The effort is intended to help customers achieve IT and business alignment, increase control over IT projects, improve resource utilization, and ensure regulatory compliance.

ITM&G purports to link a top-down, business-driven strategy and decision-making with day-to-day IT management. Automated best practices are featured for executing projects. Tempo includes a Web-based technology suite with enhancements to its dashboard, project, portfolio, and document management functions.

IT management and governance is on the minds of IT persons these days, according to Borland.

"Most IT leaders understand that IT management and governance is a subject they want to address at this point," said Greg Rice, senior director of product marketing at Borland.

Part of Borland's services will include expertise in CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration).