Western European Systems Management Software Vendor Shares and Analysis, 2010

This IDC study provides detailed vendor market share and vendor analysis and profiles for the European systems and network management software (SNMS) market. The data and analysis presented here aim to provide insights on the key vendors in the European SNMS market.IDC believes we will continue to see vendor consolidation in the SNMS market as the large vendors continue to acquire small innovative vendors to expand their portfolios and capabilities. At the same time, we are also seeing new vendors enter the market providing innovative solutions aimed at specific management challenges and nontraditional IT management vendors moving into the SNMS market through acquisitions."The evolving market developments and requirements to manage new technologies and IT models will put growing pressure on SNMS vendors to continue to evolve their offerings and IDC expects that competition will be fierce going forward. Ultimately, customers will be the ones benefiting from the increasing competitive pressure and maturity of SNMS solutions," said Patrik Bihammar, research manager, IDC Infrastructure Software, Europe.