Staff WritersNo one will be surprised that HP dominated the distributed system management software market for 2004, what probably will surprise is that it did so with only a 13.3 per cent share.
A study of the worldwide distributed system management software market by IDC found that eenues in the sector were US$5.54 billion in 2004 with the researcher now forecasting a US$8.99 billion market by 2009, which would represent an increase of 62.3 percent for the period.
In a press statement HP says its revenues grew 14.9 percent in the 2004 timeframe “outpacing the overall one-year growth of 8 percent for the category and nearly doubling the revenue growth of each of the next three closest competitors”.
“HP’s market-leading position in this major software industry segment is evidence that our HP OpenView system management solutions are driving increased customer adoption and strong revenue growth,” said Todd DeLaughter, vice president and general manager, Management Software Business, HP. “We expect to continue our solid growth by providing customers with innovative software solutions that help them optimise and maximise the value of their current IT infrastructure, while delivering return on investment savings and improved service levels.”
IDC defines the worldwide system management software market as “including those software tools that are routinely used in IT operations or by end users to manage system and application resources.” IDC defines the distributed system management software as the portion of system management software used to manage systems and applications for distributed operating environments, principally UNIX, Windows and Linux.