The company has also showcased newly-created software, which would help expand the existing virtualized cloud computing systems. IBM had spent more than billion on developing hardware and software for cloud computing, and by 2013, it is expected to invest nearly billion in the sector. “Cloud computing is clearly gaining share of voice in the IT ecosphere as a result of its ability to provide dynamic scheduling, provisioning, and management of virtualized computing resources on demand,” said a technologist.
About the new software
Creating a rapid cloud environment is the main benefit of the latest technology unleashed by the company and it provides an image management system that facilitates installation, configuration and automation and creation of new virtual machines.
“IBM's new virtual management software hinges around the announcement of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.2 -- a product built to help organizations manage virtual computing resources with automation tools for data center provisioning activities, including provisioning software for image federation and deployment across heterogeneous infrastructures,” revealed a company spokesperson.Other benefits
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for cloud environments would also employ VMware's vStorage APIs for Data Protection and offload backup workload from virtual machines to vStorage backup servers. Also, it would offer better recovery options and integrate and simplify management of storage data.
“IBM has also demonstrated technologies that provide a centralized management platform for hybrid cloud environments for both on and off premise deployments. "The new technology extends service management capabilities such as governance, monitoring, and security across physical and virtualized resources in private and public clouds as well as traditional physical deployments,” stated the company release. The company is expanding its cloud computing technology and aims at becoming number one in it.