This IDC study provides a profile of the top infrastructure management software vendors and an overview and discussion of the key milestones and highlights from IDC research within the market in 2005 and their vendor go-to-market strategies going forward. The focus of discussion is around the four infrastructure software markets, namely system management software, network management software, storage software, and security software.

"The infrastructure management software markets are mature but remain healthy. Consolidation is expected to continue unabated as top vendors buy to build out their product portfolio and branch out into adjacent markets," says Daphne Chung, research manager, Systems Infrastructure and Middleware Software Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.