survey: UAE Organisations Prepare for Widespread AI Adoption and Upskilling - Middle East News 247

Red Hat Survey: UAE Organisations Prepare for

Widespread AI Adoption and Upskilling

By PR News Desk 12/10/2025

Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced new survey results
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highlighting the prominence of AI for UAE organisations’ IT strategies . The findings reveal UAE
organisations anticipate boosting AI investment by an average of 31% by 2026 2

When asked about their organisation’s IT strategy for the next 18 months, AI is one of the top-ranked
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priorities among 82% of respondents, along with security (83 %), followed by cost optimisation (81% ),
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and sovereignty (76% ).
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However, 96% of organisations surveyed report they are not yet driving customer value from their AI
investments.

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