More than a decade has passed since IBM acquired Tivoli Systems in 1996, in order to bolster the company's distributed systems management capabilities and become an immovable presence on the IT management software landscape. A few years ago, Big blue added to its management software arm with the acquisition of MRO Software and its Maximo enterprise asset management technology.
Now IBM reports the company’s management business moves of the past are paying off in the present and promise a strong future.

For instance, earlier this month IBM announced Tivoli Live Monitoring Services, which provide monitoring technology hosted via IBM’s cloud computing environment.

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