IBM Launches Software for Leaner, Greener ComputingIBM Launches Software for Leaner, Greener Computing

IBM has announced new software designed to help businesses improve their IT management while reducing costs, and to optimize their energy consumption.The company describe the new IBM Service Management products as "aligning business and IT processes to support overall business goals while creating a greater view of the assets and applications that support those goals and deploying automation to improve efficiency, security and compliance control." The new software includes components addressing service delivery and process automation, and application and system management and monitoring.

The company also introduced its "Software for a Greener World," aimed at helping organizations optimize their infrastructure, workloads, and people for energy efficiency. In addition to software products for managing energy consumption and power usage, IBM is producing self-assessment tools to enable organizations to quickly identify green starting points.Huliq.com, Marketwire via CNN Money