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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion venture to protect 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 results. Might 2025: Oracle reiterated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to align with economic-prosperity efforts and expand cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Assumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region launches 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 handled security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX moving CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Persistent shortage 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 regulative certifications throughout GCC states4.4 Worth/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Danger of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Risk 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 Relocations (M&A, Collaborations, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (consists of Worldwide Level Summary, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as offered, Strategic Info, Market Rank/Share, Products and Provider, 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 Enterprise 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 **Subject to Accessibility Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the duty for maintaining and anticipating the need for a variety of processes and functions, seemingly for the function of improved operations and reduced monetary expenses through the decrease of directly utilized staff.
The marketplace sizes and projections are offered in terms of value in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Recovery and Service ContinuityNetwork and Communication 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 Implementation 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 Solutions Market size is expected to reach USD 12.35 billion.
Maximizing Performance Through Selective Outsourcing in 2026(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the significant business operating 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 Solutions Market historic market size for many years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Maximizing Performance Through Selective Outsourcing in 2026Page last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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