For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals (Length: 12 pages)

July 29, 2009

Market Overview: Client Management Suites

Evolving Computing Market Shifts Focus To Security And Virtualization

by Natalie Lambert

with Christian Kane, Simon Yates


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Desktop operations managers are watching their computing environment change. There are now more types of devices and more varieties of operating systems entering the enterprise than ever before. This is leading to an architectural shift, one that moves the "desktop" environment away from the physical device and to the virtual device. At the same time, these desktop professionals are watching their jobs change: Desktop operations teams are now responsible for the security and disaster recovery of the devices (both physical and virtual) that they manage. This means that IT organizations need client management solutions that not only help them manage and secure today's more standardized PC environment but will also be able to support the desktop of tomorrow — one that is more virtual and heterogeneous than ever before.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemClient Management Requirements Are Changing As The Corporate PC Evolves

itemEleven Key Technologies That Make Up The Client Management Landscape

itemKey Features Have Standardized Across All Client Management Products . . .

item. . . While New Technologies Are Making Their Way Into Desktop Ops Professionals' Tool Kit

itemSegmenting The Market: Incumbents, New Entrants, Best-Of-Breed, And Services

itemClient Management 2012 — The Future Of Client Management

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester spoke with more than 50 user companies and interviewed 21 vendors, including BMC, CA, HP, IBM, LANDesk, Microsoft, Novell, and Symantec.

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Analyst: Natalie Lambert
Technology: Application Management, Client Security & Management, Data Protection, Infrastructure Security, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Process Automation, Security & Risk, Security Operations, Storage & Data Management, Systems Management
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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