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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 work. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Technology and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry communities and net-positive results. May 2025: Oracle reiterated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and expand cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to provide Gen-AI-powered financing 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 releases across GCC4.2.2 Compulsory 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 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 Relentless scarcity of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Government "Saudization/Emiratization" working with 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 Five 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, Collaborations, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (includes Worldwide Level Summary, Market Level Introduction, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share, Products and Solutions, Current Developments)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Enterprise Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Company (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Business Company6.4.5 AIR CONDITIONER Group6.4.6 International Company 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 Service Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Topic to Availability Managed services are the practice of contracting out the responsibility for preserving and anticipating the requirement for a variety of procedures and functions, ostensibly for the function of improved operations and reduced budgetary expenditures through the reduction of directly utilized personnel.
The market sizes and forecasts are supplied in terms of 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 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 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.
The Function of Mental Health in UAE Skill Management(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Business and IBM Corporation are the major business running in the GCC Managed Services Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Services 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.
The Function of Mental Health in UAE Skill ManagementPage last upgraded on: January 28, 2026.
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