"Now if it's pulled into the data warehouse, there are opportunities for users to go through and look at trends and have better coordination of management data coming from a lot of disparaged sources." By embedding Tivoli technology inside IBM's WebSphere application server, Rasmussen said customers can expect a breadth and depth of management and information other end-users will be forced to gather through application plug-ins. "It's nice to see [IBM] pulling the infrastructure and management pieces to really provide more value for Tivoli clients. I think it's about time," she added. Other IBM product announcements on Monday include the following: Under its new Business Impact Management mantra, IBM has also simplified and repackaged Tivoli product family suites to consolidate and offer multiple CDs and integrated technology for customers, Kessler said.