This IDC study provides a summary view of the size of the worldwide distributed performance and availability management software market in 2005 and each of the two constituent submarkets: distributed performance management software and distributed event automation software tools. Market shares are provided for leading vendors in 2005, with trends from 2003 to 2005. Market forecasts for each of these markets are provided for the period 2006?2010.

According to Tim Grieser, IDC vice president for Enterprise Systems Management Software research, "Growth in distributed platform performance and availability management software revenue was strong in 2005 and is forecast to increase at near double-digit annual rates for the forecast period."