IBM's management and testing software updated with energy conservation in mind
IBM has said and done plenty about tweaking its server and storage hardware for energy efficiency. Last week, it released some changes to its Tivoli management platform as well as its content management software designed with energy efficiency in mind. The company (finally!) has also started a new program that will help educate its business partners about how to aid their own customers with green technology and data center design projects.
- The Tivoli update layers the Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management module into the Tivoli Usage and Accounting Management Software. This will allow companies to collect energy and power consumption information (sliced and diced by individual, application, service, machine or department) and to assess usage trends.
- A new product from IBM's software development and testing group, IBM Rational Test Lab Manager, can be used to better-configure both physical and virtual machines as better power consumption citizens. Another new product, Telelogic System Architect, ups the ante when it comes to reporting and managing the impact of technology on a company's overall green agenda. The latter will be available later this year.
- IBM and one of its business partners, Enterprise Information Management, also have begun testing a software application that acts as a greenhouse gas meter. The application, called GreenCert, is focused on carbon emissions management, and it is being beta-tested by power and utility plans in the United States and Europe.
- The new green training program will be rolled out to IBM Business Partners interested in understanding how to configure and design technology solutions that are more energy efficient. IBM will offer workshops, technical support and services that will be delivered in its 40 IBM Innovation Centers.
- Finally, IBM has updated Lotus Notes, Domino and its Enterprise Content Management with features that can aid companies with paper management. An example of how the software might be used is a new Paperless Lending Solution that was built by IBM Business Partner Imagine Solutions. The application lets lending companies process loan applications electronically, saving an estimated $75 per loan and eliminating a wasteful paper trail in the process.