IBM buys usage monitoring software vendor
IBM to integrate CIMS Lab's software that lets businesses track computing resource usage
Follow @infoworldIBM on Wednesday said it has acquired CIMS Lab, a developer of software that lets businesses track computing resource usage. Financial details of the deal were not revealed.
The acquisition allows IBM to include financial management in its range of IT services management products, IBM said.
CIMS' software can be used by businesses that might share software applications and storage resources across several business units. The CIMS' software can help the organization track how much each unit is using to determine how much each department should pay for IT resources.
IBM said that as companies increasingly employ virtualization technologies, they need tools to help them track the shared usage of IT resources.
IBM plans to ship CIMS' software with IBM Director and will integrate CIMS' software with IBM Tivoli software products. CIMS Lab's operations will fall under IBM's Tivoli division.
CIMS Lab is based in Roseville, California, and its software has been used by 170 companies in financial services, government, health care, and manufacturing.









