2008 Trends to Watch: IT Systems Management

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • The demand for power management solutions that lead to ' green IT' will explode in 2008
  • Virtualization is already used extensively, however enterprises still need to manage it effectively to reap its promised benefits
    • A wave of virtualization management deployments will follow the rapid deployment of virtualization
  • Convergence is causing the network management and IT management markets to merge
    • The need to manage converged networks is present in all enterprises, not only telcos
  • The focus of application management will shift from ensuring availability to ensuring quality of service and speed of service
  • Storage management solutions will expand their scope to include additional governance and security functionality
• ACTIONS
  • Impact on IT systems management customers
  • Recommendations for IT systems management vendors
• APPENDIX
  • Methodology
  • Further reading
  • Ask the analyst
  • Datamonitor consulting
  • Disclaimer