Report

December 2002

• Infrastructure advances -- virtualized networks and storage, server clusters, and Web services -- have outrun management.
• Systems management vendors struggle as the number of IT devices and software explodes.

• Organic IT management requires a new architecture.
• Tomorrow's management tools will be networked, integrated, and proactive.
• Management vendors HP and VIEO are forging ahead.

• Vendors must continue R&D investments, despite the impending revenue squeeze.

• Messaging vendors take a nosedive.

• Figure 1.  Today's Management Tools Can't Manage Tomorrow's Infrastructure
• Figure 2.  The Principles Of Organic IT Management
• Figure 3.  Organic IT Management Spans Three Tiers
• Figure 4.  Organic IT Management’s Principle Of Least Escalation In Action
• Figure 5.  Organic IT Management Gets Proactive
• Figure 6.  The Organic IT Management Vendor Landscape
• Figure 7.  The Changing Datacenter Skills Pyramid

 

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