This IDC Market Analysis Perspective Presentation provides our 2014 market analysis perspective on the buyer and market trends impacting six major enterprise system management software functional markets, as defined by IDC's software taxonomy. The functional markets are:Change and configuration managementPerformance managementEvent managementOutput managementProblem managementWorkload scheduling and automationIn 2013, IDC estimated these six functional software markets combined represented revenue of $17.9 billion worldwide, representing the worldwide enterprise system management software market. The overall enterprise system management software market is expected to increase at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.6% for 2013–2018. Market growth will be fueled by IT buyers needing to simplify, streamline, and automate operations as they shift to hybrid cloud architectures and continuous delivery software models. Increasing availability of enterprise-grade open source datacenter management technologies, SaaS-delivered management offerings, and advanced IT operations analytics are also expected to drive ongoing growth.This presentation provides a summary overview of the industry and market trends, competitor assessments, customer needs and strategies, and IDC's future view of the market. It also provides essential guidance to IT vendors.