Stories about: Tivoli

IBM this week unveiled a program, tools and services the company hopes will make the mainframe easier to manage, program and administer.

IBM plans one day to charge for its software based on how fast it runs, not the number of processor cores on which it's running. The company announced licensing changes for its middleware Tuesday -- although the change will have no immediate effect on pricing.

IBM aims to turn up the heat on Unix server competitors, but turn down the heat in the data center when it upgrades two high-end System p5 servers next month.

IBM's low-end servers and middleware for the first time will support XenSource's open-source Xen virtualization technology, since it's included in Novell's new Suse Linux distribution, IBM announced Monday.

IBM is contributing more code to the open-source community based on the WSDM (Web services distributed management) standard, the vendor said Wednesday.

IBM and Novell announced their support Monday for an open-source project aimed at giving users more control over how information such as passwords and financial details are shared across multiple Web sites.

IBM Rational plans to enhance its application testing tools with support for Visual Studio 2005, Tivoli, and SAP.

IBM and eight other storage vendors are teaming up to form an open-source organization initially called Aperi, Big Blue announced Tuesday. The companies intend to work together to develop common storage software to manage different vendors' systems, making it easier for users dealing with disparate storage systems. The software will be made available free of charge.

IBM plans to unwrap a bundle of software, hardware and services called Grid and Grow at the LinuxWorld show in San Francisco. The company hopes the bundle will act as a starter pack for mid-size and large companies wanting to move into grid computing, according to an IBM executive.

IBM has purchased privately held middleware company Meiosys which specializes in application relocation software, Big Blue announced Thursday. The move will help IBM broaden the information on demand and virtualization capabilities of its existing Unix and Linux middleware, the company said in a release.

Despite vendors' best efforts, the perception of network and systems management products is that many are high-priced, require lengthy deployment cycles, entail multiple integration efforts and necessitate time-consuming customization.