The Leading Vendors in the IT Systems Management Market (Competitor Focus)

Introduction

Many significant changes have been in progress in the enterprise IT space. These are influencing the way enterprises see their IT deployments and how they justify and measure the value of IT to the organization. IT systems management solutions are at the point of convergence for all these trends, and it will be of great strategic importance to IT vendors and enterprises alike.

Scope

• Technology: an assessment of vendors' technology based on specific attributes and the availability of certain features.
• User sentiment: tracks end-users' impression of vendors based on a survey of over 500 IT systems management users.
• Market impact: measures vendors' market impact based on their revenues and financial performance.

Highlights

CA, HP and IBM achieve the highest technology ratings overall, but all of the other vendors do well in certain areas; often in features that the leading vendors do not cover as effectively.

The well-established systems management vendors, namely CA, IBM and HP, have higher impact on the market, mainly due to their tenure and their larger user base. IBM is again the overall leader, with a large installed base and good recognition and vertical and geographical reach.

Reasons to Purchase

• Gain detailed knowledge of vendors' strengths with regards to technology, user sentiment and market impact.
• Find out which vendors are the leaders in each assessment category and benchmark your own performance against them.
• Examine the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors in order to develop a more informed competitive strategy.