Table of Contents
- DATAMONITOR VIEW
- ANALYSIS
- Market definition
- The definition of desktop management is fraught with ambiguities
- Desktop management is converging with IT systems management and other
adjacent technology areas
- Market development
- Desktop management is an integral part of the infrastructure stack
- Most of desktop management sales opportunities are in cross-selling,
up-selling and upgrades
- The high degree of overlap between desktop and IT systems management
creates additional opportunities
- The volume of desktop management investment is high but decreasing in
all but one solution area
- The shifting approach to desktop management is shaping investment
priorities
- Market trends
- Emerging flexible work patterns are driving demand for specific
desktop management solutions
- New releases of popular operating systems offer significant short-term
opportunities
- Current technology trends render desktop computing less important
- Desktop virtualization offers great potential for desktop estate
consolidation
- Software as a Service (SaaS) is an important factor in turning
desktops into thin clients
- Desktop management and IT systems management are converging
- The vendor landscape is consolidated around providers of
comprehensive IT asset management
- A strategic view of IT management demands a holistic approach
- Market Size and go-to-market strategies
- Lack of a service-oriented approach to desktop management hampers the
development of vertical offerings
- Innovative go-to-market strategies can lower the threshold of desktop
management solution viability
- SUMMARY
- Desktop management is set to become a part of integrated IT systems
management
- APPENDIX
- Definitions
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Penetration by technology area - Technology Trends surveys in
2006 and H1 2007
- Table 2: The number of desktop management solutions deployed
- Table 3: The number of enterprises deploying desktop management or IT
systems management
- Table 4: Comparison of desktop management and IT systems management
solution area coverage
- Table 5: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or
use, and which would you have in six months to 24 months time?
- Table 6: Which of the following technologies do you currently have and
which would you have in six months to 24 months time?
- Table 7: Client hardware revenue ($ bn.) and market share
- Table 8: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or
use, and which would you have in six months to 24 months time? - by
industry vertical
- Table 9: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or
use, and which would you have in six months to 24 months time? - by
Enterprise size (no. of employees)
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Desktop management is a well-penetrated basic infrastructure
technology area
- Figure 2: Over a third of enterprises are yet to deploy more than two
desktop management solution areas
- Figure 3: Most enterprises have deployed both desktop management and
IT systems management
- Figure 4: The extent of desktop management and IT systems management
solution area coverage is related
- Figure 5: Investment is decreasing in all solution areas but remote
control and assistance
- Figure 6: As enterprises seek to manage desktop sprawl remotely,
remote control and assistance technologies will become more important
- Figure 7: Desktop PCs are being overtaken by Notebook PCs and other
client devices
- Figure 8: Penetration is related to the reliance on desktop computing
in each of the industries
- Figure 9: Investment is growing only among enterprises with fewer than
1000 employees
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