This IDC study provides a top-down preliminary sizing of the worldwide system operations software market in 2005 and a 2006-2010 forecast for this market. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market and by geographic region and operating environment. This study does not contain vendor-specific revenue, market shares, or vendor profiles, all of which will be published in a separate study in 2Q06.

Stephen Elliot, IDC research manager, Enterprise System Management, states, "Enterprise IT organizations continue to invest in foundational technologies that deliver efficient, quick process improvements that improve IT service delivery. Job scheduling and change and configuration management solutions are two key disciplines that map well to these requirements."