VMware,
Inc. announced that leading analyst firm IDC ranked
VMware No. 1 by market share in the worldwide IT automation and
configuration management (ITACM) software market for
2020. As the industry requirements for IT automation and configuration
management software shift to optimize applications and infrastructure
supporting digital and customer-facing applications in dynamic
environments, VMware is committed to supporting customers through this
transition.
"The
past year has demonstrated that companies that had the software agility
to respond to the rapidly changing market and business needs were
primed to succeed," said Purnima Padmanabhan, senior vice president and
general manager, Cloud Management Business Unit, VMware. "VMware
continues to invest in multi-cloud automation and management solutions
that provide customers with the software agility to dynamically adapt
their application and cloud stacks to meet their changing needs."
The leader in IT Automation and Configuration Management
The
IDC report, "Worldwide IT Automation and Configuration Management
Software Market Shares, 2020: Moderate Growth Amid Pandemic Disruption,"
analyzed revenue and growth rate for the total market in calendar 2020,
as well as revenues, market shares and growth rates of the leading
vendors. According to the report, the market grew to $8 billion in
calendar 2020, a 6.2% growth from calendar 2019.
The
IDC report emphasizes VMware's continued "focus on its management
portfolio, spreading R&D investments across core management suites
(vRealize Suite and vCloud Suite) that can enable a lower TCO for its
franchise products across datacenter, desktop, networking, security,
telecom, and storage products." The report further states that in
calendar 2020, "The move to add more SaaS delivery solution options
across the Cloud Management Business Unit has also been well received by
customers."
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