Market Trends of GCC Managed Services Industry
Managed Hosting Services expected to grow significantly over the forecast period
- The client needs to be managed to host services to lower costs for IT infrastructure, increase security, and maintain ownership rights to data. One significant trend in the managed hosting market is the increasing use of virtualized technology, which is predicted to persist over the forecast period. Managed hosting services help virtualization by making the virtualized environment less expensive and less complicated.
- Hosting service providers linked to hardware makers and cloud providers have provided clients with exclusive services. These data centers are adaptable and may be used for everything from straightforward data warehousing to data analytics. These exceptional features make hosting manageable while lowering costs, which is anticipated to benefit the global GCC managed services market throughout the forecast period.
- The growth of the data center market in the GCC countries is being driven by both government-led infrastructure growth and the fact that more and more businesses are moving their operational applications to the cloud.
- Considering the GCC enterprises' limited IT budget and the lack of in-house capabilities to keep abreast with the evolving technologies, the region's dependency on Data Center service providers can be rated as high.
- Cloud service providers, including Microsoft, Google, and AWS, have been making significant regional investments and have expanded their footprints. According to AWS, which opened three data centers in Bahrain, the region has been the most requested by its global partners. With the new data centers, enterprises in the region can move to a cloud system hosted by a specialist company, which will be cheaper than building their own infrastructure of servers, hardware, and security networks.
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UAE Expected to Record Fastest Growth
- The region houses local players such as Mindfire Technologies Inc., Injazat Group, ASPGulf, Unified Microsystems, and Emitac Corporate, which drive intelligent transformation for enterprises across the UAE.
- Further, in partnership with telecom players, cloud and other technology players such as Microsoft, Ericsson, and Cisco are looking to transform businesses in the region digitally. With increased awareness of these technologies, the region is expected to increase its spending on upgrading its IT infrastructure, thus increasing the scope for managed service providers in the region.
- The region has evidently developed and extended strategic partnerships to enable managed services. For instance, in November 2022, Tata Communications International Pte Ltd. announced that it has extended its partnership with the United Arab Emirates system integrator (SI) Intertec Systems to offer managed services in the region. In that partnership, in order to enhance the cyber defense of enterprises in the region, a Cyber Security Operation Center (SOC) and managed security services were established by an Indian subsidiary of India's Tata Communications.
- According to Sonicwall, in 2022, organizations in the United States saw around 2.68 billion malware attacks, ranking first among selected countries worldwide, where the United Arab Emirates held sixth position with 71.1 million malware attacks.
- Moreover, in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, 74% of organizations are worried about brand abuse, according to a Gulf Business article. However, according to a different Gulf News report, a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) record is in place for 69% of the Forbes "Top 100 Middle East Companies." This indicates that email fraud is a possibility for about 31% of these businesses. Such attacks further drive the use of managed services in the region.
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