ALM will now be able to keep tabs on virtual machines in the same way that it tracks physical assets said Aitchison.

Another aspect of the product is the tie-in with parent company, Avocent's datacenter planning and administration tool, Avocent Mergepoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE). It's very complementary said Aitchison. "We've implemented data transfer between the two , so that information about heat and power can be found in AMiE while information about IT assets will be in ALM. It means that an organisation can get a single view of its assets from one desk."