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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion endeavor to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI work. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Technology and Service Vision 2025, highlighting AI-enabled cross-industry ecosystems and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle repeated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to line up with economic-prosperity initiatives and expand cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant got in a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to supply Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region releases throughout GCC4.2.2 Compulsory in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other national agendas4.2.4 Rising cyber-insurance requirements driving managed security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Persistent lack of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Federal government "Saudization/Emiratization" employing quotas4.3.3 High energy-pricing volatility for data-center operations4.3.4 Fragmented regulative accreditations across GCC states4.4 Worth/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Risk of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Threat of Substitutes4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Relocations (M&A, Partnerships, Introduces)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (includes International Level Summary, Market Level Summary, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Details, Market Rank/Share, Products and Provider, Recent Advancements)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Business Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Company (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Business Company6.4.5 AIR CONDITIONER Group6.4.6 International Organization Machines Corporation6.4.7 Diyar United Company6.4.8 Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. 6.4.9 Wipro Limited6.4.10 AGC Networks Limited6.4.11 MEEZA QSTP-LLC6.4.12 Emirates Integrated Telecom Business PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Service Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Topic to Accessibility Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the duty for preserving and preparing for the requirement for a variety of processes and functions, ostensibly for the function of enhanced operations and lowered financial expenditures through the decrease of straight employed personnel.
The marketplace sizes and forecasts are supplied in terms of value in USD for all the above sections. By Managed Service TypeManaged Facilities ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Organization ContinuityNetwork and Interaction ServicesEnd-user Assistance ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Delivery ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Company SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Implementation EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Provider Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion in 2026 and grow at a CAGR of 8.84% to reach USD 18.87 billion by 2031. In 2026, the GCC Managed Services Market size is expected to reach USD 12.35 billion.
(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Business), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the major companies operating in the GCC Managed Solutions Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Provider Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Provider Market historical market size for many years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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