This brief highlights the main trends that Datamonitor anticipates for 2008 in the IT systems management market.

Scope

Provides an overview of the principal challenges facing IT systems management vendors in 2008. Details Datamonitor's take on the future of IT systems management both from a technology and business perspective. Discusses strategies that could help IT systems management vendors and their clients to position themselves to benefit from these trends.

Highlights

Network management and IT management are essentially becoming one discipline and Datamonitor believes this represents a substantial opportunity for IT systems management vendors in 2008. Datamonitor anticipates that measuring application performance and speed will become a key requirement of IT systems management, especially for customer-facing and other time-sensitive applications. The demand for power management solutions that lead to 'green IT' will explode in 2008 and IT systems management solutions will be a key component in power saving strategies.

Reasons to Purchase

Learn about the major trends affecting the IT systems management space over the course of 2008. Understand the challenges that IT systems management vendors and their clients will face in 2008. Identify potential strategies that could allow stakeholders in the market to minimize risk and maximize rewards through 2008.