Software Companies of the Future

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
  • What Do CIOs Want
  • Complexity Impacts Most IT Initiatives
  • Figure: Most Urgent IT Initiatives
  • The Software Broker Defined
  • Figure: Tasks and Attributes of a Software Broker
• Future Outlook
  • Future Software Company Segmentation
  • Figure: Future Software Industry Segmentation by Business Model and Customer
  • Industry Consolidation Causes Dynamic Competition
    • Dimensions of Competition in a Consolidating Market
    • Figure: Dimensions for Competition in a Dynamic Market
    • Enterprise Applications - Pre-Oracle/PeopleSoft Merger
    • Figure: Dynamic Market Map: Enterprise Applications, Pre-Oracle/PeopleSoft Merger
    • Enterprise Applications - Post-Oracle/PeopleSoft Merger
    • Figure: Dynamic Market Map: Enterprise Applications, Post-Oracle/ PeopleSoft Merger
    • Application Deployment Software - Pre-TIBCO/Staffware Merger
    • Figure: Dynamic Market Map: Application Deployment and Enterprise Portal Software, Pre-TIBCO/Staffware Merger
    • Application Deployment Software - Post-TIBCO/Staffware Merger
    • Figure: Dynamic Market Map: Application Deployment and Enterprise Portal Software, Post-TIBCO/Staffware Merger
    • IT Operations Management - Pre-Symantec/VERITAS Merger
    • Figure: Dynamic Market Map: IT Operations Management, Pre-Symantec/VERITAS Merger
    • IT Operations Management - Post-Symantec/VERITAS Merger
    • Figure: Dynamic Market Map: IT Operations Management, Post-Symantec/VERITAS Merger
  • Future Software Companies: Publishers and Potential Brokers
  • Figure: Segmentation of Software Publishers and Brokers by Customer Segment
  • Future Software Industry Disrupters
• Essential Guidance
  • For Todays Software Vendors
  • For CIOs and IT Customers
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Synopsis