Making the shift.(Industry Trend or Event)

Multiple providers will manage networks, says JDC study

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The Internet is causing a major shift in the management of distributed networking infrastructures. According to International Data Corp. (IDC), the shift is moving the management of traditional distributed network and desktop systems away from the customer premise and back to the mainframe or "timeshare" model of data-centre-based service delivery

"The impact of this shift is enormous," said David Tapper, an analyst with IDC's Networked Infrastructure Management Services (NIMS) research program. "Not only is this datacentre-based model laying the foundation for a thin-client-like service delivery environment, but it will also result in both a major realignment of players among existing management service providers and the emergence of new leaders.

With the new model, the Internet is used as the conduit for service delivery This is spawning a new breed of networked infrastructure management services providers who are building offerings around Internet-based customer needs and incorporating ...