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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners agreed on a USD 25 billion venture to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, emphasizing AI-enabled cross-industry ecosystems and net-positive results. May 2025: Oracle restated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and expand cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to provide Gen-AI-powered finance automation. 1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Presumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY4. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region introduces 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 total cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX work to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Persistent shortage of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Federal government "Saudization/Emiratization" hiring quotas4.3.3 High energy-pricing volatility for data-center operations4.3.4 Fragmented regulatory accreditations across GCC states4.4 Value/ 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 Moves (M&A, Partnerships, Introduces)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (consists of International Level Introduction, Market Level Summary, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share, Products and Provider, Current 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 Business 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 Telecommunications Company PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Organization Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Assessment **Topic to Schedule Managed services are the practice of contracting out the duty for preserving and expecting the requirement for a variety of procedures and functions, seemingly for the function of enhanced operations and lowered monetary expenditures through the reduction of straight utilized staff.
The market sizes and projections are offered in terms of worth in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Recovery and Organization ContinuityNetwork and Interaction ServicesEnd-user Support 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 Deployment EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Solutions Market size is expected 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 anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Business), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the significant companies running in the GCC Managed Services Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Provider Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Solutions Market historic market size for several years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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