IBM unveils software for automating computing processes

IBM has announced the launch of its autonomic software that aims to help developers and customers apply self-managing technology to complex systems and automate computing processes. This can yield a 30-50 per cent time savings on IT tasks, according to IBM estimates.

According to IBM, developers can take advantage of Java coding in additional components for increased flexibility and additional filtering capabilities to speed up analysis and problem determination.

"The IBM Software Lab in India plays a key role in supporting the new software within the IBM Autonomic Computing Toolkit, an online resource for developers that helps them rapidly deploy self-managing functions into their applications and services," said M K Bharatee, country manager (India), IBM Rational Software. IBM Rational Software Group focusses on IT lifecycle management tools.

He added that autonomic computing is an important industry and cross-IBM initiative. "This new release is in response to feedback from hundreds of developers and this helps take self-managing technology to larger, more complex system applications," Bharatee noted.

Talking about IBM's global development efforts for such tools, he said: "Nearly 10 per cent of our Rational Development is done out of India and this is bound to grow. A team of 30 engineers at the IBM India Software Lab serve as the central technology integration and support hub worldwide for this new toolkit. In addition to this lab, we have three centres in the US, one each in Switzerland, Israel, China and Canada."

He added that India is a faster growing market than China for Rational tools and 800 software firms are using this tool.