Roseville Company Gets Acquired by IBM.
As reported in ZDNet, IBM acquired on Wednesday privately held CIMS Labs for an undisclosed sum and said it will incorporate the company's usage-tracking software into IBM's Tivoli management software. Roseville, Calif.-based CIMS Labs, which has about 170 customers, sells software that can keep tabs on how different components, such as servers or e-mail, are being used.
The product line includes tools that let IT organizations attach a cost to usage and bill a particular business department. IBM executives said it intends to sell the CIMS Labs software to customers thta "virtualize" their computing resources, or share a particular server or program across different applications. "Customers are increasingly taking advantage of virtualization technologies to make it simpler and less expensive to optimize computing systems and lower the total cost of ownership," Rich Lechner, IBM's vice president of virtualization, said in a statement. 11 employees work out of the Roseville office - 10 are located remotely.
Other good news on the local job front. A 25 person California headquarter operation will be opened in Sacramento shortly. ProNet Solutions, which provides technical support for small banks, has decided to locate to this area based on 'the large talent pool of engineers and other technical specialists," said company owner Bill Moore.
