IBM buys Rembo to bolster its management tools and virtualization offerings IBM is acquiring software company Rembo Technology to bolster its Tivoli management tools and virtualization offerings, the company said Thursday.Rembo, based in Geneva, makes software to help administrators automate software installation and upgrades on PCs and servers through a central dashboard. IBM will incorporate Rembo’s operations into its Tivoli software division, and will integrate Rembo’s technology into its Tivoli Provisioning Manager and IBM Director software.IBM also plans to offer the Rembo products as part of its Virtualization Engine software, hardware and services, to help businesses manage sprawling virtual environments. Market research company IDC estimates spending around server virtualization alone will increase to nearly $15 billion worldwide by 2009. Financial terms of the deal, which IBM expects to close in the second quarter of 2006, were not disclosed.The acquisition comes on the heels of IBM’s purchase earlier this year of CIMS Labs, which makes software that tracks the use of servers, storage, networks, databases, applications and operating systems in virtualized environments. IBM also incorporated CIMS into its Tivoli division. SecuritySoftware DevelopmentTechnology Industry