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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners concurred on a USD 25 billion endeavor to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI work. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Technology and Service Vision 2025, highlighting AI-enabled cross-industry ecosystems and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle reiterated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to align 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 supply Gen-AI-powered finance automation. 1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Study Assumptions 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 throughout 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 overall expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX moving CAPEX work to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Consistent scarcity of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Federal government "Saudization/Emiratization" hiring quotas4.3.3 High energy-pricing volatility for data-center operations4.3.4 Fragmented regulatory accreditations 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 Threat of Substitutes4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Secret Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Moves (M&A, Partnerships, Introduces)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (consists of Worldwide Level Introduction, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Info, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, 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 Enterprise Company6.4.5 AIR CONDITIONING 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 Telecommunications 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 **Topic to Schedule Managed services are the practice of contracting out the obligation for keeping and anticipating the requirement for a variety of procedures and functions, seemingly for the purpose of enhanced operations and lowered financial expenditures through the reduction of straight utilized personnel.
The marketplace sizes and projections are supplied in terms of value in USD for all the above sections. By Managed Service TypeManaged Facilities ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Company 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 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.
Reimagining the UAE Work Environment for the 2026 Skill Pool(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Business), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the major business running 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 several years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Reimagining the UAE Work Environment for the 2026 Skill PoolPage last upgraded on: January 28, 2026.
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