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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion endeavor to secure low-carbon power for information centers serving AI work. July 2025: Fujitsu unveiled its Technology and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry communities and net-positive results. May 2025: Oracle repeated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to line up with economic-prosperity efforts and expand cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant went into a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to provide Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Presumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise 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 Rising cyber-insurance requirements driving managed security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall expense 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 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 Five Forces Analysis4.7.1 Hazard of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Threat 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 Relocations (M&A, Partnerships, Introduces)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (includes Global Level Overview, Market Level Introduction, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Info, Market Rank/Share, Products and Services, Recent Advancements)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 Business Company6.4.5 ACS 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 Telecommunications Company 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 **Subject to Availability Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the obligation for keeping and expecting the need for a variety of processes and functions, ostensibly for the purpose of enhanced operations and lowered financial expenses through the decrease of directly employed staff.
The market sizes and forecasts are supplied in regards to value in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Facilities ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Service ContinuityNetwork and Interaction ServicesEnd-user Support ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Shipment ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Organization SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Release EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Provider 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 expected 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 Solutions Market historical market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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