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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion venture to secure low-carbon power for information centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, highlighting AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle reiterated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to line up with economic-prosperity initiatives and broaden cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered financing automation. 1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Presumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. RESEARCH STUDY METHODOLOGY3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY4. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Surge in hyperscale cloud-region launches across GCC4.2.2 Necessary in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other national agendas4.2.4 Increasing cyber-insurance requirements driving handled security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting total cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX moving CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Consistent 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 regulatory certifications across GCC states4.4 Worth/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's Five Forces Analysis4.7.1 Hazard 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 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Secret Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Relocations (M&A, Collaborations, Releases)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (includes Global Level Overview, Market Level Summary, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, Current Developments)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Business Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Business (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 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 OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Assessment **Subject to Availability Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the obligation for preserving and expecting the requirement for a series of processes and functions, ostensibly for the function of improved operations and lowered financial expenses through the decrease of straight employed staff.
The marketplace 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 Communication 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 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 Provider 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 significant companies operating in the GCC Managed Services Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Solutions 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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