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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion venture to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu unveiled its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, highlighting AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle repeated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to align with economic-prosperity efforts and broaden cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant went into a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to provide Gen-AI-powered financing automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Presumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Surge in hyperscale cloud-region releases throughout GCC4.2.2 Mandatory in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other nationwide agendas4.2.4 Increasing cyber-insurance requirements driving managed security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX moving CAPEX work to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Relentless lack of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Government "Saudization/Emiratization" hiring quotas4.3.3 High energy-pricing volatility for data-center operations4.3.4 Fragmented regulatory certifications throughout GCC states4.4 Worth/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Threat of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Hazard of Substitutes4.7.5 Strength of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Effect of Macro Trends4.9 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Moves (M&A, Collaborations, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (consists of Worldwide Level Overview, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Info, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, 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 Enterprise Company6.4.5 ACS 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 Telecom Business PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Organization Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Topic to Schedule Managed services are the practice of contracting out the duty for preserving and anticipating the requirement for a series of processes and functions, ostensibly for the purpose of improved operations and decreased monetary expenses through the reduction of straight utilized staff.
The marketplace sizes and forecasts are provided in regards to value in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Recovery and Business ContinuityNetwork and Communication 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 Organization SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Implementation EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Services 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 Solutions Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the major companies operating in the GCC Managed Provider Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Provider Market size was estimated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Services Market historical market size for several years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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