IBM Software Enables Virtualized Computing Across PCs, Wireless Devices and Servers

IBM Software Enables Virtualized Computing Across PCs, Wireless Devices and Servers

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new virtualization software that enables companies to deploy and install software on tens of thousands of laptops, desktop PCs, wireless devices and servers. The new technology, Tivoli Provisioning Manager, helps clients reduce the time it takes to manage and upgrade systems by hours or days, depending on the size of the infrastructure.

The software senses when the network can handle software upgrades and automatically begins those upgrades when there is sufficient network bandwidth. It also runs automatic compliance checks — such as validating that antivirus software is up-to-date — and deploys the software across the infrastructure.

Tivoli Provisioning Manager incorporates technology IBM acquired from Rembo Technologies just three months ago, in June 2006. Software such as Tivoli Provisioning Manager demonstrates how IBM is combining its software capabilities — both internally-developed and through acquisitions such as Rembo — to convert time-consuming, labor-intensive processes into automated, repeatable services that streamline business operations.

Managing IT services has become more challenging as technology grows more complex. According to IBM estimates, costs related to changing and deploying software on servers accounts for 70 percent of an organization’s total IT costs, and at least half the people in an organization’s IT staff manage and support existing technology instead of developing and maintaining applications. Automating changes to IT systems — such as application upgrades and security patches — improves the lengthy, error-laden process of making changes, which frees up system administrators to handle other tasks.

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