IBM® Tivoli® Provisioning Manager for Software provides a new level of release management capabilities. It helps automate software deployment to servers, desktops and laptops distributed across different environments and locations—quickly, easily and cost-effectively. Includes built-in discovery, inventory, software distribution, patch automation, and support for compliance and remediation. Provides reporting with enhanced query capabilities and improved discovery of managed resources. Displays a new, intuitive user interface that can drive deployments over supported Tivoli Management Framework or SOA infrastructures. Strengthens compliance through comprehensive reporting and automated remediation of noncompliant resources. Offers optional plug-in features to support OS imaging and bare-metal installation. Supports either IBM Tivoli Management Framework for existing Tivoli Configuration Manager V4.2.3 implementations or a new SOA environment designed to be more flexible yet easier and less costly to manage. Capture complex provisioning user tasks electronically so they can be reused again and again (PDF, 775KB). Operating systems supported: AIX, Linux, Solaris (Sun microsystems), Windows family.