Tivoli Software
{{Short description|Software company bought by IBM}}
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Tivoli Software encompasses a set of products originally developed by Tivoli Systems Inc. IBM bought the company and ran the operation as its Tivoli Software division. Additional products were acquired and run under the Tivoli portfolio brand. IBM began phasing out use of the Tivoli brand in 2013 and by 2016 had moved the portfolio products into a revised and rebranded hierarchy.{{Cite web|url=https://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/06/24/a-name-change-for-tivolis-shows-the-changing-focus-on-smarter-infrastructure-ibmedge/ |title=A Name Change for Tivoli Proves New Focus on Smarter Infrastructure|publisher=SilconAngle|date=24 June 2013|access-date=2013-02-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/blogs/cloud-computing/2016/08/what-happened-to-tivoli/|title=What happened to Tivoli?|publisher=IBM|first=Ingo|last=Averdunk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224143553/https://www.ibm.com/blogs/cloud-computing/2016/08/what-happened-to-tivoli/|archive-date=24 February 2018|url-status=live}}
History
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Tivoli Systems Inc. was founded in Austin, Texas in 1989 by Bob Fabbio{{cite web|title=Robert A. Fabbio: Executive Profile & Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=83376&privcapId=267162186|website=Bloomberg|access-date=2017-10-04}} and quickly joined by Peter Valdes, Todd Smith and Steve Marcie; all were former IBM employees.{{Cite web|url=http://www.softpanorama.org/Admin/Tivoli/index.shtml |title=Slightly Skeptical View on Tivoli |publisher=Softpanorama |access-date=2017-02-18}} Bob Fabbio in an interview indicated the purpose was to provide systems management on systems from a diverse set of vendors while at IBM he had been directed to focus on IBM products only.{{Cite web|url= http://www.thestartupslingshot.com/the-lab/serial-entrepreneur-reveals-what-he-learned-launching-5-companies-creating-over-1-5b-in-shareholder-value/ |title=Serial Entrepreneur Reveals What He Learned Launching 5 Companies & Creating Over $1.5B In Shareholder Value|publisher=The Startup Slingshot|access-date=2017-02-18}} As an independent software vendor Tivoli Systems developed and sold Tivoli Management Environment (TME) "systems management" software and services. The then CEO Frank Moss saw the company listed on NASDAQ in March 1995{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/11/business/company-news-tivoli-systems-share-price-soars-in-offering.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; TIVOLI SYSTEMS SHARE PRICE SOARS IN OFFERING|work=The New York Times|date=1995-03-11|access-date=2017-02-18}} and the subsequent merger into IBM in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/01/business/ibm-to-pay-743-million-for-developer-of-software.html|title=I.B.M. to Pay $743 Million For Developer Of Software|work=The New York Times|date=1996-02-01|access-date=2017-02-18}}
At the start of 2002, Tivoli Systems Inc, became Tivoli Software, a brand within IBM.{{cite news |last1=Hawkins |first1=Lori |title=Tivoli gets cozier with its Big Blue parent |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=8 April 2002 |page=D1 (TechMonday)}} IBM initially grew the software portfolio under the Tivoli brand through development and acquisition.{{Cite web|url=http://hurwitz.com/blogs/judith-balancing-act/entry/i-love-the-smell-of-acquisitions-in-the-morning-bmc-gets-bladelogic |title=I love the smell of acquisitions in the morning: BMC Gets BladeLogic|first=Judith|last=Hurwitz|date=2008-03-18|access-date=2017-02-18}} There are some thoughts this may have resulted in the brand containing a large set of overlapping and marginal products In April 2013 IBM renamed "Tivoli Software" Division to "Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure".{{cite web|url=http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/2635762|title=Bye-Bye Tivoli, Welcome Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure: A New Brand in IBM|first=Jeremy|last=Geelan|publisher=ContainersExpo Journal|date=2013-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501183848/http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/2635762 |archive-date=1 May 2013}} IBM moved away from the Tivoli brand as exemplified by the explicit rebranding of Tivoli Storage Manager to IBM Spectrum Protect{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963634|title=Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect|publisher=IBM|access-date=2017-02-19}} and the renaming of IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler to IBM Workload Scheduler as of release 9.3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSPN_9.3.0/com.ibm.tivoli.itws.doc_9.3/welcome_distr.html|title=IBM Workload Scheduler V9.3 documentation|publisher=IBM|access-date=2017-02-19|year=2015}}
Market position
According to IT analyst research firm Gartner, Inc., IBM in 2012 owned the largest share of the "IT Operations Management" software market, with an 18% market share.{{cite web|url=http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2490215|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608024206/http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2490215|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2013|title=Gartner Says IT Operations and Management Software Market Grew 4.8 Percent in 2012|publisher=Gartner, Inc|date=2013-05-21|access-date=2017-02-18}} IBM was also the leading provider of Enterprise Asset Management software, for the 7th consecutive year, according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624050718/http://www.arcweb.com/pages/default.aspx ARC Advisory Group], a research analyst firm for industry and infrastructure.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bpdzenith.com/news/maximo-eam/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130906192942/http://www.bpdzenith.com/news/maximo-eam/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-06|title=IBM Maximo is the number one EAM solution|first=Helen|last=Hayden|publisher=BPD Zenith Ltd|date=2013-08-27|access-date=2017-02-18}}
Service management segments
Service management segments related to the Tivoli brand software and services included the following:
List of IBM Tivoli products
Tivoli products and integration platforms
File:IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager.png
===Tivoli Management Framework===
Tivoli Management Framework (TMF) is a CORBA-based systems and network management framework. It allows administrators to manage large numbers of remote locations or devices. In the early years of TMF's lifecycle it was a pre-requisite to several other key Tivoli components. With IBM's adoption and promotion of other non-TMF based products, such as Micromuse Netcool Omnibus in February 2006{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19247.wss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314102827/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19247.wss |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 14, 2006 |title=IBM News room - 2006-02-15 IBM Completes Acquisition of Micromuse Inc. - United States |publisher=IBM |access-date=2012-10-01}} and the increasing general acceptance of Secure Shell in preference to CORBA meant TMF entered the latter stages of product lifecycle. The final independent release version of TMF was 4.1.1 with release 4.3.1 supplied with and to Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.3.1 in 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.softpanorama.org/Admin/Tivoli/TMF/index.shtml|title=Tivoli Management Framework (TMF)|publisher=Softpanorama|access-date=2017-02-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSXLSW_4.3.1/com.ibm.tivoli.frmwrk.doc/welcome.htm|title=Tivoli Management Framework V4.3.1 documentation|publisher=IBM|access-date=2017-02-19|year=2008}}
=Tivoli Service Request Manager=
Tivoli Service Request Manager manages configuration items (CI) and critical assets. It was previously known as Maximo Service Desk.{{cite web|title=End of Support (EOS) Announcement for Maximo 6.0 and 6.1|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?tcss=Newsletter&uid=swg27018831|date=26 May 2010|publisher=IBM|url-status=live|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401044905/http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?tcss=Newsletter&uid=swg27018831|first=William J.|last=Sawyer}}
=Netcool/OMNIbus=
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus operations management software consolidates complex IT and network operation management tasks as the primary event management platform within the suite.
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