Tivoli Systems is an IBM-owned company that develops software that allows a business to manage its computing environment. In a large organization, keeping track of and upgrading computer equipment and various levels of operating systems and applications is a formidable task. Tivoli provides products in these categories:

• IT service level management
• Security management
• Change management
• Asset management
• Problem management
• Operations management
• Storage management
• Cross-site management
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
• Managing the "e-infrastructure" (managing resources related to the Internet)

In addition to large system packages, Tivoli offers versions for small- and medium-sized businesses that use Windows 95/98 and Windows NT PCs. Tivoli also offers e-business management software.

Tivoli is located in Austin, Texas. Its main rival in computing environment management is Computer Associates.

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Tivoli also offers a product index by solution.