These factors include ecommerce growth, the IT skills shortage, the deployment of storage area networks, and the increasing popularity of nontraditional IT devices. Additionally, if vendors can show the middle market that system management software is cost effective, these firms will give the market a big boost. Storage management presents the largest opportunity and will do so through at least 2004.
Performance management is the second largest segment.
Change and configuration management is the fastest-growing segment of the market. U.S. vendors are profiting the most from opportunities in the overall market. The North American market uses more system management software than any other region. The report discusses the market for enterprise system management software. Each segment is thoroughly analyzed.